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JALT Tech Day 06/201 1
Simon Bibby
Contents
Purpose: Students & PCs / cell phones1
Results for the three research questions2
Implications: Mobile Learning / MALL3
Questions and Discussion4
JALT Tech Day 06/201 1
Purpose: Students & PCs / cell phones1
JALT Tech Day 06/201 1
Where? Osaka Shoin Women’s University
When? 02/2009
How? Survey: self report questionnaires. In Japanese.
Number? 101 participants
Results for the three research questions2
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1.Student proficiency
3.What do students do on each of the two tools?
5.Student preferences
Results for the three research questions2
Three research areas:
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Results (1) Student proficiency
Results for the three research questions2
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Results (1) Proficiency
Cell phones: 4.81 meanPCs: 2.82 mean
‘I am an expert user’Likert scale 1-71 = strongly disagree…7 = strongly agree98 valid responses
Results for the three research questions2
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Results (1) Proficiency
Cell phones: Mean 13.05, Mode 14 PCs: Mean 10.65, Mode 11
Age of first use
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Results (2) Tool useStudents cell-phone heavy for majority of interactions: mailing, uni mail, SNS, blog (writing and reading)
High level of SNS activity(Pilot: heavily Mixi, not followed up in main research)
See data:
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Results (2) Tool useResults for the three research questions2
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Results (3) Preferences: which?
Choice for internet accessCell phone: around 60%PC: around 40%
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Results (3) Preferences: time
Time spent Cell phone: 60%PC: 40%
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Results (3) Preferences: keepingIf you had the choice of only one, which would you prefer to keep?
Cell phone: 92PC: 9
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Results (3) Preferences: homework
Homework: using paper and textbook, PC or cell phone?
Cell phone: 67Cell phone and PC: 2PC: 25Paper and textbook 7
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Results (3) Homework: explaining
Why?
PC preferenceScreen size“PC screen is easier to see”
Input device“I can see what I am doing on the screen more easily and there is a keyboard”
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Results (3) Homework: explainingCell phone preference“Always have it, can do on the way to university, it is convenient”“I can do any time. Fun!”“Easier to use/handle”“I always have my cell phone with me”“There are only some places to use the PC which is annoying. With a cell phone I can do it anywhere”
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Results (3) Homework: explainingCell phone preference: don’t like PCs
1. Takes time to open up and start: ‘I want it and I want it now’2. Too big, too heavy. Not really portable. Cannot use on train.3. Lack of connection. Many had no internet connection at home / in dormitory
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Results (3) Homework: explaining Paper and textbook preference: it’s not in the ether, it’s here
“It has no form, so I forget”“Cell phones and PCs cause me anxiety/
they cause me stress”
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More students own cell phones than own PCs Ss like using cell phones for admin purposes Push media (cell phones) more effective than pull media (w/sites)
(Thornton and Houser, 2004) Motivation levels increase On task for longer
(Savill-Smith, Attewell and Stead, 2004)
Implications: Mobile Learning / MALL3
What the older lit says: positives
Amend learning materials for the different medium: ‘chunked’
Small screen size was found to be prohibitive (Brown, 2001) Learners type more slowly using keypads
than keyboards (Kiernan and Aizawa, 2004)Audio quality is poor (Thornton and Houser,
2004)
What the older lit says: challenges
Implications: Mobile Learning / MALL3
Implications: Mobile Learning / MALL3
Now…
Institutions? Ownership of devices: forgetting, losing? Storage? Feedback? Learning spaces/places+ ‘At the forefront of pedagogical practice’+ Enable partnerships with other institutions+ Staff professional development
Implications: Mobile Learning / MALL3
Teaching staff and students
? Less teacher-centred? Devolved responsibility? Depends on subject, task? Teacher pedagogical preferences,
experience? Infringement/intrusion - student
space? Physical and cognitive ‘size’: chunked
Implications: Mobile Learning / MALL3
Teaching staff and students ( cont.)+ Increased autonomy + Expand boundaries+ Increased student interest, engagement
hence…+ Greater motivation
Implications: Mobile Learning / MALL3
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Questions and Discussion4