Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Student Motivators for M-learning

This paper documents the outcomes of a study that focused on identifying what motivates stu-dents to use mobile devices for learning and to engage in m-learning. An outcome of this study was to provide a better understanding of what educators should consider when adapting their course for mobile lea...

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Main Authors: Martin, Romana, McGill, Tanya, Sudweeks, Fay
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Informing Science Institute 2013
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Online Access:http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol12/JITEv12ResearchP051-067MartinFT51.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9409
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description This paper documents the outcomes of a study that focused on identifying what motivates stu-dents to use mobile devices for learning and to engage in m-learning. An outcome of this study was to provide a better understanding of what educators should consider when adapting their course for mobile learners. The research included seven classes from three Australian universi-ties. The students in this study used laptops or tablet PCs, and in three of the classes, these were provided by the university as part of a laptop/tablet program. The findings indicated that mobility was the key motivator for the use of laptops, and the learning tasks that students found to be most motivating involved accessing information, authoring (e.g., writing, blogging, note taking) and communication.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-94092017-01-30T11:12:29Z Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Student Motivators for M-learning Martin, Romana McGill, Tanya Sudweeks, Fay m-learning Motivation mobile learning motivators engagement This paper documents the outcomes of a study that focused on identifying what motivates stu-dents to use mobile devices for learning and to engage in m-learning. An outcome of this study was to provide a better understanding of what educators should consider when adapting their course for mobile learners. The research included seven classes from three Australian universi-ties. The students in this study used laptops or tablet PCs, and in three of the classes, these were provided by the university as part of a laptop/tablet program. The findings indicated that mobility was the key motivator for the use of laptops, and the learning tasks that students found to be most motivating involved accessing information, authoring (e.g., writing, blogging, note taking) and communication. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9409 http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol12/JITEv12ResearchP051-067MartinFT51.pdf The Informing Science Institute restricted
spellingShingle m-learning
Motivation
mobile learning
motivators
engagement
Martin, Romana
McGill, Tanya
Sudweeks, Fay
Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Student Motivators for M-learning
title Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Student Motivators for M-learning
title_full Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Student Motivators for M-learning
title_fullStr Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Student Motivators for M-learning
title_full_unstemmed Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Student Motivators for M-learning
title_short Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Student Motivators for M-learning
title_sort learning anywhere, anytime: student motivators for m-learning
topic m-learning
Motivation
mobile learning
motivators
engagement
url http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol12/JITEv12ResearchP051-067MartinFT51.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9409