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Exploring how graduate students use smartphones for academic purposes outside of the classroom

Sonne, Jennifer

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Title
Exploring how graduate students use smartphones for academic purposes outside of the classroom
Author(s)
Sonne, Jennifer
Issue Date
2016-03-15
Keyword(s)
  • Smartphone use
  • student information behavior
  • technology
  • academic success
Date of Ingest
2016-03-08T22:53:16Z
Abstract
This exploratory research study looks at how graduate students use their smartphones outside of the classroom for work related to their classes and research. The participants interviewed were two American and two South Korean graduate students. In particular, the locations of use, the perceived impact of smartphone use on academic success, and national differences were compared. The results from this preliminary study suggest that graduate students engage in smartphone use for multiple reasons, and that those reasons are contextual and situationally specific. The goal of this research study is to critically analyze and compare the behaviors of domestic and international graduate students in the United States to understand how they utilize their smartphones for academic purposes.
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
IConference 2016 Proceedings
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Poster
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89405
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9776/16592
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