Two-Thirds of Online Students Do Some Coursework on a Mobile Device

Campus Technology: In a survey of 1,500 "past, present and prospective fully online students," most are taking advantage of — or want — the option to use smartphones or tablets for their class work. Among current and past students, 67 percent completed at least some of their online coursework on a mobile device. The most common activities handled that way: accessing course readings (referenced by 51 percent of respondents), communicating with professors (51 percent) and fellow students (44 percent), accessing the learning management system (45 percent), doing research for reports (41 percent) and finishing assignments (40 percent). Less than a third (31 percent) of online students said they were accessing lectures via mobile.

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