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Mobile phone text messaging to increase student participation: an experience in a blended course
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Edgar Marçal, Rossana Andrade, 
Windson Viana, Eduardo Junqueira, Rosemeiry MeloAuthors Info & Claims
Edgar Marçal, Rossana Andrade, Windson Viana, Eduardo Junqueira, Rosemeiry MeloAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 239 - 245
Abstract
Mobile technology is a suitable tool to be used for learning purposes. Many research studies prove the benefits of Mobile Learning (m-learning) in various education disciplines. Following this trend, our study examined a post-graduate class consisting of 474 learners in which Short Message Service (SMS) was used. The main goal was to find out if this technology would increase student participation in the course. The lecture series were implemented by using a blended learning approach, in which the courses combine face-to-face classes with online activities. Two groups of learners were created, control and experimental, in order to analyze the activities' fulfillment rate and the response time. The results from the data analysis showed that students who received mobile messaging outperformed significantly students from the control group. The experimental group had better results both in completion rate and response time. They were almost 20% more effective at completing their assigned activity and up to 78 hours faster than students from the control group. In addition, a questionnaire answered by the experimental group demonstrated that participants were very satisfied with the usage of this technology and were enthusiastic about the use of messages on the course.
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