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PCs v cell phones: student perspectives

Osaka JALT Tech Day 06/2011

Simon Bibby

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JALT Tech Day 06/201 1

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Contents

Purpose: Students & PCs / cell phones1

Results for the three research questions2

Implications: Mobile Learning / MALL3

Questions and Discussion4


Purpose: Students & PCs / cell phones1


Where? Osaka Shoin Women’s 　 University

When? 02/2009

How? Survey: self report questionnaires. In Japanese.

Number? 101 participants



1.Student proficiency

3.What do students do on each of the two tools?

5.Student preferences


Three research areas:


Results (1) Student proficiency



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 (1) Proficiency

Cell phones: Mean 13.05, Mode 14 PCs: Mean 10.65, Mode 11

Age of first use



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:



Results (2) Tool useResults for the three research questions2


Results (3) Preferences: which?

Choice for internet accessCell phone: around 60%PC: around 40%



Results (3) Preferences: time

Time spent Cell phone: 60%PC: 40%


Results (3) Preferences: keepingIf you had the choice of only one, which would you prefer to keep?

Cell phone: 92PC: 9


Results (3) Preferences: homework

Homework: using paper and textbook, PC or cell phone?

Cell phone: 67Cell phone and PC: 2PC: 25Paper and textbook 7


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”


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”


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


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”



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)


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



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


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


Teaching staff and students 　（ cont.)+ Increased autonomy + Expand boundaries+ Increased student interest, engagement

hence…+ Greater motivation


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Questions and Discussion4

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