Smartphone use among undergraduate STEM students during COVID-19: An opportunity for higher education?

J Mella-Norambuena, R Cobo-Rendón, K Lobos… - Education …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students worldwide have continued their education
remotely. One of the challenges of this modality is that students need access to devices such …

Mexico's higher education students' experience during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic

R Zapata-Garibay, JE González-Fagoaga… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Transition from face-to-face to remote courses in Mexico represented a challenge for
teachers, students, and parents from all education levels. The Mexican federal government …

Impact of extracurricular factors on the academic performance of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

MT Sanz, E López-Iñesta - Frontiers in Education, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This article aims to study the incidence of extracurricular factors relating to (a) personal work
situation and place of residence;(b) family finances; and (c) access to the virtual environment …

The impact of smartphone use on learning effectiveness: A case study of primary school students

JC Wang, CY Hsieh, SH Kung - Education and Information Technologies, 2023 - Springer
This study investigated the effects of smartphone use on the perceived academic
performance of elementary school students. Following the derivation of four hypotheses from …

Examining the factors influencing the mobile learning applications usage in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Althunibat, MA Almaiah, F Altarawneh - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, the emergence of the COVID-19 has caused a high acceleration towards the use
of mobile learning applications in learning and education. Investigation of the adoption of …

Exploring the main determinants of mobile learning application usage during COVID-19 pandemic in Jordanian universities

MA Almaiah, A Al-Khasawneh, A Althunibat… - … technologies during the …, 2021 - Springer
Recently, higher education sector has been affected by Covid-19 pandemic significantly.
Where, several universities have started to adopt online distance learning tools such as …

Mobile learning as a solution for restricted learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

DB Bacolod - Journal of Digital Educational Technology, 2022 - jdet.net
The proliferation of smartphones and web technology 2.0 raises the possibilities for
supporting mobile learning during the COVID-19 outbreak. This quantitative research …

A qualitative exploration of teachers' perspective on smartphones usage in higher education in developing countries

S Iqbal, ZA Bhatti - International Journal of Educational Technology in …, 2020 - Springer
Recently, Smartphone sales have surpassed the sales of all other computing devices
including desktops, laptops and tablet PCs. Moreover, Smartphones have become a primary …

[PDF][PDF] The use and effects of smartphones in higher education

H Ma'azer Al Fawareh, S Jusoh - Ijim, 2017 - researchgate.net
The purpose of this study is to investigate the use and effects of smartphones on academic
staffs at a university level, especially in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We conducted a …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of mobile applications for a lima university in pandemic

C Diaz-Nunez… - International …, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The current global pandemic situation has forced universities to opt for distance education,
relying on digital tools that are currently available, such as course management platforms …