Student Readiness and Perception of Tablet Learning in Higher Education in the Pacific- A Case Study of Fiji and Tuvalu

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pritika Reddy ◽  
Bibhya Sharma ◽  
Shaneel Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
New Technology ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Tablet Devices ◽  
Student Readiness ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
Educational Paradigm

Significant growth and successful integration of mobile devices to the education landscape have garnered the introduction of mobile learning (mLearning) as a new technology-enabled educational tool. Mobile learning has become a new higher educational paradigm which makes learning more flexible and accessible. However, student readiness and their perceptions about educational use of tablet devices are still a concern particularly in the developing countries like the Pacific island countries (PICs). This article investigates these two important attributes of tablet devices in a first year blended course from a higher education institute in the Pacific with a sample of 43 students. The results revealed that the participants perceived that tablet devices were effective and innovative learning tools. The participants supported the idea of using tablet devices and were ready to incorporate them for learning provided there was training in place. This article finally outlines recommendations for the education sectors in the Pacific.

scholarly journals Reflections on the Impact of Social Technologies on Lecturers in a Pathway Institution

2015 ◽  
pp. 131-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M Velliaris ◽  
Craig R Willis ◽  
Paul B Breen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
New Technology ◽  
First Year ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Technologies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time

Education has evolved over time from face-to-face teaching to computer-supported learning, and now to even more sophisticated electronic tools. In particular, social technologies are being used to supplement the classroom experience and to ensure that students are becoming increasingly engaged in ways that appeal to them. No matter how educationally beneficial, however, new technology is affected by its users. To investigate this, lecturers at the Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology (EIBT)—a Higher Education pathway provider—were surveyed to determine their perception and application of social technolog(ies) in their personal, but predominantly ‘professional' lives. Utilising a qualitative and autoethnographic approach, one author provides an insight into their own attitude toward social technologies, coupled with responses to three open-ended questions. Thereafter, the same questions were posed to EIBT academic staff to understand their willingness or reluctance to use social technologies in their practice as part of their first-year pathway course(s).

Applications of Mobile Learning in Higher Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 268-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babita Gupta ◽  
Yangmo Koo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
E Learning

As mobile devices’ use among consumers accelerates at an exponential rate, there is a need to examine how these mobile devices can be used as effective learning tools and not just a form of communication. In this paper, the authors use an empirical survey methodology to study various mobile learning tools that are currently available for use in higher education, their advantages and disadvantages in m-learning versus e-learning implementations, and to explore the current trends in m-learning.

scholarly journals Adoption of the mobile campus in a cyber university

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Insook Han ◽  
Seungyeon Han
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Cyber University

<p>The advantages of mobile technologies have not been lost on higher education institutions, and they have tried to provide educational services through the use of mobile learning management system (LMS). However, offering such services does not necessarily mean that the students will adopt the new technology. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine what factors facilitate and hinder the students’ adoption of the mobile campus. The study was based on the diffusion of innovation model and compared the perceptions of mobile LMS users and nonusers. Eighty-five students in a cyber university responded to the survey, and the results revealed that even though nonusers perceived the advantages of using mobile LMS, they did not adopt the system because of its complexity and resistance. A discussion and the implications for further development of mobile LMS followed.</p>

scholarly journals The modern paradigm and components for the modernization of higher education

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-114
Author(s):  
Irina Troyan ◽  
◽  
Larisa Kravchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Educational Trajectories ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
Characteristic Features

Global trends that require the use of information and communication, digital and innovative technologies and approaches to learning require us in turn, to re-examine the current educational paradigm. This article examines the modern paradigm and define the components for the modernization of higher education. The study used a comparative analysis, methods of synthesis, generalization and systematization of various scientific approaches, and a graphical method. It considers models of higher education in foreign countries in the context of their adaptation in Russia and examines characteristic features of traditional and modern higher education. Special attention was paid to the role of higher education institutions in training specialists. These meet the current requirements of the labor market, through their independence in strategy, courses, programs, as well as the introduction of progressive forms of teaching methods and educational technologies. The authors show that digitalization is deeply embedded into the administrative and managerial environment of higher education. They identify problems and prospects for the introduction of modern e-learning tools, individual educational trajectories, and distance learning technologies in Russia. This provides the justification for updating the modern paradigm and reorienting it to the components for the modernization of higher education (managerial, methodological, knowledge, innovative, and institutional). The authors develop key foci and define strategic objectives for the development of higher education which can inform educational practice in a modern university.

scholarly journals Innovative Learning Analytics Research at a data-driven HEI

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Azcona ◽  
Owen Corrigan ◽  
Philip Scanlon ◽  
Alan F Smeaton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
The Moment

A university campus is comprised of Schools and Faculties attended by students whose primary intention is to learn and ultimately graduate with their desired qualification.  From the moment students apply to a university and thereafter gain acceptance and attend the campus they create a unique digital footprint of themselves within the university IT systems. Students’ digital footprints are a source of data that is of interest to groups including teachers, analysts, administrators and policy makers in the education, sociology, and pedagogy domains. Learning analytics can offer tools to mine such data producing actionable knowledge for purposes of improving student retention, curriculum enhancement, student progress and feedback, and administrative evolution.  In this paper, we summarise three ongoing Learning Analytics projects from an Irish university, demonstrating the potential that exists to enhance Higher Education pedagogical approaches.   First year students often struggle with making the transition into University as they adapt to life and study at a Higher Education Institution. The research projects in the area of Learning Analytics at our institution focus on: improving test performance using analytics from a general-purpose VLE like Moodle, identifying studying groups and the performance peer effect using on-campus geolocation data, and detecting lower-performing or at-risk students on programming modules.

Applications of Mobile Learning in Higher Education

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babita Gupta ◽  
Yangmo Koo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
E Learning

As mobile devices’ use among consumers accelerates at an exponential rate, there is a need to examine how these mobile devices can be used as effective learning tools and not just a form of communication. In this paper, the authors use an empirical survey methodology to study various mobile learning tools that are currently available for use in higher education, their advantages and disadvantages in m-learning versus e-learning implementations, and to explore the current trends in m-learning.

scholarly journals Webinar as a Form of E-Learning in Higher Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 295-299
Author(s):  
S. D. Kalinina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Information Culture ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
The University

Recently the major changes take place in the higher education. They relate to foreign and Russian universities. They are associated with the following trends: implementation of the concept of lifelong education, globalization of the educational space, change of educational paradigm, large-scale introduction of information and communication technologies in the educational process of universities. The article presents an overview of the main cases for the use of distance education technologies (DET) in the practice of the higher education. There are many examples, such as the introduction of systems for distance support of educational process (LMS - Learning Management System), use the MOOC - Massive Open Online Courses. The description of the characteristics of the webinar (a new form of training in a virtual educational environment of the University) is the focus of attention. The purpose of the webinar technology learning for the university teachers is improvement of information culture and competence formation of effective interaction with students in a rapidly changing environment of e-learning tools. This article describes the possibilities of webinar software technology platform that define the teacher tools, such as audio and video in real time, slide show presentations, use of virtual board, screen sharing of teacher desktop. It presents scenarios of webinar tools usage for online lectures and online seminars, technical and pedagogical preparation for them.

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