The Analysis of New Generation Mobile Device Dependencies of Students in Faculty of Education

Year 2016, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 22 - 29, 01.04.2016

Agâh Tuğrul Korucu Ertuğrul Usta

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.16.01.3.1

Abstract

The
development of technology brought about some advantages as well as particular
disadvantages. Smart phones which are new generation mobile devices are
technological tools for meeting certain needs such as entertainment, social
media, realization of daily routines and usage for educational purposes. The
facts that new generation mobile devices can realize many transactions and
provide solutions for individuals’ needs immediately, arise the continuous
interaction of individuals with mobile devices and thus, technological
dependency. It is important to determine the usage of mobile technology by
instructors who own a particular role in ICT integration process. The habitudes
which instructors gained before their professional lives affect their careers.
Therefore it is important to determine their usage of new generation mobile
technologies in order to earn them the correct habitudes. The aim of this study
is to determine the prospective instructors’ usages of smart phones who receive
education in different branches of faculty of education in terms of various
variables. Research group consists of 217 prospective instructors who are
studying in different branches at Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Keleşoğlu
Faculty of Education. As data collection tool of the study; “personal
information form” and "Smart Phone Dependency Scale" developed by
Demirci and friends (2014) are created. The scale is 6-point Likert-type scale.
It consists of 33 items. The Cronbach alfa (α) internal consistency coefficient
of Smart Phone Dependency Scale is found 0.947. SPSS package program is used in
order to analyze the data collected by data collection tools. Descriptive
statistics, t-test for independent samples and analysis of variance are used
for the analysis of data.

Keywords

Technological Dependency, New Generation Mobile Device Usage, Dependency, Smart Phone Dependency, Dependency To The Communication Device

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