How Do First Year University Students Use ICT in their Leisure Time and for Learning Purposes?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/49777513:23510/20:43959096

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.ijcrsee.com/index.php/ijcrsee/article/view/314/431" target="_blank" >http://www.ijcrsee.com/index.php/ijcrsee/article/view/314/431</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/IJCRSEE2002035E" target="_blank" >10.5937/IJCRSEE2002035E</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

How Do First Year University Students Use ICT in their Leisure Time and for Learning Purposes?

Original language description

This study advances our understanding of the current use of social media and mobile devices by first year university students. This research sought to explore the influence of the use of social networks and new mobile devices by students for learning purposes. Data were collected using a self-report questionnaire at four universities in three countries in Central Europe. The research was completed by a sample of 961 full-time first year undergraduate students. The data were analysed using descriptive statistic and confirmatory factor analysis. The findings show that students who intensively use ICT for leisure-related tasks are also experienced in ICT for learning purposes. Furthermore, the results showed differences in the use of ICTs according to four selected areas: ICT for leisure-time activities, social networking, ICT on mobile phones, and ICT for study purposes by students. Five well-differentiated clusters were identified by through cluster analysis, which we term the ‘mobile subgroup’, ‘educational subgroup’, ‘social subgroup’, ‘network subgroup’, and ‘entertaining subgroup’. Educators can benefit from the results through a more complete understanding of how first year university students use social networks and mobile devices and how intensity in these areas influences ICT use for learning purposes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education

ISSN

2334-847X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2020

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

RS - THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

35-52

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85055277778