Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date of this Version
2022
Abstract
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic and the social distancing rules and lockdowns that followed have affected all aspect of our societies, including education. In order to keep education running, educational institutions have had to quickly adapt to the situation. This has resulted in an unprecedented push to online learning where mobile technologies are being used for the learning purposes. The study adopted a descriptive survey research method with a study sample of 200 undergraduate students drawn from the two colleges in Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti using random sampling technique. The study revealed that Telegram (67%), WhatsApp (64.5%) and Zoom (57.5%) were regularly used by students. Also, the students mostly used mobile devices for research and assignments. Some of the effects of mobile devices on education are access to and provision of current and up-to-date information (90%), access to online lectures being made possible (95%), quick transmission of information (85%), and improved academic performance (80%). Major challenges to the use of mobile devices were slow network problems (95%), lack of consistent training for users (92.5%) and use of personal data (95%) which incur additional costs on the part of students. The study recommended that universities should sustain the integration of mobile devices on education to promote and enhance teaching and learning process amid COVID-19.