Open AccessThe Use of Mobile Phones in Classrooms: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Diego Calderón-Garrido,
Francisco Pardo,
Cristóbal Suárez Guerrero
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of emerging technologies in learning/international journal: emerging technologies in learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1868-8799
pISSN - 1863-0383
DOI - 10.3991/ijet.v17i06.29181
Subject(s) - mobile phone , inclusion (mineral) , subject (documents) , work (physics) , citation , psychological intervention , phone , computer science , production (economics) , multimedia , scientific literature , psychology , world wide web , telecommunications , social psychology , engineering , paleontology , psychiatry , biology , economics , macroeconomics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The inclusion and use of mobile phones in education is subject to two opposing arguments, one which defends and the other which opposes their use. This work has undertaken a systematic revision of scientific production to guide researchers in their enquiries into this subject. To achieve this, a total of 60 articles indexed to the Journal Citation Reports database between the years 2011 and 2020 have been analysed. These have been categorised in six specific areas: attitude and relationship with the mobile phone, communication, educational applications and classroom interventions, tension between agents, relationship between use and performance and problems deriving from their use. The conclusions of the analysis made show that, in general, scientific production would seem to back the introduction of mobile phones in classrooms as beneficial for educational purposes provided that certain preliminary work is carried out and a certain development is achieved of the digital and media skills of both students and teaching staff.