Student Use Of Technology In Class: Engaged Or Unplugged?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a great deal of discussion about the need for student engagement and a meaningful connection in the classroom. With the advent of cell phones, computers and the Internet, students are more connected to, and, at the same time, more disconnected from each other than ever before. We are living in the age of exponential change and technological convergence where forms of technology speak to each other. The omnipresent cell phone is a mini-computer and according to futurist Ray Kurzweil, What now fits in your pocket 25 years from now will fit into a blood cell and will again be millions of times more cost effective. (Greene, 2010) A survey of 211 undergraduates was conducted in an effort to determine whether student use of technology in the classroom enhances engagement or encourages disconnection. The results are discussed and suggestions are proposed
Recommended Citation
La Roche, C. R., Flanigan, M. A. (2013). Student Use of Technology in Class: Engaged or Unplugged? Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 10(1), 47-54.
Original Citation
La Roche, C. R., Flanigan, M. A. (2013). Student Use of Technology in Class: Engaged or Unplugged? Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 10(1), 47-54.
