STUDENTS’ EQUIPMENT FOR M-LEARNING at the School of Management at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia

Georgi Yadkov15 June 2013School of Management – New Bulgarian University

TRENDS

2013 in numbers

Users of mobile services

1,7 bln use mobile internet4,5 bln users

Trends - smartphones

2015 – 80 % of the internet traffic will be generated by mobile devices

Trends in higher education

What is m-learning?

„using mobile technologies to facilitate learning “

(Hwang & Tsai 2011)

Mobile devices

Criteria:1. Communication and information functions2. Small and easily carried3. No physical connection to fixed power source

or telecommunication service

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Goal of the research

To identify the level of equipment with mobile devices and the attitude for using them in the learning process of the students in the MA programs at the School of Management – New Bulgarian University.

Target group

All students and alumni of the MA programs “Management for Organizational Excellence” and “Human Resource Management and Development”

RESULTS

Mobile devices owned by students

E-readers

Tablets

Smartphones

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

Mobile devices owned by students

Attitude to the m-devices’ usage

E-readers

Tablets

Smartphones

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Positive Negative

Number of m-devices per person

0 1 2 30%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Smartphones - OS

BlackBerry Synbian Windows iOS Android0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Tablets - ОS

Don't know iOS Android0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

E-readers - Brands

Acer Sony Kindle0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

CONCLUSIONS

Conclusions

• Mobile devices are widely spread among the target group • There are opportunities to use m-devices in

the learning process but at this stage it is not entirely possible to replace regular learning with m-learning• Android and iOS are the leading OS among

smartphones and tablets• Kindle is the leading brand among e-readers

THANK YOU!Georgi Yadkov