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Mueller, Julie; Wood, Eileen; De Pasquale, Domenica; Cruikshank, Ruth – International Journal of Higher Education, 2012
This study followed an innovative introduction of mobile technology (i.e., BlackBerry® devices) to a graduate level business program and documented students' use of the technology from the time students received the devices to the end of their first term of study. Students found the BlackBerry® device easy to use, and were optimistic regarding its…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Wood, Eileen; Zivcakova, Lucia; Gentile, Petrice; Archer, Karin; De Pasquale, Domenica; Nosko, Amanda – Computers & Education, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of multi-tasking with digital technologies while attempting to learn from real-time classroom lectures in a university setting. Four digitally-based multi-tasking activities (texting using a cell-phone, emailing, MSN messaging and Facebook[TM]) were compared to 3 control groups…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Technology, Higher Education, Written Language