Exploring student uses of mobile technologies in university classrooms: audience response systems and development of multimedia

Abstract

The research is aimed at theoretical substantiation, development and experimental verification of methods of applying mobile technologies by university students. The research objective implies adapting audience response systems and mobile tools of multimedia development to be used in the classroom environment at universities. The research object is application of mobile ICT to the training process. The research subject is methods of applying audience response systems and mobile tools to conducting practical classes at the university. There are analyzed Ukrainian and foreign researches into the issues of mobile ICT application to the university students training. The authors have developed methods of applying audience response systems by taking Plickers as an example and mobile tools of multimedia development through using augmented reality tools. There is comparative assessment of functionality of audience response systems and mobile tools of developing multimedia with augmented reality. Efficiency of the developed technology is experimentally verified and confirmed.