Mobile Technology in Education (in and outside classroom)

Thanh Huynh
Assignment#1
October 1st, 2015
1. Article: Mobile Technology in Education (in and outside classroom).
Reychav, Iris, Mary Dunaway, and Michiko Kobayashi. "Understanding Mobile
Technology-Fit Behaviors Outside The Classroom." Computers & Education 87.(2015):
142-150. ScienceDirect. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
2.

The article is a research about how students use mobiles as a learning tool outside

the classroom. This research examined students coming from the United States in the
education field and students coming from Israel in the engineering and science
disciplines. According to the survey, there are no significant difference between the
United States and Israel in individual learning and collaborate learning. In addition, the
research points out that students owe more than one mobile device, and they use them to
access the information or many learning resources for academic learning. Mobile device
allows students to perform these tasks anywhere and anytime outside the classroom.
Moreover, the usage of mobile device can lead to a higher level, which is mobiletechnology fit. This means mobile device usage can change the way students behave;
interact with each other, and their perception in learning. Furthermore, mobile technology
used outside the classroom in either individual learning or collaborate learning will
increase the skills to solve a problem or to make a decision. As a result, learning becomes
more meaningful and learning orientation becomes more efficiently.
3. "Take Your Students Outside of the Classroom with Quiz let." M4Learning Mobile
Learning. N.p., 03 Sept. 2015. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
(Search engine: google.com)
Green, Chloe. "How Mobile Technology in Education Is Shaping the next Generation of
Employees | Information Age." How Mobile Technology in Education Is Shaping the next
Generation of Employees | Information Age. N.p., 28 Sept. 2015. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.
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(Search engine: yahoo.com)
Personally, the search engine google.com is better than the other one, because the
information is easier to find, and the page is easier to scroll down and read.
4. "Take Your Students Outside of the Classroom with Quizlet." M4Learning Mobile
Learning. N.p., 03 Sept. 2015. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.

Time: It was electronically published on September 03, 2015, and was accessed
on September 29, 2015.

Relevance: This Internet article relates to my topic, which is the mobile

technology usage in and outside classroom.

Authority: not given

Accurate: The information is not very trustable. It was not supported by evidence
and has not been tested for accuracy.

Purpose: The article was written to inform the benefits of using mobile
technology outside the classroom.

5.
Keywords used to find the articles: Mobile technology in education
Kiger, Derick1, kigerd@oasd.org, and Dani2 Herro. "Bring Your Own Device: Parental
Guidance (PG) Suggested." Techtrends: Linking Research & Practice To Improve
Learning 59.5 (2015): 51-61. Education Source. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
This article is about a new schooling experience. Bring Your Own Device initiatives
to school are considered to bring a lot of advantages in both learning and teaching, which
means both students and teachers are beneficial. According to the journal, students are
encouraged to extend learning and improve communications when they use mobiles in
class. On the other hand, teachers can increase their fluencies or do some scientific
researches. In a survey examining the ideas of parents, results showed that most parents
allow their children to bring their own device to class for educational purpose. And

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educators believe that this will be a great support to increase higher level of learning and
teaching.

Yang, Xianmin, Xiaojie Li, and Ting Lu. "Using Mobile Phones In College Classroom
Settings: Effects Of Presentation Mode And Interest On Concentration And
Achievement." Computers & Education 88.(2015): 292-302. ScienceDirect. Web. 29
Sept. 2015.
Mobile technologies have gradually entered classroom setting. It is said that it has a
positive effect to student such as student engagement, motivation, etc. On the other hand,
there are people believe there are some downsides of mobile learning, especially when it
comes to learning concentration and the presentation of learning materials. Mobile
phones have a huge potential in term of classroom learning and may become popular
device in classroom, especially in college study. Compare to e-learning, m-learning is
more flexible and convenient however, m-learners may lack of concentration due to
fragmentation of learning and the complex surroundings. However, the effectiveness of
presentation mode and other factor is still an unaddressed issue. The study method is to
make participants attend the course and use their smartphones to study in class for one
semester. The instruments in this study are an m-learning questionnaire, a learning
concentration questionnaire, performing a post test, and organizing group interviews. The
materials are the three mobile coursewares base on eight concepts; the text and graphical
coursewares were in PDF while the video courseware was in MP4 format and it
compatible with all mobile operating systems. Student is required to study these concepts
in 20 min and the variables of interest and concentration were transformed to three
categories (high, medium and low) for ANOVA. The result shows that the text format is
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unsuitable for students with high concentration and the video format is unsuitable for
medium and low concentration students; regardless of presentation mode, students with
more interest have better concentration than other. The visual presentation mode may not
be suitable for the high-interest or medium and low concentration student while learning
concepts through mobile phones. Basically, this studys major findings are: 1) there are
tight relationships between interest and concentration as well as concentration and
achievement, 2) presentation mode and interest do not have effect on concentration while
interest alone has a huge impact on concentration, 3) presentation mode, interest, and
concentration do not generate an interaction effect on achievement, while interaction
effects exist between presentation mode and interest as well as between concentration and
presentation mode.
6.
Finding articles on the Internet and articles on CCBC Database is very different.
The first difference is the ease of access. On the database, the information is logically
organized while the information on the Internet is very difficult to narrow down.
Therefore, the information found in the database is easier to access and more relevant
than in the Internet. Second, the timeliness of the information is not the same. Articles on
the database are usually updated. In contrast, information found on the Internet in not
always updated. As a result, information on the Internet is not as opportune as
information on the database. Finally, they are diverse on the authority. The information
on the Internet is seldom regulated, which means the authority is often in doubt. On the
other hand, database virtually provides guaranteed information to the users. In

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conclusion, Articles found on the Internet and the database is different in their ease of
access, timeliness, and authority.
7. Format MLA is being used.
Reychav, Iris, Mary Dunaway, and Michiko Kobayashi. "Understanding Mobile
Technology-Fit Behaviors Outside The Classroom." Computers & Education 87.(2015):
142-150. ScienceDirect. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
"Take Your Students Outside of the Classroom with Quiz let." M4Learning Mobile
Learning. N.p., 03 Sept. 2015. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
"The Yin and the Yang of Using Mobile Technology in the Classroom." TES. N.p., 15
Sept. 2015. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.
Kiger, Derick1, kigerd@oasd.org, and Dani2 Herro. "Bring Your Own Device: Parental
Guidance (PG) Suggested." Techtrends: Linking Research & Practice To Improve
Learning 59.5 (2015): 51-61. Education Source. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
Yang, Xianmin, Xiaojie Li, and Ting Lu. "Using Mobile Phones In College Classroom
Settings: Effects Of Presentation Mode And Interest On Concentration And
Achievement." Computers & Education 88.(2015): 292-302. ScienceDirect. Web. 29
Sept. 2015.

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