1. Mobile Learning in Russia:
student survey results
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area
Studies
S.Titova, A.Avramenko © 2012

2. Mobile devices in learning
http://titova.ffl.msu.ru/for-students-ml-survey.html
Participants: 230 students of the 2-4
years and graduates of MSU
Time: September 2011 – March 2012

3. What mobile devices do you have?
Telephone
eReader
МР3
Tablet
Smartphone
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

4. Which options do you use?
Player Listening
Calendar
Planning
Apps
Digital cam
Access to
Internet
resources
SMS Writing
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

5. What for do you use mobile devices?
Games
Reading texts
Multimedia
Database
Internet Access
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

6. Do you employ mobile devices in learning at lessons and
for home work?
Twice a Never
Twice a week month 1%
16% 5%
Everyday
78%!!!

7. What tools do you use for autonomous work?
Never use
Online exercises
Voice Recorder
Digital cam
Encyclopedias
Reference materials
email
Mobile dictionaries
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

8. What tools do you use in class?
Never use
Voice Recorder
Encyclopedias
Presentations
Reference materials
Dictionaries
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

9. Do your teachers use mobile devices? What for?
Never use
Online exercises
Voice recording
For teaching
process
Sharing materials organisation
Multimadia
Communication outside the classroom
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

10. Where is it worth applying mobile devices?
Nowhere At home 16%
3%
In class 7%
Both at home
and in class
74%

11. How do you want mobile devices to be used?
I do not want them to be used
Assessement
Language Tasks
Podcasts and videocasts
Course syllabus with calendar
Course apps
Communication and sharing materials
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

12. Do you want to use mobile devices in learning regularly?
NO
16%
YES
84%

13. Students’ comments
• Mobile devices are convenient for both
autonomous and collaborative work
• The XXIst century is the era of technology. We
need e-learning!
• I used mobile devices everyday while studying
in Germany
• Mobile devices do not stand for teacher but
visual aids support learning
• Mobile device implication would simplify access
to materials and would improve teachers and
students communication

14. Conclusions
 The most convenient mobile device for learning is
smartphone
 Students are absolutely prepared for mobile learning
 Students mobile (ICT) competence is of a very high level
 Students are psychologically ready to use mobile devices
in learning
 There is no need in expensive computer connected
classrooms
 Systematical mobile devices integration is required to
avoid unstructural usage of them in learning