STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THE TABLET PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC) AS A MOBILE LEARNING DEVICE AT A GRADUATE INSTITUTE IN TSHWANE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
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https://doi.org/10.52627/ijeam.v3i2.91Keywords:
Tablet Personal Computer (PC), Perception, Mobile Learning, Mobile Device, Technology, Higher Education, Exploratory, Graduate Institute, Students, Tshwane.Abstract
The unfolding Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR) has necessitated immense technological innovations in the educational sphere. To date, countable educational institutions in South Africa have introduced the Tablet Personal Computer (PC) to their students for academic purposes. However, perceptions regarding the Tablet PC as a mobile learning device has not been delved into in South Africa. This study has done such an exploration. The study explores the perceptions that graduate students in Tshwane hold of the Tablet Personal Computer (PC) as a mobile learning and management device[MC1]Â . Data was collected from full-time undergraduate students using a web based online survey with a semi-structured questionnaire. A population sample of 277 respondents was selected using non-probability method in the form of convenience sampling. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics methods. The results of the study indicated that the majority of the surveyed students had a positive perception regarding the Tablet PC. Based on the research findings, limitations, recommendations and future research opportunities were suggested. Â [MC1]Sentence addedÂReferences
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Badat, S. (2010). The Challenges of Transformation in Higher Education and Training Institutions in South Africa. Development Bank of South Africa, April, 1–37.
Bai, H. (2019). Pedagogical Practices of Mobile Learning in K-12 and Higher Education Settings. Tech Trends, 63(5), 611–620.
Chien, J. (2012). How digital media and Internet is transforming education. E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare,..., 2012(1), 69–77. https://www.learntechlib.org/p/41561/
Chien, M. “Jemmy.†(2013). How Digital Media is Transforming Education. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2320128
Clark, W & Luckin, R. (2013). iPads in the classroom. 6, 283. http://teachingandlearning.westminster.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2015/08/2013-iPads-in-the-Classroom-Lit-Review-1.pdf
Collins, A. & Halverson, R. (2018). Rethinking education in the age of technology: The digital revolution and schooling in America (2nd Edition). Teachers College Press.
Duran, M., & Aytaç, T. (2016). Students’ opinions on the use of tablet computers in education. European Journal of Contemporary Education, 15(1), 65–75. https://doi.org/10.13187/ejced.2016.15.65
Hamon, A. (2012). Faculty see tablets as versatile teaching, learning tools. https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2012/Q3/faculty-see-tablets-as-versatile-teaching,-learning-tools.html
Isabirye, A. K., & Dlodlo, N. (2014). Perceived inhibitors of innovative E-learning teaching practice at a South African university of technology. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 5(4), 390–398. https://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n4p390
Lynch, M. (2016). Four reasons why classrooms need diversity education. The Advocate. https://www.theedadvocate.org/4-reasons-classrooms-need-diversity-education/
Mabelebele, J. (2015). HE in South Africa: emerging challenges and implications for higher education.
Manerikar, V. & Manerikar. S. (2015). Cronbach’s alpha. A Peer Review Research Journal., 19((1)).
Mang, C & Wardley, L. (2012). Effective adoption of tablets in post-secondary education: recommendations based on a trial of iPads in University classes. Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 11(1), 301–317.
Melhuish, K. & Falloon, G. (2010). Looking to the future: M-learning with the iPad. Computers in New Zealand Schools: Learning, Leading, Technology, 22(3), 1–16. https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/5050/Looking to the future.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Mohseni, A. (2014). Educational Technology: The Tablet Computer as a Promising Technology in Higher Education.
Percival, J., & Claydon, T. (2015). A Study of Student and Instructor Perceptions of Tablet PCs in Higher Education Contexts. Higher Education in Transformation Conference, February 2017, 250–264. http://arrow.dit.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=st3
 
Radosevich, D., & Kahn, P. (2006). Using tablet technology and recording software to enhance pedagogy. Innovate Journal of Online Education, 2(6), 7. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.186.5530&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Rossing, J. P., Miller, W. M, Cecil, A. K. and Stamper, S. E. (2012). iLearning: The Future of Higher Education? Students Perceptions on Learning with Mobile Tablets. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12((2)), 1–12.
Saxena, S. (2013). How important is use of technology in education. EdTechReview. https://edtechreview.in/news/681-technology-in-education
Semerci, A. (2018). Students’ views on the use of Tablet Computers in Education. World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 10((2)), 104–114.
Shambare, R. & Shambare, K. (2016). The adoption of tablet PCs by South African college students: An application of the technology acceptance model. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 14((1)). http://businesperspectives.org/component/option.com_journals/task.view/jid.3/id.20 3/
Siemieniecki, B., & Majewska, K. (2015). Pedagogical premises of the use of tablets in the teaching process. The New Educational Review, 42(4), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.15804/tner.2015.42.4.05
Stewart, A. (2013). Tablet PC use in teaching and learning: a case study. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/697/
Tront, J. G. (2015). Facilitating Pedagogical Practices Through a Large-Scale Tablet PC Deployment (pp. 339–351). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15594-4_36
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