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Kwun Hung Li; Dickson K.W. Chiu; Elaine W.S. Kong; Kevin K.W. Ho – Education & Training, 2025
Purpose: This research investigates mobile security awareness among university students in Hong Kong, who increasingly rely on mobile devices for their daily activities and academic needs. This research seeks to inform targeted educational strategies and policies to enhance mobile security practices among young adults, particularly in regions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, College Students
Ümmühan Gülnar – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2025
The aim of the study is to examine the leisure consciousness and technology addiction of students studying in different departments of universities on a relational basis. Causal comparison and relational survey methods, which are quantitative research methods, were used in the study. The population of the study is the students who are studying in…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Leisure Time, Addictive Behavior, College Students
Karabatak, Songül; Alanoglu, Müslim – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
This study aimed to investigate the university students' usage of smartphones in-class and reveal the relationships among the frequency of use, the purpose of use, reasons for the smartphone using in course, and demographic variables (gender and class). To achieve this aim, we used the correlational survey model. The study sample was selected from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Kwon, Soo Jin; Kim, Yoonjung; Kwak, Yeunhee – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: This study examined the relationship between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ((ADHD)) symptoms, smartphone addiction, and poor sleep quality in university students, and identified factors affecting ADHD symptoms. Participants: Data were collected from 197 students from March to June 2017. Methods: We adopted a descriptive…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Addictive Behavior
Ahmed Mohamed Alomair – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The use of mobile technology, particularly smartphones, in higher education continues to grow. The purpose of this research was to investigate Saudi students' perceptions of engagement and self-directed learning (SDL) when using smartphones for learning. The research sample included students from one of the Saudi Arabia universities, Z. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, College Students
Demirtas, Erkan; Özçelik, Sadik – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2021
This paper analyzes the use of mobile applications for learning purposes by music education department students. The survey design was used as the research method. The Mobile Application Usage in Music Learning scale developed by the researcher was used as a data collection tool. After the validity and reliability studies were carried out, the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Mojarro Aliaño, Ángel; Duarte Hueros, Ana María; Guzmán Franco, María Dolores; Aguaded, Ignacio – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2019
The aim of this study is to determine the factors that significantly influence the acceptance and intent to use smartphones and tablets as resources for learning in university contexts, as well as the relationships established between them. For their analysis, we followed a contextualized model of evaluation starting with the methodological…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Bagci, Hakki; Peksen, Muhammed Fatih – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
Nowadays, smartphones are used by individuals of all ages for communication, messaging, online or offline gaming, social media browsing and information access. Smartphones, which are frequently used by students for any purpose, increase the level of smartphones dependency of the students and affect them negatively. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, College Students
Bagci, Hakki – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2019
Today, when information technologies are evolving rapidly, digital platforms such as computers, the internet, social media and smartphones have become essential parts of our lives. These digital platforms are intensely used by people with a variety of ages. Students mostly use digital platforms to communicate, navigate on social media and playing…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, College Students, Vocational Schools, Computer Use
Taskin, Necati; Erzurumlu, Kerem – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
This study aims to investigate the online learning readiness of learners and to examine this readiness according to various variables. The descriptive survey model was used in this study. The data of the study were collected from 1963 higher education students who participated voluntarily according to the convenience sampling method. Demographic…
Descriptors: College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Coskun, Tugra Karademir; Gokcearslan, Sahin – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2019
Mobile technologies are useful. However, several mobile technologies also have disadvantages for students besides their advantages. Cyberloafing is one of these critical situations that the students could experience. Several studies on cyberloafing were conducted worldwide. The present study aimed to analyse these studies based on variable…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Student Behavior, Foreign Countries
Hergüner, Gülten – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
Education systems are being affected in parallel by newly emerging hardware and new developments occurring in technology daily. Tablet usage especially is becoming ubiquitous in the teaching-learning processes in recent years. Therefore, using the tablets effectively, managing them and having a high level of tablet literacy play an important role…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education