Difficulties Experienced by Students Using Mobile Devices to Access E-Learning: A Case Study of Undergraduate IT Students in South Africa
Type of Resource:
Conference paper
Year of Publication:
2015
Indicators:
- Solutions or Strategies
- Trends
Themes:
- Digital Literacy And Skills
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use
Author(s): Daniel Adeboye and Corné Johandia van Staden
Challenges: The move from accessing e-Learning using a laptop to accessing e-Learning from a mobile device such as a tablet, poses a number of challenges for both students and designers of the e-Learning environment including: technical problems, distractions by applications on the mobile devices and issues of health such as eye constraint. Solutions: provision of suitable internet connection to students, provision of alternative forms of academic materials and a general online help-desk forum.
URL
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-25684-9_26
Region of Study:
Country of Study:
South Africa,
Study Quality
High