USING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) TO ENHANCE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Christine Armatas
Educational Development Centre
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong

Carolyn Woodley
Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching
Victoria University
Australia

Katie Berman
School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine
Monash University
Australia

Andrew Jago
School of Psychology
Victoria University
Australia

In October 2008, a pilot study using Short Message Service (SMS) to deliver quizzes to 14 students studying statistics at an Australian University was conducted. Data collected and analysed from the pilot included student responses to the quiz questions as well as their evaluation of the learning experience, measures of their approaches to learning, and attitudes to computers. The results from the pilot support the efficacy of using SMS to encourage students to engage with material outside of class and suggest that student learning is enhanced as a result.

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