Chipangura, Bvan Biljon, JABotha, Adèle2016-01-202016-01-202015-07Chipangura, B, van Biljon, JA and Botha, A. 2015. Evaluating mobile centric readiness of students: A case of computer science students in open-distance learning. In: Proceedings of the 44th Annual Southern African Computer Lecturers Association 2015 (SACLA 2015), Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-3 July 2015978-0-620-65158-5http://www.cs.up.ac.za/cs/vpieterse/pub/2015PieterseThompsonSACLA.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/8350Proceedings of the 44th Annual Southern African Computer Lecturers Association 2015 (SACLA 2015), Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-3 July 2015. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's websiteThis study examined the mobile centric readiness of Computer Science students at an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) university in South Africa. Quantitative data was captured through a survey and a total of 129 students responded to the survey. The mobile centric readiness of students was evaluated based on factors that could affect the readiness of students in accessing and interacting with mobile centric services. The factors were Infrastructure ownership, Knowledge of device functionality, Sources of internet access, Mobile phone internet activities and Context of use. The results of this study confirmed that the students satisfied the readiness factors and they are ready to use mobile phones as tools for information access and interaction in learning.enMobile centric servicesMobile information accessMobile phone internet activitiesMobile readinessConference PresentationChipangura, B., van Biljon, J., & Botha, A. (2015). Evaluating mobile centric readiness of students: A case of computer science students in open-distance learning. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8350Chipangura, B, JA van Biljon, and Adèle Botha. "Evaluating mobile centric readiness of students: A case of computer science students in open-distance learning." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8350Chipangura B, van Biljon J, Botha A, Evaluating mobile centric readiness of students: A case of computer science students in open-distance learning; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8350 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Chipangura, B AU - van Biljon, JA AU - Botha, Adèle AB - This study examined the mobile centric readiness of Computer Science students at an Open and Distance Learning (ODL) university in South Africa. Quantitative data was captured through a survey and a total of 129 students responded to the survey. The mobile centric readiness of students was evaluated based on factors that could affect the readiness of students in accessing and interacting with mobile centric services. The factors were Infrastructure ownership, Knowledge of device functionality, Sources of internet access, Mobile phone internet activities and Context of use. The results of this study confirmed that the students satisfied the readiness factors and they are ready to use mobile phones as tools for information access and interaction in learning. DA - 2015-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mobile centric services KW - Mobile information access KW - Mobile phone internet activities KW - Mobile readiness LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 978-0-620-65158-5 T1 - Evaluating mobile centric readiness of students: A case of computer science students in open-distance learning TI - Evaluating mobile centric readiness of students: A case of computer science students in open-distance learning UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8350 ER -