Educational use of smart phone technology: A survey of mobile phone application use by undergraduate university students
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 23 September 2013
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to present the results of a survey of undergraduate student use of smart phone applications.
Design/methodology/approach
Undergraduate students currently enrolled in an information literacy course answered an online survey regarding their use of applications (apps) on their smart phones.
Findings
However, still a small percentage of most frequently used apps (10.4 percent), search engines, online encyclopedias, and libraries are used by undergraduate students. The apps used most often are familiar to them and allow mobile access to popular web sites available on personal computers. Furthermore, a significant number (76 percent) of undergraduate students also report that they use apps to find academic information. The type of app most frequently used to find academic information is search engines.
Originality/value
This research provides evidence on the actual use of mobile devices by students for library administrators and educators interested in developing integrated mobile academic library applications.
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Citation
Reese Bomhold, C. (2013), "Educational use of smart phone technology: A survey of mobile phone application use by undergraduate university students", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 47 No. 4, pp. 424-436. https://doi.org/10.1108/PROG-01-2013-0003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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