Examining Response to Use of Mobile Learning in an Introductory Qualitative Methods Course

• In Event: 14.044 - Roundtable Session 2
  In Roundtable Session: 14.044-20 - Mixed Methods in P–16 Research

Abstract

Since 2000, the interest in mobile technologies for learning has increased due to their availability and affordability. A common misconception of technology users exists based on Prensky’s (2001) much publicized theory regarding Digital Natives, those who have grown up with technology, and Digital Immigrants, those who have had to learn to integrate technology into their daily lives. This qualitatively driven mixed methods study examined the use of mobile technology in a qualitative methods class, across a broad age range of educators, and found that the level in which participants took part in collaboration and sharing with others effected engagement and attitudes toward adoption of mobile technologies for learning and integration into their professional practice.

Author

• Nancy Jefferson Smith, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi