Preservice teachers' perceptions about using mobile phones and laptops in education as mobile learning tools


ŞAD S. N., GOKTAS O.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, cilt.45, sa.4, ss.606-618, 2014 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/bjet.12064
  • Dergi Adı: BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.606-618
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of this research was to investigate preservice teachers' perceptions about using m-phones and laptops in education as mobile learning tools. A total of 1087 preservice teachers participated in the study. The results indicated that preservice teachers perceived laptops potentially stronger than m-phones as m-learning tools. In terms of limitations the situation was balanced for laptops and m-phones. Generally, the attitudes towards using laptops in education were not exceedingly positive but significantly more positive than m-phones. It was also found that such variables as program/department, grade, gender and possessing a laptop are neutral in causing a practically significant difference in preservice teachers' views. The results imply an urgent need to grow awareness among participating student teachers towards the concept of m-learning, especially m-learning through m-phones.