importance of a mobile phone, thus no one can resist its use and ownership. In a learning institution, it is likely that almost all students and lecturers possess mobile phones; nevertheless, there has been an emergence of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) that has further enhanced the way education and learning is done at various tertiary institutions. Through ICT, there is immediate access to information required for learning and teaching. Several of the benefits derived from ICT include increased collaboration and cooperation between students and lectures, information sharing, improved communication and information access. Mtega, Bernard, Msungu and Sanare (2012)…
and pencil survey. Borrowing questions from the likert scale survey employed by Tessa Jones (2014) to examine the attitudes of college students regarding cell phone habits, the questionnaire consisted of ten statements. The 4-point response format: "strongly agree. agree. disagree. and strongly disagree" was used. (See Appendix A for example of survey questions.) The remaining three questions. also included in Appendix A. related to the participants demographics. Naturalistic field observations…
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use advances in technology to make the commute to college more productive for students living off-campus. This topic would fall under Education because it focuses on postsecondary education students and aims to solve one of their problems. Introduction: According to the 2011-2012 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, only about twelve percent of United States undergraduate students live on-campus (Radwin, et al). That leaves a vast majority of…
At Canadore College, there are three campuses in North Bay and one in Parry Sound. Supply chain model at each of the campus of Canadore College comprises of following: D2L in Canadore’s information system With high technology, they provide access to information technology and other options for learning including being able to take programs off-campus. Information system comprises of components which are involved in collection, storage and processing of different data…
While doing this observation I tried to blend into the environment, to not make it obvious that I was observing and taking notes, I tried to cover all of this by using my phone most of the time like everyone was doing to take notes. I observe a total of 4 public settings on the Bloomfield College campus including the library, dining area, and the Star-Computer Lab. I spent a total of 20 minutes in each location. The main task of this observation was to observe the social life going on in each…
how social culture has dramatically changed over the years with the creation of the mobile phone. Before people obtained the ability to instantly send messages and converse over mobile phones, he explained, people would normally gather at coffee shops for a number of reasons; including casual business meetings, conversing with friends over coffee, or even to just enjoy the daily newspaper over a cup of coffee. Putting myself in this situation for observation, I suddenly found how obvious the…
Purpose The Phones and Phubbing group would like increase awareness of phubbing on Gannon University’s campus. Our first plan of action would be to make flyers to explain phubbing and have them posted in areas where it might be more common, like an elevator. Also, we would like to make stickers for students to wear to show their support of the movement. Furthermore, we would like to host an event to explain phubbing and why college students should be especially aware of it. At the event,…
now get an education at their own convenience without having to commute to a physical college. When a potential student wants to get a college degree, they have an important decision to make. They could choose either online college or go the traditional route but with the technology advancing these days there is now a blended education method so students can have both options with or without leaving your home. It does seem like that more and more people are deciding to switch from the…
unsophisticated to control themselves, our society have responsibility to protect them to grow healthily. The smart phone should be the biggest innovation in the modern society. Mobile phones are used around the world, there are no definitive rules regarding their appropriate use(312), they bring us convenient contact method and provide us richer experience. But also, the phone use affect teenagers` life in a negative way, even just…
platform we can see the effect that our events, programming, and atmosphere has on our students. Statistics Although a relatively new social media platform, Snapchat has grown an extensive amount since its launch in 2011. According to The Business of Apps, Snapchat has 100 million active users with 400 million snaps sent every day (May 2015). Core users of Snapchat range from age 13-24 years-old, prime age for our customer base. Moreover, 77% of Snapchat users are college or university…