The journey from texting to applications on personally owned devices to enhance student eEngagement in large lectures: A pilot study

Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology

Trevor Nesbit¹  Angela Martin²  Tim Bell³  Billy O'Steen³ 

[1] ARA Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand;Education Contractor, New Zealand;University of Canterbury, New Zealand;

关键词: Student engagement;    large lectures;    mobile devices;    APODs;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Increasing class sizes to gain economies of scale have resulted in less interaction between lecturers and students during lectures. This paper presented the results of a pilot study that set out to examine the use of applications on personally owned devices (APODs) to enhance student interaction, participation and engagement in large lectures. The pilot study commences with the development and trial of a text messaging based application, and after a survey of students regarding ownership levels of mobile devices, concludes with the trial of an application developed for mobile devices. The conclusions of the paper highlight that the use of APODs can significantly increase student interaction, participation and engagement in large lectures and identifies implications and opportunities for further research.

【 授权许可】

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