Equal in effectiveness but not yet perception: smartphones and laptops for completing brief academic tasks

Sage, Kara D.; Jackson, Sophia; Mauer, Larissa; Stockdale, Kayden

doi:10.1080/09523987.2022.2101203

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“…Both laptops and smartphones can be useful teaching tools, enabling a variety of teaching methods in the classroom. According to Kara et al (2022), both smartphones and laptops worked well for finishing the tasks, but students believed laptops to be superior to smartphones. Table 1.2 presents the Percentage distribution of the Dentistry students' profile.…”

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Adaptation and usability of learning management system to the new normal dental education

Borbon,

Bautista

2024

IJRSE

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Dental schools are in constant quest to develop an efficient and innovative learning and teaching platform to enhance the students' learning experiences, while supporting the faculty's capacity for quality instruction. This research determined the overall quality of use of the Learning Management System (LMS) by a private dental school. More specifically, it aimed to:1) present the profile of respondents according to sex, student's year level or faculty's length of stay in the university, types of internet connectivity, and types of devices; 2) determine the level of overall faculty's satisfaction on LMS' navigation and usability; 3) determine the level of overall students' satisfaction on LMS content of e-learning course, navigation, usability and e-learning assistance; 4) test the significant difference on the level of overall satisfaction as perceived by the student and faculty when grouped according to profile; and 5) propose an action plan to enhance the use of LMS to the dental curriculum.Using a descriptive method, 185 students and 21 faculty members participated to provide satisfaction level on the adaptability and usability of LMS in Dentistry. Results revealed that the majority of faculty members are female, having 0-5 years of service in university, while the majority of students are female third year students. Majority of both faculty and students are using Fiber for internet connectivity and laptop as device for online class. Faculty agree that they were satisfied with the navigation and usability of LMS to the dental curriculum.Students agree that they were satisfied with the content of the e-Learning course, navigation, usability and e-learning teacher/assistant. Faculty members using fiber are more satisfied with usability. There was a significant difference in the level of satisfaction on content of e-learning course and e-learning teacher/assistant as perceived by students, with the second-year students being more satisfied than other year level. A plan of action was proposed to enhance the use of LMS to the dental curriculum.

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Adaptation and usability of learning management system to the new normal dental education

Borbon,

Bautista

2024

IJRSE

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Let’s just work together! Paper, laptop, and tablet as equally effective tools for groupwork in college

Sage,

Stockdale,

Mauer

2023

Discov Educ

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Students often recruit digital devices to complete their classroom activities. To determine best practices for the classroom, the present study explored the use of tablets relative to laptops and paper in the understudied context of brief, in-person, small group academic tasks. One-hundred twenty small groups of two to three undergraduate students were randomly assigned to one device (paper, laptop, or tablet) and one set-up (a single shared device or multiple individual devices) in a 3 × 2 between-subjects design. Data were collected in 2019 –2021. Students completed one group task that culminated in a knowledge quiz and a second group task that culminated in writing their own quiz together. They then individually rated group members as well as reported their perceptions of satisfaction, effort, and difficulty. Open-ended questions further assessed their perceptions of technology and the three devices in question. Results showed equivalency in group outcomes and individual perceptions across devices and set-ups, with very few exceptions. Quantitative and qualitative data supported that students found advantages and drawbacks to each device and believed that all were effective tools in such a context. Educators must consider the affordances of different technologies when encouraging their use in the classroom but should be open to students using their device of choice for groupwork.

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Students’ perceptions of mobile learning technology acceptance during Covid-19: WhatsApp in focus

Habes

Elareshi

Salloum

et al. 2022

Educational Media International

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Equal in effectiveness but not yet perception: smartphones and laptops for completing brief academic tasks

Cited by 6 publications

References 38 publications

Adaptation and usability of learning management system to the new normal dental education

Adaptation and usability of learning management system to the new normal dental education

Let’s just work together! Paper, laptop, and tablet as equally effective tools for groupwork in college

Students’ perceptions of mobile learning technology acceptance during Covid-19: WhatsApp in focus

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