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Title:
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AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS USE OF AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS MOBILE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES |
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Author(s):
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Beverley Oliver |
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ISBN:
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972-8939-02-7 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Carmel Borg, Piet Kommers and Philip Bonanno |
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Year:
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2005 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Mobile learning devices; university learning; students attitudes. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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193 |
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Last Page:
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197 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper reports research findings from two projects exploring students use of and attitude towards mobile learning technologies in courses delivered by an Australian university, and compares those findings with recent research findings from the Netherlands (Wentzel, Van Lammeren et al. 2005) and the United States (Caruso 2004). The first Australian project reports on a survey of Business students in on- and off-shore (South-East Asian locations) courses: these students were asked about their use of portable technologies (laptops and handheld computers) in their studies. Older and postgraduate students in offshore locations were more likely to use laptops and handhelds, and were more likely to want to see them used more extensively in their courses. In the second project, both staff and student feedback at the Australian campus suggests that both groups see the potential of PDAs, even if they have previously not used them, but they are also acutely aware of the technical issues which may accompany their use. |
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