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This paper reports preliminary findings based on a survey that explored students’ perceptions of mobile device usage in the classroom and policy suggestions for appropriate practices to use the devices during class time. The survey was administrated to undergraduate students enrolled in two courses in different countries namely Brazil and United Arab Emirates. Key results suggested that the Emirati and Brazilian students tended to rare use of mobile devices to engage in content and non-content related activities during class time. However, both groups are bringing their mobile devices to the classroom and have suggested policies for appropriate practices to use those devices in the classroom.
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Santos, I.M., Bocheco, O. (2014). Students’ Perceptions of Mobile Devices Usage during Class Time and Policy Suggestions for Appropriate Practices. In: Kalz, M., Bayyurt, Y., Specht, M. (eds) Mobile as a Mainstream – Towards Future Challenges in Mobile Learning. mLearn 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 479. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13416-1_9
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