As we move away from the traditional way
of teaching and learning, technology has provided many innovative ways to
incorporate technological tools in the classroom. The virtual classroom exists within
traditional face-to-face encounters as well as total online learning.
Smartphones function as digital media that
enables people to communicate and share information (Ade and Mulyono, 2018). In
some universities course, the material can be
downloaded, and the smartphones
can be learning resources. According to Ade and Mulyono (2018) smartphones can
be used during class to search for certain information.
Mobile devices have fallen on both sides of the conversation when it relates to
the advantages in the classroom. One one side educators welcome mobile devices
and integrate them into their class curriculum, and on the other side, some educators forbid all forms of mobile
devices. Mobile devices provide an easy to way to pull up information in an
instant; they can be used to take notes and record lectures. However, they can
also be a distraction.
When it comes to cellphones, Hikmat and Mulyono argue that research concerning the
pedagogical advantages is still quite new and inconclusive. These authors found
that faculty perception differed from student perceptions, with students
believing that use of electronic devices is more appropriate, and less
disruptive, than did faculty members. As with cellphone use in the classroom Ravizza,
Hambrick and Fenn (2014) argue that the
use of laptops and cellphones reports that they have positive and negative
effects on classroom learning. They add that in well-controlled
classroom settings, grades improved for students using laptops.
References
Ade
Hikmat, & Herri Mulyono. (2018). Smartphone Use and Multitasking Behaviour
in a Teacher Education Program (TEP). International
Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 4-14 (2018),
(2), 4. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.3991/ijim.v12i2.7345
Ravizza,
S. M., Hambrick, D. Z., & Fenn, K. M. (2014). Non-academic internet use in
the classroom is negatively related to classroom learning regardless of
intellectual ability. Computers
& Education, 78, 109–114. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.05.007
You are exactly right. There is a fine line between faculties perception of cell phone use in the classroom and the students perception. Most of the courses my colleagues teach do not allow students to have their cell phone out or on for that matter.I do not have a problem with it. There have been several occasions where I will ask students to look a term up or a case up or a news story. I find it helpful.
ReplyDeleteIt is a fine line. We want all the students to succeed, but at some point we need to realize these are grown people and no longer high school students we can control. At best we can inform them that outside use of phones is counter productive to their education which they have paid for.
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