Abstract

SANTANA, Otacilio Antunes  and  PEIXOTO, Luciana Roberta Tenorio. Student perspectives about mobile learning initiatives at Open University of Brazil: the mobile phone issue. Acta Scientiarum. Education [online]. 2010, vol.32, n.02, pp.219-223. ISSN 2178-5201.

The objectives of this study were to verify if students of Open University of Brazil approve of mobile learning (m-learning) initiatives, to identify the students’ perspectives about m-learning, to develop a model of instructional design for m-learning environments, and to quantify student satisfaction with the presented model. 1,328 students agreed to participate in this study, all students of Open University of Brazil. They were questioned about their perspectives on m-learning at this university and if they agree with this educational model. The students agreed with the possible implementation of mlearning at this university, especially through mobiles phones. Collectively, the main ideas that the students offered to improve the efficiency of knowledge construction were classified into three groups: theory, practice, and interactivity. They also agreed with an instructional design model that was developed and shown to the three groups.

Keywords : Distance Education; Technology; Public Management; Educational Paradigm.

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