8/12/2019 Post Library Memo

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To: Ms. Hofmann

From: Jake Bowen

Date: 10/18/14

Re: Post-library visit memo

A. How do Smart Phones effect College Students?

B. Smart Phones and Technology

C. 1. Milrad, Marcelo, and Daniel Spikol. "Anytime, Anywhere Learning Supported By Smart Phones:

Experiences And Results From The MUSIS Project."Journal Of Educational Technology & Society

10.4 (2007): 62-70. Education Research Complete. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.

2. a. The article was about the findings of an ongoing research involving the use of smart phones in

university classrooms. This particular study was conducted in Sweden with association of the MUSIS

project, Multicasting Services and Information in Sweden. It involved over 60 students and they pretty

much all agreed that the services were useful to learning and their attitudes tended to be more positive

towards this learning style. The students all received smart phones and attended workshops to

familiarize them with the technology. The second part of the research involved 21 students who were

tasked with exploring the history of the local city using only smart phones and interactive storytelling

techniques. The results from the first trail were that the students agreed that the smart phones were

more useful the more they were integrated into the course content. The results from the second trail

were that many found the phones helpful for team communication but not very helpful with instructor

feedback.

b. I found this research very interesting and helpful. This article was from 2005 though so that was when

smart phones were just starting to be the big hit that they are today. It is still relevant though because

the article shows how smart phones do have a positive effect on students learning of different courses. I

feel like the technology we have now would be more useful than it was then though because it is much

more advanced and can be used in more ways.

c. This source seems to be fairly credible in the way they performed the experiment. They used students

who have had mobile phones before but not smart phones. This ensured that the students weren't

biased against the research but also ensured that the students weren't completely biased towards thesmart phones being useful.

D. I have made a lot of progress in developing my inquiry topic after this library visit. I feel like my topic

is much more focused and not nearly as broad as it was before. My interest in this particular topic is

greater than before too because it involves my age group specifically and still involves technology.