An exploration of students' lived experiences of using smartphones in diverse learning contexts using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach

• Main Authors: Chan, Nee Nee *, Walker, Caroline, Gleaves, Alan
• Format: Article
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: HM Sociology; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/704/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.11.001

This study describes young people's experiences of using smartphones, by exploring what it means to acquire, possess, and create a purpose for these personal mobile devices within the complex and fluid contexts of formal and informal learning. Applying the principles and practices of hermeneuti...