1. VALORACIONES DEL PROFESORADO DEL ÁREA DE FRESNO (CALIFORNIA CENTRAL) SOBRE LA INFLUENCIA DE LA TECNOLOGÍA MÓVIL EN EL APRENDIZAJE DE SUS ESTUDIANTES.
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Navaridas, Fermín, Santiago, Raúl, and Tourón, Javier
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TEACHERS , *CELL phones , *EDUCATIONAL technology , *LEARNING , *COGNITIVE Strategy Instruction - Abstract
This paper presents the most relevant results of a study in which opinions of the teachers in the area of Fresno (Central California, USA) about the effects of the integration of mobile devices into the teaching-learning process. Among other objectives, this study has tried to analyze the influence of mobile learning over three very important learning factors: affective-emotional (motivation), ethic-social (social skills) and the cognitive one (cognitive skills). In order to carry out this study, a descriptive methodological approach was adopted, using the survey technique as the most adequate method to collect teachers' opinions in a relatively fast and precise way. Obtained results show a widespread agreement among teachers about the pedagogical potential of mobile devices as a tool to improve learning quality. In general terms, conclusions suggest an improvement in the students' interest on educational tasks, an increase during study activities, a better collaborative work, as well as an improvement of creativity and information acquisition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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