The Effect of Mobile Networking in Education In the Case of Smartphone and Tablet. Case Study: Eastern Mediterranean University

This study examined the role that mobile devices can play in students’ educational performance and attitudes. In this survey, Data collected from 180 participants from different departments at Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus. The researcher used quantitative method to obtain questionnaires’ data in order to conduct surveys. For obtaining the result of the frequencies the survey analyzed by quantitative approach and the outcomes of the survey determined that most of the students believe that mobile devices have a positive influence on students’ educational performance. Also, the study exposed that there is no any major differences between gender, study level, age, nationality and also expenditures per months by the students, However, the study find important differences in the performance and also attitudes of participant through CGPA, Owning one or more mobile devices, departments, daily use of tablet’s applications and features for course-related works, daily use of smartphone’s applications and features for course-related works, smartphone usage per day for study and usage per day for study on the performance and also attitudes of students when they are using mobile devise such as smartphone and tablets for educational purpose. Keywords: Mobile devices, performance, attitude