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Mobilicity’s Mobile Student Survey 2.0 finds that majority of students use smartphones for research

By on August 11, 2012 at 10:07am in Mobile News


It may seem like an obvious use case to most of us today, but a few years ago the idea of forgoing a laptop for school work was almost unthinkable. Today, with the rise of the smartphone and tablet, most students use their devices to conduct research and obtain information quickly and from anywhere.

This research was commissioned by Mobilicity in a survey dubbed Mobile Student Survey 2.0, and found that 66% of students would use a mobile phone to conduct research anywhere. Nearly 50% of students have apps on their phones specifically for research purposes, and 41% use their phones or tablets to record lectures and tutorials.

More importantly, 56% of those surveyed believe that mobile phones are an invaluable research and studying tool. Students are also using the cloud, with services like Dropbox and Google Drive, to collaborate in a more organized manner. Being able to track changes to projects and documents in real time is a huge help when it comes time to divvying up responsibilities.

The statistics don’t change the fact that most students don’t actually do all of their homework, or finish their projects on time. And while Mobilicity clearly commissioned the survey to promote its discounted plans, the facts speak for themselves: smartphones have irreversibly altered the way students, teachers and learners of all ages consume content, learn new skills and develop strategies for getting their work done.

Via: CNW

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Discussion

16 comments for “Mobilicity’s Mobile Student Survey 2.0 finds that majority of students use smartphones for research”

  1. Ugh, no. Your productivity would significantly be reduced if you solely researched on your phone/tablet. I’ll stick with my desktop and two monitors when I am researching academic-related materials or writing essays.

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    Posted by Alex | August 11, 2012, 10:19 am
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  2. this article is full of crap. Noone uses their phones for academic research. Every primarily uses laptops/desktops, library computers etc…

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    Posted by Jan | August 11, 2012, 10:43 am
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  3. lawl

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    Posted by astudent | August 11, 2012, 10:59 am
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  4. Sure, if they consider a quick Google or Wikipedia query “research” then this study is on point.

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    Posted by Vince | August 11, 2012, 11:05 am
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  5. If you wander around any reference library or one affiliated with a university or college all you’ll see is laptop after laptop after laptop.

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    Posted by hoo dat | August 11, 2012, 11:42 am
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  6. The only time I would use my phone for research is if I were cramming and wanted to go out for a smoke. I could continue studying while I smoke until I get back to my laptop.

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    Posted by Marc | August 11, 2012, 11:54 am
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  7. The study seems pretty inaccurate. I have rarely seen anybody doing any kind of academic research on Smartphones. To some extent, tablets are useful. But Smartphones can no way be productive for academic research.

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    Posted by APR | August 11, 2012, 12:01 pm
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  8. As a student, I can say that this is a load of BS… if you’re talking about the research requiring reading articles and writing reports. The quick wikipedia search, sure. But that’s not really research.

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    Posted by Acco | August 11, 2012, 1:58 pm
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  9. I think Mobilicity mixed up the survey …………It’s p0rn not research .

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    Posted by sickpuppy | August 11, 2012, 2:25 pm
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  10. Maybe that’s true for those stupid college students; their research mainly comprises of Wikipedia articles. Definitely not true for university students, who actually do real research.

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    Posted by whocares | August 11, 2012, 2:56 pm
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  11. research focused on how to compete and how to improve there network would have been more beneficial an productive.

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    Posted by 2c | August 11, 2012, 5:47 pm
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  12. What a bunch of total losers and liars at Mobilicity, the only research people may do in general with their service when individuals can actually get data to work is search for a better provider that doesn’t have so many huge problems and obviously cheap rates give you the same lousy performance…university student are not all that stupid and this is a RIDICULOUS phony study.

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    Posted by aregularonhofo | August 11, 2012, 6:04 pm
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  13. What a waste of a so-called “study” done by Mobilicity. Do they really think students and the general public can’t see right through this???? You can see the self-serving promotion of their company. I think the fine folks at Ipsos Reid, EKOS, and Angus Reid can rest on their journalistic laurels and researching abilities now that Mobilicity’s research team has shown what they can do!!!

    Add to that, their research only counted students in 5 cities…and 3 provinces. NOT EXACTLY an all encompassing survey of all Canadian students.

    Integrity and Mobilicity…ahhh yes, a nice facepalm please!

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    Posted by Mobilicity Bankruptcy Proceeding | August 11, 2012, 11:09 pm
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  14. Researching Facebook and Twitter feeds?

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    Posted by LeTricolore | August 12, 2012, 3:41 pm
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  15. The real study should be how many students go to the bathroom during an exam and look up answers online?

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    Posted by Logikcnot | August 14, 2012, 3:24 pm
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