Research Trends in Mobile Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Articles (2011 – 2015)

The potential and use of mobile devices in higher education has been a key issue for educational research and practice since the widespread adoption of these devices. Due to the evolving nature and affordances of mobile technologies, it is an area that requires ongoing investigation. This study aims...

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Autores principales:	Greig Krull, Josep M. Duart
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	mobile learning research trends research methods pedagogical issues higher education Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0b01ab01395d48269a5efedf00f6825b2021-12-02T18:03:00ZResearch Trends in Mobile Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Articles (2011 – 2015)10.19173/irrodl.v18i7.28931492-3831https://doaj.org/article/0b01ab01395d48269a5efedf00f6825b2017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2893https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831The potential and use of mobile devices in higher education has been a key issue for educational research and practice since the widespread adoption of these devices. Due to the evolving nature and affordances of mobile technologies, it is an area that requires ongoing investigation. This study aims to identify emerging trends in mobile learning research in higher education in order to provide insights for researchers and educators around research topics and issues for further exploration. This study analysed the research themes, methods, settings, and technologies in mobile learning research in higher education from 2011 to 2015. A total of 233 refereed articles were selected and analysed from peer reviewed journals. The results were compared to three previous literature review-based research studies focused between 2001 and 2010 to identify similarities and differences. Key findings indicated that: (a) mobile learning in higher education is a growing field as evidenced by the increasing variety of research topics, methods, and researchers; (b) the most common research topic continues to be about enabling m-learning applications and systems; and (c) mobile phones continue to be the most widely used devices in mobile learning studies, however, more and more studies work across different devices, rather than focusing on specific devices. Greig KrullJosep M. DuartAthabasca University Pressarticlemobile learningresearch trendsresearch methodspedagogical issueshigher educationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 7 (2017)
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description	The potential and use of mobile devices in higher education has been a key issue for educational research and practice since the widespread adoption of these devices. Due to the evolving nature and affordances of mobile technologies, it is an area that requires ongoing investigation. This study aims to identify emerging trends in mobile learning research in higher education in order to provide insights for researchers and educators around research topics and issues for further exploration. This study analysed the research themes, methods, settings, and technologies in mobile learning research in higher education from 2011 to 2015. A total of 233 refereed articles were selected and analysed from peer reviewed journals. The results were compared to three previous literature review-based research studies focused between 2001 and 2010 to identify similarities and differences. Key findings indicated that: (a) mobile learning in higher education is a growing field as evidenced by the increasing variety of research topics, methods, and researchers; (b) the most common research topic continues to be about enabling m-learning applications and systems; and (c) mobile phones continue to be the most widely used devices in mobile learning studies, however, more and more studies work across different devices, rather than focusing on specific devices.
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Research Trends in Mobile Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review of Articles (2011 – 2015)

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