Mobile Learning in Russia:student survey results

Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityFaculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies

S.Titova, A.Avramenko © 2012

Mobile devices in learninghttp://titova.ffl.msu.ru/for-students-ml-survey.html

Participants: 230 students of the 2-4 years and graduates of MSUTime: September 2011 – March 2012

What mobile devices do you have?

Smartphone

Tablet

МР3

eReader

Telephone

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

Which options do you use?

SMS

Internet

Digital cam

Apps

Calendar

Player

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Listening

Planning

Writing

Access to resources

What for do you use mobile devices?

Internet Access

Database

Multimedia

Reading texts

Games

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Do you employ mobile devices in learning at lessons and for home work?

Everyday78%!

!!

Twice a

week16%

Twice a month5%

Never1%

What tools do you use for autonomous work?

Mobile dictionaries

email

Reference materials

Encyclopedias

Digital cam

Voice Recorder

Online exercises

Never use

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

What tools do you use in class?

Dictionaries

Reference materials

Presentations

Encyclopedias

Voice Recorder

Never use

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Do your teachers use mobile devices? What for?

Communication outside the classroom

Multimadia

Sharing materials

Voice recording

Online exercises

Never use

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

For teaching process or-ganisation

Where is it worth applying mobile devices?

At home 16%

In class 7%

Both at home and

in class74%

Nowhere3%

How do you want mobile devices to be used?

Communication and sharing materials

Course apps

Course syllabus with calendar

Podcasts and videocasts

Language Tasks

Assessement

I do not want them to be used

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Do you want to use mobile devices in learning regularly?

YES84%

NO16%

Students’ comments

• Mobile devices are convenient for both autonomous and collaborative work

• The XXIst century is the era of technology. We need e-learning!

• I used mobile devices everyday while studying in Germany

• Mobile devices do not stand for teacher but visual aids support learning

• Mobile device implication would simplify access to materials and would improve teachers and students communication

Conclusions

The most convenient mobile device for learning is smartphone

Students are absolutely prepared for mobile learning Students mobile (ICT) competence is of a very high level Students are psychologically ready to use mobile devices

in learning There is no need in expensive computer connected

classrooms Systematical mobile devices integration is required to

avoid unstructural usage of them in learning