After the broadcast: Disrupting health sciences’ students’ lives with SMS

Ken Masters, Dick Ng’ambi

نتاج البحث: Conference contribution

8 اقتباسات (Scopus)

ملخص

Introduction: Although Short Message Services (SMS) (texting) broadcasting is an efficient and effective way of communicating with students, the disruption caused by the unexpected arrival of messages has not been explored. This paper reports on a project investigating the disruptive effect of messages sent to 782 Health Sciences’ students at a higher education institution. Methodology: Students signed up for an SMS broadcasting service; received a minimum of two messages per month (Feb-Nov), and reflected on their experience through a questionnaire. Results: There was little disruption of student’ private lives, and greater disruption of their student activities, and yet this appeared to add to, rather than reduce, the value of the service. Conclusion: In learner-centred environments, productive disruption of students requires that staff only send important / urgent messages and that students control the disruption timing.

اللغة الأصليةEnglish
عنوان منشور المضيفProceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning, ML 2007 - Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2007
المحررونInmaculada Arnedillo Sanchez
ناشرIADIS Press
الصفحات171-175
عدد الصفحات5
رقم المعيار الدولي للكتب (الإلكتروني)9789728924362
حالة النشرPublished - 2007
منشور خارجيًانعم
الحدث2007 IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning, ML 2007 - Part of the 1st IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2007 - Lisbon, Portugal
المدة: يوليو ٥ ٢٠٠٧يوليو ٧ ٢٠٠٧

سلسلة المنشورات

الاسمProceedings of the IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning, ML 2007 - Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2007

Conference

Conference2007 IADIS International Conference Mobile Learning, ML 2007 - Part of the 1st IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2007
الدولة/الإقليمPortugal
المدينةLisbon
المدة٧/٥/٠٧٧/٧/٠٧

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