1. READINESS OF STUDENTS TO USE MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
FOR LEARNING AT EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Daniyar Sapargaliyev
Astana, Kazakhstan

2. EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN ASTANA
12 faculties
900 teachers
11.000 students

3. STUDENT SURVEY
Paper-based questionnaires
10 questions (Russian)
Anonymous respondents
September, 2011
Purpose: Students’ readiness to
introduce of mobile learning at ENU

4. PARTICIPANTS
100 students (63 female, 63%)
7 faculties

5. (Q1) What type of mobile devices do you use daily?
120 Mobile phone
100
100 Laptop
80 MP3 player
59
60 Digital camera
%
40 PDA
25
20
20 Tablet PC
3 2 2
0 E-reader
MOBILE DEVICES OF STUDENTS

6. The survey results show that main mobile device is a mobile phone

7. (Q2) When you use your mobile phone frequently?
TIME OF USING A MOBILE PHONE

8. Most of students use
mobile phones
at any free time

9. (Q3) Where you use your mobile phone frequently?
PLACES OF USING A MOBILE PHONE

10. Students
often use
mobile phones
at home

11. (Q4) Which application do you use on your mobile phone?
MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS

12. Many students use mobile instant messengers,
social networks apps,
and video conferencing.

13. (Q5) What type of wireless connection do you use on your mobile phone?
TYPES OF MOBILE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS

14. Most of students use Bluetooth
and WI-FI

15. (Q6) What type of file do you transfer from your mobile phone to other one or to PC?
6 TYPES OF FILES APPROPRIATE FOR SHARING OF LEARNING CONTENT

16. Most of students transfer audio and video
a third transfer text and an application

17. (Q7) Define a problem of using your mobile phone?
MAIN PROBLEMS IN USING A MOBILE PHONE

18. A third indicate a short battery life and slow Internet connection.
Most of students have not any problems.

19. (Q8) How many SMS messages do you send daily?
QUANTITY OF STUDENTS’ TEXT MESSAGES PER DAY

20. Six in ten students send from 1 to 10 text messages daily and
a quarter send not more 10 messages.

21. (Q9) Have you ever heard about “Mobile Learning” ?
AWARENESS OF STUDENTS ABOUT MOBILE
LEARNING

22. (Q10) Do you want to receive learning content on your mobile devices?
RATIO OF STUDENTS TO RECEIVE MOBILE LEARNING CONTENT

23. CONCLUSION
• Mobile phone has sufficient technical capacity for using in
the classroom.
• In most cases, students have a positive attitude to receive
mobile learning content.
• Data indicated that students ready to implement mobile
learning at Eurasian National University.

24. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Daniyar Sapargaliyev
dsapargalieff@gmail.com