Wednesday, November 4, 2015

How Students Use Their Mobile Devices to Support Learning at an Australian Regional University

Farley, Murphy, Johnson, Carter, Lane, Midgley, and Koronios (2015) point out that most students are already using mobile devices to support their learning and the institutions need to catch up with this reality. The authors suggest the LMS apps (Blackboard Mobile Learn and Moodle Touch) are better than non-mobile-friendly websites (this advice may be obsolete with Moodle now having a responsive interface as the default).

Use of Google Drive or DropBox is identified as an alternative for students to access course materials on mobile devices, optionally with shortened urls or QR codes.

Private self organized student Facebook groups were identified by Farley, Murphy, Johnson, Carter, Lane, Midgley, and Koronios (2015) in focus groups. YouTube and Vimeo, were also identified as resources used by students.

ps: I am a former student (of education) at USQ and one of the authors is a colleague at ANU.

References

Farley, H., Murphy, A., Johnson, C., Carter, B., Lane, M., Midgley, W., ... & Koronios, A. (2015). How Do Students Use Their Mobile Devices to Support Learning? A Case Study from an Australian Regional University. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2015(1). DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jime.ar

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