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Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE April 2019 2018 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 20 Number: 2 Article 10

THE UTILIZATION OF MOBILE DEVICES FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO ONLINE LEARNING

FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION’S STUDENTS

Dr. Dewi PADMO ORCID: 0000-0002-7358-5519

Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Terbuka Jakarta, Indonesia

Olivia IDRUS

ORCID: 0000-0003-4424-5491 Faculty of Economics, Universitas Terbuka

Jakarta, Indonesia

Dr. Lidwina Sri ARDIASIH ORCID: 0000-0001-7827-1730

Master’s Program in English Education Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Terbuka

Jakarta, Indonesia

Received: 18/04/2018 Accepted: 16/10/2018

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

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DEFINITION OF MOBILE DEVICES AND MOBILE LEARNING

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Functions and Benefits of Mobile Learning

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METHODOLOGY

Participants

Data Collection

Population and Sample

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

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Usage of Various Types of Mobile Devices

14,3

59,5

15,57,3

73,4

0,7

27,4

1,20,0

10,0

20,0

30,0

40,0

50,0

60,0

70,0

80,0

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Access to Types of Learning Materials and Information

13,8%7,6%

85,6%

6,7%0,7%

0,0%

10,0%

20,0%

30,0%

40,0%

50,0%

60,0%

70,0%

80,0%

90,0%

Blackberry iPhone Android WindowsMobile

Webos

94,0%

26,8%

4,4%

27,0%

4,0%

16,9%

4,8%

30,5%

7,2%

39,5%

5,2%

31,1%

56,0%

4,7%

0,0% 20,0% 40,0% 60,0% 80,0% 100,0%

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Utilization of UT’s Online Services

Video OER (Youtube, etc)

News

Learning support (online tutorial,…

Social Media (Facebook, Twitter,…

E-mail

0%

Rarely

10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Never Often Very Often

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Students’ Satisfaction in Using Mobile Devices for Learning

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6.00% 1.00%

25.00%

68.00%

Unmotivated Very Unmotivated Very Motivated Motivated

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The Effectiveness of the Use of Mobile Devices for Learning Purposes

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Levels of Satisfaction and Motivation

The Effectiveness of Mobile Device Usage

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CONCLUSION

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BIODATA and CONTACT ADDRESSES of AUTHORS

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REFERENCES

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