TEACHERS’ VIEWS OVER THE IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL MOBILE DEVICES ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 18, 220 - 226, 01.03.2019

Murat Tolga Kayalar Fethi Kayalar

Abstract

The rapid developments in the mobile world enable educational organizations to be more dynamic and adapt quickly to changes, while differentiating the perspectives of users. The educational organizations or private educational offices that try to keep up with the mobile world's speed are aiming to meet the expectations of the users and to increase their sales while the users make their choices among the mobile applications that meet their needs. In the study, we tried to determine the impact of educational mobile devices on students’ achievements in classroom environment. We used qualitative research method and interviewed with ten teachers working in different high schools. We asked three open-ended questions to the teachers. We collected the data through recorder and transformed them into written statements. We have concluded that the students with advanced educational mobile devices have more achievements than those with inadequate educational mobile devices. Thanks to the easy accessibility and portability of mobile technologies, learning activities such as training and practice in the field of education can also be carried out of the classroom environment. Notebooks, mobile phones and tablet computers can be used in learning-teaching processes with the support of educational institutions. We have suggested that all the students in the classroom should have advanced mobile devices in order to get academic achievement. Mobile applications are used by students either in the classroom or after-school and make learning more enjoyable

Keywords

Mobile devices, Student achievement, Educational technology, Virtual learning.

References

• Adıgüzel, O., Batur, Z., & Ekşili, N. (2014). Kuşakların değişen yüzü ve Y kuşağı ile ortaya çıkan yeni çalışma tarzı: Mobil yakalılar. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 1(19), 165-182..
• Bulun, M., Gülnar, B. & Güran, S. (2004). Eğitimde Mobil Teknolojiler. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology – TOJET April 2004 volume 3 Issue 2 Article 23
• Chen, G. D., Chang, C. K., & Wang, C. Y. (2008). Ubiquitous learning website: Scaffold learners by mobile devices with information-aware techniques [Electronic Version]. Computers & Education, 50, 77-90.
• Chou, C. C., Block, L., & Jesness, R. (2012). A case study of mobile learning pilot project in K-12 schools, Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange, 5(2). 11-26.
• Dhanalakshmi, S., Suganya,S., & Kokilavani, K. (2014). Mobile learning using cloud computing. International Journal of Computer and Engineering, 2(11), 102-108.
• Doğan, D & Seferoğlu, S. S. (2015). Mobil Cihazlar ve Eğitimde Dijital Dönüşüm. Eğitim Teknolojileri Okumaları, 2015
• Gikas, J. & Grant, M. M. (2013) Mobile computing devices inhigher education: Student perspectives on learning with cellphones, smartphones & social media. Internet and Higher Education, 19, 18–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2013.06.002
• Kukulska-Hulme, A., & Traxler, J. (Eds.) (2005). Mobile learning: A handbook for educators and trainers. London: Routledge.
• Menzi, N., Önal, N. & Çalışkan, E. (2012). Mobil Teknolojilerin Eğitim Amaçlı Kullanımına Yönelik Akademisyen Görüşlerinin Teknoloji Kabul Modeli Çerçevesinde İncelenmesi, Ege Eğitim Dergisi 2012 (13) 1: 40–551
• Ndafenongo, G. (2011). An investigation into how cell phones can be used in the teaching of Mathematics using Vitalmaths video clips: a case study of 2 schools in Grahamstown, South Africa. Thesis, degree of Master of Education, Rhodes University (Faculty of Education), Grahamstown, South Africa
• Ormiston, M. (2012). How to use cell phones as learning tools. http://www.teachhub.com/howuse- cell-phones-learning-tools.
• O’Tool, J. & Beckett, D., 2010. Educational Research: Creative Thinking and Doing. Victoria: Oxford University Press.
• Sanalan, V. A. (2011). M-öğrenme uygulamalarına geçiş. B. B. Demirci, G. T. Yamamoto ve U. Demiray (Ed.) içinde, Türkiye’de e-öğrenme: Gelişmeler ve uygulamalar II (Bölüm 24, ss. 379-388). Anadolu Üniversitesi, Eskişehir.
• Scornavacca, E, Huff, S., & Marshall, S. (2009). Mobile phones in the classroom: If you can’t beat them, join them. Communication of the ACM, 52(4), 142-146.
• Stockwell, G. (2008). Investigating learner preparedness for and usage patterns of mobile learning ReCALL. European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning, 20(3), 253-270. doi:10.1017/S0958344008000232 Printed in the United Kingdom
• Wagoner, T., Hoover, S., & Ernst, D. (2011). CEHD iPad initiative: Year one report. [Çevrim-içi http://www.cehd.umn.edu/Mobile/ PDF/CEHDiPadReport.pdf, Erişim tarihi: 03.06.2019.]
• Yıldırım, A. & Şimşek, H., 2006. Qualitative Research Methods in Social Sciences. Ankara: Seçkin Press.