Adopting Mobile Technology in the Higher Education Classroom

Mobile technologies have become inexpensive and ubiquitous. This has led to the proliferation of mobile technologies being employed by students for mobile learning (mLearning) purposes. Preferences for mLearning technologies among a higher education student population at a mid-sized Indiana research and teaching university are explored in this article. The findings of this research are compared to similar research from several years prior conducted by Conole, Laat, Dillon, and Darby, 2006. This comparison yielded some interesting findings such as students in both studies strongly agreeing that mLearning is an important aspect of their coursework. Other interesting findings include the laptop remaining as a preferred student technology, and the discussion board gaining in popularity among the U.S. population when compared to their U.K. counterparts in the Conole et al. (2006) study. Opportunities for future research relating to mLearning still remain and are described in this article.