scholarly journals Mobile-assisted ESP learning in technical education

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Šimonová
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Language Education ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Assisted Instruction

Abstract This paper presents research results from the field of mobile-assisted instruction of English for specific purposes for technical and engineering students. The research was structured in three phases: (1) Questionnaire 1 was applied to detect what sources of information students use in higher education, what types of mobile devices they own, what purposes they use them for, (2) how the process of instruction, particularly students´ autonomous work supported by mobile devices ran, (3) students´ feedback was collected by Questionnaire 2 to evaluate the mobile-assisted learning and provide proposals for future exploitation of mobile devices in higher technical language education. The results show students are sufficiently equipped with mobile technologies and exploit them for various purposes, including education and ESP. At the end, examples of helpful mobile applications are presented.

scholarly journals Using M-Learning Technology in Teaching Foreign Languages: A Panacea during COVID-19 Pandemic Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (15) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Elena Dolzhich ◽  
Svetlana Dmitrichenkova ◽  
Mona Kamal Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Learning Technology

<p class="0abstract">The higher education system around the world is being rapidly developed towards digitalization – from computers to laptops, from laptops to tablets and smartphones. Accordingly, traditional delivery of instruction is being shifted towards blended learning that is being gradually replaced with distance learning, i.e. higher education is moving forward with mobile learning (m-learning) technologies. The introduction of mobile learning became the most topical event in 2020 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to which many countries had to completely move to distance learning in higher education. The purpose of the study is to analyze the prospects for the widespread use of mobile applications in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in Russia to Russian and Arab learners. In the course of the study, an online survey based on a questionnaire consisting of four open and closed questions was conducted. An empirical method was applied to collect the research data.  The survey was conducted at the Department of Foreign Languages of the Engineering Academy of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (EA PFUR). The total research sample included 200 participants and consisted of: 50 potential employers, 50 Russian and Arab students of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia studying Linguistics (training program code 035700), 50 faculty members, namely teachers of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Moscow State Pedagogical University and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, as well as 50 administrative staff of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. The purpose of the survey was to collect information about the use of mobile applications (Smartphone Apps) and the introduction of mobile learning technology (m-learning) in the process of teaching EFL to students. According to the results of the survey, instructors are actively using mobile technologies in their professional activities and all participants in the learning process are receptive to their introduction in education. At the same time, respondents believe that technical challenges are the major obstacle to the adoption of mobile applications; these problems must be overcome in order to enable more productive use of mobile applications. In this regard, the study of mobile applications that are suitable for specific aspects of learning a foreign language, such as spoken language, reading comprehension, listening or writing, can be considered a promising research area.</p>

A Comparative Study of Business and Engineering Students' Attitude to Mobile Technologies in Distance Learning

2015 ◽  
pp. 29-59
Author(s):  
Andreas Ahrens ◽  
Jeļena Zaščerinska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Research Show

Mobile technologies are widely employed in distance learning in higher education to provide students with an opportunity to learn regardless of time and place in order to obtain a higher education degree. However, little attention has been paid to a comparative study of business and engineering students' attitudes toward mobile technologies. The aim of the chapter is to compare business and engineering students' attitudes toward mobile technologies in distance learning, underpinning elaboration of a hypothesis. The meanings of the key concepts of distance learning, blended learning, and attitude are studied. Moreover, the study demonstrates how the key concepts are related to the idea of mobile technologies and shows how the steps of the process are related: students' attitudes toward mobile technologies in distance learning? empirical study within multicultural environments ? conclusions. The results of the present research show that both business and engineering students' attitudes toward mobile technologies are positive.

scholarly journals Use of Smartphone Applications in English Language Learning—A Challenge for Foreign Language Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Kacetl ◽  
Blanka Klímová
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Cognitive Capacity ◽  
Great Opportunity

At present, hardly any younger person can imagine life without mobile technologies. They use them on a daily basis, including in language learning. Such learning supported with mobile devices is called mobile learning, which seems beneficial especially thanks to the unique features of mobile applications (e.g., interactivity, ubiquity, and portability) and teachers’ encouragement and feedback. The purpose of this review study is to explore original, peer-reviewed English studies from 2015 to April 2019 and to determine whether mobile applications used in the learning of English as a foreign language are beneficial and/or effective. The methods are based on a literature review of available sources found on the research topic in two acknowledged databases: Web of Science and Scopus. Altogether, 16 original journal studies on the research topic were detected. The results reveal that mobile learning is becoming a salient feature of education as it is a great opportunity for foreign language learning. Its key benefits are as follows: the enhancement of the learner’s cognitive capacity, the learner’s motivation to study in both formal and informal settings, the learner’s autonomy and confidence, as well as the promotion of personalized learning, helping low-achieving students to reach their study goals. Although mobile learning seems to be effective overall, it is desirable to design, plan and implement it with caution, according to students’ needs, and to deliver multiple language skills in authentic learning environments.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Quality Problem of Scientific School in the Higher Russian Technical Education by the Graduates and Professors of MSTU “STANKIN”

2019 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
pp. 06003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna V. Mikhaylova ◽  
Marina A. Revina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Quality Problem ◽  
Higher Education Reforms ◽  
Technical Schools ◽  
Organizational Problem ◽  
Modernization Process ◽  
High Level

Higher education reforms can give Russian higher technical schools significant advantages, but at the same time they hide serious dangers. As a result of these reforms, the modern higher technical school in Russia is facing many problems. Firstly, the quality problem: technical education in Russia has always been at a fairly high level, due to its integrity and fundamental nature, so the feasibility of reforms often raises questions. Secondly, the organizational problem: the natural process for higher education in the modernization of education and the consolidation of knowledge in itself is quite complicated. The combination of the modernization process and reform is causing considerable resistance and questions, since it seems insufficiently thought out. Thirdly, the problem of training a creative engineer for the society of the future does not find a solution, because the process of training a specialist is becoming more and more mechanistic. Previously, engineering students within five and a half years had the opportunity to join the scientific community, thanks to the presence of individual work and direct communication with scientists of different generations. Modern communication between professor and student is largely carried out through the electronic environment, so they are more fragmented and mosaic. The lack of real practice in enterprises leads to the fact that students do not receive a live request from production for their creativity. In such conditions, the training of creative technicians is very difficult. It is advisable to reform higher technical education in the light of these problems, so that in the final, Russian education will benefit from them, while maintaining its identity.

scholarly journals Identifying the Collage Student’s Perception Level of Mobile Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Topaloglu ◽  
Harun Ozkisi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Web Based ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Distant Education ◽  
Education Tool ◽  
Day By Day

There have been great improvements in mobile technologies recently. In line with these developments, the use of mobile technologies in web based distance learning seems to be increasing day by day making learning possible via mobile devices. Both the continuous and rapid developments in mobile devices and the growing number of people with mobile phones render these technologies fruitful and actively used in many fields, including education worldwide, inclusive of our own country. Mobile learning is regarded as a reliable distant education tool for learners who wish to continue their education from outside the institutions. The study was conducted to measure the reactions of individuals to the developed mobile applications and give insight to them. The aim of this study is to identify undergraduate students’ use and attitudes of/towards mobile learning who are studying at Trakya University Kesan Yusuf Capraz School of Applied Disciplines. Observations were made about the use and the importance of mobile learning in our lives.Peer-review under responsibility of of the organizing committee of GLOBE-EDU Keywords: Distant Education; E-Learning; Mobile Devices; Mobile Learning; M-Learning

scholarly journals Mobile Devices and Recording in the Classroom

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Ibrahim ◽  
Anita Howarth
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Mobile Telephony ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
New Challenges

Mobile technologies such as tablets, iPads, laptops, netbooks as well as mobile phones with internet connectivity and recording features present new challenges to the academy. In the age of convergence and with the encoding of several features into mobile telephony, private spaces of the classroom can be reconfigured through the mediation of technologies. In most cases, existing rules and regulations of higher education institutions do not comprehensively address these challenges. The introduction of new technologies into the classroom has been often framed historically as vital and relevant for a progressive academic society or as part of a national imperative to transform the ways in which the authors access and engage with knowledge. This paper surveys British universities to examine how they govern the phenomenon of recording content through mobile technologies. The results reveal a pervasive use of mobile devices in UK universities and clear divergences in approaches to enacting mobile device-specific policies to govern the usage of these technologies.

The Effect of Using Mobile Devices on Students' Performance in Writing

2016 ◽  
pp. 250-270
Author(s):  
Marielle Patronis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Large Scale Integration ◽  
Scale Integration ◽  
The Impact

The number of projects exploring the potential of mobile device-facilitated learning is steadily growing in higher education, prompted, in part, by the use of mobile technology in the work place. The use of mobile devices has expanded from short-term trials on a small scale to large-scale integration in educational settings from primary to higher education. With this increase, the use of textual-based communication has also increased. Hence, the mode of writing faces a new environment from printed text to the digital. However, there remains a lack of analysis that brings together the findings of the impact of using mobile devices on students' performance in academic writing. Consequently, the aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of how mobile devices impact students' performance in writing along with recommendations for possible future pedagogical uses of mobile technologies. The chapter builds on a pilot study conducted in spring 2014 at a university in Dubai, UAE, which explored the effect of using the iPad on learners' writing performance.

A Research Contribution to the Analysis of Mobile Devices in Higher Education from Medical Students' Point of View

2016 ◽  
pp. 196-221
Author(s):  
Laura Briz-Ponce ◽  
Juan Antonio Juanes-Méndez ◽  
Francisco José García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Technological Acceptance Model ◽  
Acceptance Model

This paper attempts to provide some insights about the use and perception of undergraduate students about the applications of these devices at University and the importance they give to the adoption of mobile technologies in their education. The methodology used for this purpose was a designed survey distributed to different undergraduate students of Medical Schools from University of Salamanca. It collects information of the most relevant aspects that the students consider when they interact with mobile devices, how often they use them and the type of apps they download. Also, it makes an especial mention of training apps and their handling by the participants. The survey is based on the Technological Acceptance model of Davis. This model helps us to understand the current situation of mobile technologies from the point of view of students. This paper also analyses the existing relationships between the different factors that could influence in their attitude to accept the mobile technology.

Mobile Technologies and Rich Media

2011 ◽  
pp. 103-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trish Andrews ◽  
Robyn Smyth ◽  
Belinda Tynan ◽  
Andrew Berriman ◽  
Deborah Vale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Rich Media

This chapter focuses on the emerging possibilities and issues arising from the rapid adoption of mobile technologies for learning in tertiary and higher education contexts in developing countries. In particular, it explores the implications for developing nations of the rapid proliferation of mobile devices. Many opportunities are forecast along with some lessons learned from an Australian investigation into the use of rich media technologies in higher education.

MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

2021 ◽  
pp. 182-196
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Cognitive Tools ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Mobile Education

The article examines aspects of the use of mobile technologies in the higher education system. The advantages and disadvantages of mobile learning are presented. Directions and examples of the application of various mobile services and technologies in educational activities are proposed. It is noted that in the modern educational environment there is still a limited use of mobile technologies, their use as a way to disseminate knowledge, and not as cognitive tools. Today, the most common use of mobile devices is still storing and retrieving information, teaching materials, and scheduling. Several directions of using mobile devices in the learning process have been proposed. The conclusion was made about the novelty of the application and introduction of mobile technologies in the educational environment, the prospects and potential of mobile education in education.

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