"Heck, Yea. Technology Is the Bomb, Yo": Student Perspectives on a Mobile Tablet Pilot Project

• In Event: 44.084 - Roundtable Session 18
  In Roundtable Session: 44.084-11 - Online Learning and Perceptions

Abstract

This case study of a mobile device pilot project at a regional comprehensive university highlights the experiences of students who participated in the project. Data, which included non-participant observation during meetings with faculty-participants, focus group interviews with student-participants, and a post- survey of student-participants, were broken down into units of meaning (Lincoln & Guba, 1985) and then organized into discrete categories via open and then axial coding (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). Findings highlight student perspectives regarding how tablet usage changed the learning process for them (though in many cases, they struggled to articulate exactly how) and discussion of benefits and challenges of tablet usage in university classrooms.

Authors

• Heather K. Olson Beal, Stephen F. Austin State University

• Mark S, Montgomery, Stephen F. Austin State University