The use of mobile technology in professional education of students

Abstract

Purpose: The goal of the article is that to demonstrate the results of the research of the level of students, who belong to various higher educational establishments, in preparation for introduction of mobile technology into educational process. Therefore it permits to diagnose the status of the theme. Design/methodology/approaches: The applied methodology consists of the theoretical analysis of scientific literature on problems of mobile learning of students. The concept «mobile learning» was categorically characterized as a component of more general category – «educational technology». The sociological research among students of higher educational institutions was conducted and recommendations were made. Findings: During the theoretical analysis and the practical research it has been revealed that students use the mobile device to educational process insufficiently, considering the high level of its technical facilities. Nevertheless, almost all of the students are ready to introduction of mobile learning as the main form of education. The received results show that mobile learning effectively takes root into educational life of students. Originality / Value: According to the opinion of the authors, the use of smartphones and laptops in the educational process will begin to increase year by year in the nearest future and give to student an opportunity of a choice of technology of education.