Abstract
The purpose of this research is to find out how college students in Saudi Arabia utilize their smartphones in their learning and to find out the effect of its use in their learning and investigate ways that are more effective for such use. In order to achieve this goal, a researcher developed questionnaire was distributed to 93 college students. The study utilized a mixed-methods approach in collecting data. Investigation Results are analyzed and demonstrated with charts, followed by a discussion of the main findings.
Highlights
Smartphones are a new technology that has been commonly used among most of the people recently
Results show that college students do use smartphone most of their time
Despite the fact that it is used for communication and chasing, it can be a tool of learning
Summary
Smartphones are a new technology that has been commonly used among most of the people recently. This technology has been developed massively for several purposes. One of the purposes and that is our main concern on this research is academic learning and social media. Both of them can be a tool of learning if used effectively. Students may not have tried to involve smartphones as one of their learning tools as of yet. The way each student involves smartphone in learning is different, finding the best and most useful method is highly significant. Students’ GPA can be used as a method of measurement, it might not be an accurate method to measure the effectiveness of this technology in learning
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