Smarthphones in higuer education. Design and validation of two instruments for collecting information on the vision of students
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5944/reop.vol.26.num.3.2015.16403Keywords:
smartphone, students, higher education, questionnaire, focus groupAbstract
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The emergence of the so called Web 2.0 has been accompanied by the appearance of multiple possibilities and educational trends in the field of higher education through the creation of appropriate virtual spaces for the teaching, learning and assessment processes. This trend facilitates that the accompaniment of the students may be carried out with different modes and contexts. One trend that is having greater educational impact is the Mobile Learning that allows multiple activities for educational purposes through different mobile devices anytime, anywhere. Of all the mobile devices today, this research has focused on the Smartphone since it is one of the devices which offers the largest number of options for Mobile Learning because of the virtually unlimited possibilities it offers and the size of it, which allows its use anytime, anywhere. The aim of this study is to present the process followed for the design and validation of two instruments for diagnostic evaluations, a questionnaire and a Focus Group, aimed at students in higher education, in the University of Cantabria, to obtain information about the knowledge, use, importance, benefits and difficulties of introducing the Smartphone in the teaching-learning-assessment processes, as well as the training needs in this regard. It is found that both instruments are valid and reliable for making a diagnosis on the pedagogical implementation of the Smartphone in university contexts from the perspective of the students.
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