Review of mobile device use policies in public high schools

Abstract

Mobile devices are widely owned. Research on mobile learning across educational domains has demonstrated benefits, which are organized into four threads in this research: characteristics, surveys, accessibility, and models. This study is a brief report on a pilot study which reviewed school-level mobile device use policies. The sample of convenience consisted of 25 public high schools from 4 public school districts. Policies were retrieved from publically-available school websites, and classified as allowed, selectively allowed, or prohibitive. Findings for the school-level and district-level policies and and five areas for further inquiry are briefly discussed.