Abstract
This study aimed to examine whether students consider that their mobile phones are useful devices for academic learning. Moreover, it was to investigate whether students’ opinion on their mobile devices are useful devices for academic learning have any differences based on students’ gender, age, college and type of their mobile phone; and students’ opinion regarding capabilities of all features of Smartphone have positive correlation for effect of Smartphone to students’ learning. The participants were students of four colleges in National Dong Hwa University. The effectiveness of Smartphone was measured by questionnaire consisted students’ opinion on using their Smartphone in learning. Based on the findings of this study, students consider that their mobile phones were useful devices for academic learning, and provided positive impact in students’ learning. However, students considered that their mobile phones were useful devices for academic learning did not depend on their gender, age, college, or type of their Smartphone. Capabilities of all features of Smartphone had positive correlation for effect of Smartphone to their learning.
Highlights
In recent decades, smartphone has become a main necessity
The study viewed that there is not any significantly different amounts students’ gender, age, college, and type of their Smartphone on their opinions, which state that Smartphone is useful devices for academic learning. These show the students consider that their mobile phones are useful devices for academic learning does not depend on their gender, age, college, or type of their Smartphone
Based on the results of research and discussion, some conclusions such as students consider that their mobile phones are useful devices for academic learning
Summary
Smartphone has become a main necessity. Even, for many people in developing countries it offers the only means of sending long distance messages when their children are in the school. The features and applications are always up to date make it would be very strange if students do not have a mobile phone. Taiwan as one of wealth countries, recorded that about one-third of the population is smartphone or tablet computer users (Taipei Times, 2012). Amongst Asia-Pacific countries, Taiwan was number one for smartphone dependency, which eighty-one out of Taiwan's smartphone users do not leave home without their devices (Want China Times, 2014). The smartphone no longer only a tool for communication but a necessary instrument of work life, individuals’ social, entertainment. Thornton & Houser’s findings (Thornton & Houser, 2005) concurred in as much as students agreed that applying of smartphone capabilities assists them to achieve educational matters. Ransford (2009) investigated of about 300 college students found that ninety-nine percent of students have a mobile communication
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