Which devices do learners use? Which devices will so-called “Digital Immigrants” have available for their learning?
In the frame of the DISK project developed learning content will be developed in a versatile way so it can be displayed on all currently used devices. This will be desk top PCs as well as laptops, notebooks, Chromebooks, tablets (with operating system Android and IOS), and smartphones.
It must be clear that this is a special challenge especially since there are no relevant studies on the cross-platform establishment of technology-assisted courses.
In a quickly done survey the EFQBL tried to find out which devices usually are used in Trainings. The term cloud lists devises used by trainees – but also some trainers have added their device (used as a trainer – therefore interactive whiteboards are listed). The size of the written term is in relation to the number of nominations.
We have created a table, so the percentage of the used devices is visible (we cleared the trainer’s devices from the list). The result is surprising but seems to be realistic.
| Laptop | 38% |
| Smartphone | 18% |
| Smartphone & other device | 9% |
| Desktop PC | 21% |
| Tablet | 9% |
| Chromebook | 5% |
A study about multiple devices is available from the ↗ InterMedia Erasmus+ Project.
About the author: Peter Mazohl is member of the Institure for Analysis and Scientific Computing of the University of Technology (Vienna) and the president of the EFQBL. He works in various research areas on technology-assisted learning, flipped learning, and the development and use of interactive and multimedia learning content.