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Title: | Gender as a predictive factor for tasks completed using smartphones |
Author(s): | Evans, Mark; Hopper, Susan; Knezek, Gerald A.; Jones, Greg |
Subject(s): | Gender
Smartphones College students Information behavior Social networking |
Abstract: | Smartphone usage among college students is growing. The prevalence of these devices in every aspect of student routines presents the research problem: how will smartphone usage affect how college students manage their coursework? To address this research problem, we conducted a pilot study examining the current level of smartphone usage among college students. A distinct battery of questions were created and posted to an online survey. Forty-two undergraduate students who own and use smartphones participated. Survey questions focused on how frequently students utilized specific smartphone functions to complete class-related tasks. This paper applies a quantitative analysis to this specific battery of questions in an effort to address the research question: 1) Is gender a significant factor in determining the frequency with which smartphones are used to complete informal learning tasks? |
Issue Date: | 2013-02 |
Publisher: | iSchools |
Citation Info: | Evans, M., Hopper, S., Jones, G., & Knezek, G. (2013). Gender as a predictive factor for tasks completed using smartphones. iConference 2013 Proceedings (pp. 50-53). doi:10.9776/13135 |
Genre: | Conference Paper / Presentation |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/36048 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.9776/13135 |
Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
Peer Reviewed: | is peer reviewed |
Rights Information: | Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors. |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2013-01-28 |