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Soyem S.A.

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Okafor

Abstract

The usage of Internet enabled mobile phones is a 21st century experience which covers various operations. This research work examines phone
usage and identified the effects internet enabled mobile phones have on the academic performance of students at the tertiary institutions using
the Federal Polytechnic students of Ilaro, Ogun State in Nigeria as a case study. The research work was performed so as to understand and also
find the correlation between academic performance of students and the usage of mobile phone during class hours which is general believed to
be an avenue of distractions to students. The information from this work was carried out using structured questionnaires administered to 45
students to get their individual views. In addition 15 extensive interviews were done concurrently to have a grounded knowledge of the students
with the data gathered during the course of this study. Our findings indicated that students are influenced negatively to a great extent by the
mobile phone because attention is focused on chatting, music and others while their academic activities are neglected and left to suffer. Also,
this study discovered that the use of mobile phone is uncontrollable among students which are the leading cause of poor academic performance
among students.

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Analysis of Mobile Phone Impact on Student

Student Academic
Performance in Tertiary
Tertiary Institution
Soyemi Jumoke1, Oloruntoba S. A.2, Okafor Blessing3
1,2,3
Department of Computer Science, The Federal
Federa l Polytechnic, Ilaro
Abstract—
Abstract — The usage of Internet enabled mobile phones is There is the conflicting priority of young people,
peo ple, parents
a 21st century experience which co covers
vers various operations. and teachers in relation to the mobile phone device, with
This research work ex examines
amines phone usage and identified the teachers more concerned about issues such as discipline in
effects internet enabled mobile
mobile phones have on the acadeacademic
mic the classroom and parents worried about means of
performance of students at the tertiary institutions
institutions using the
contacting their children at every point in time [2].
Federal Polytechnic students of Ilaro, Ogun S tate in Nigeria
as a case study. The research work was performed so as to According to majority
majority of research done so far, it was
understand and also find the correlation between academic discovered that the use of mobile phone in schools is
performance of students and the usage of mobile phone problematic. As Ling and Helmersen states, the mobile
during class hours which is general believed
believed to be an avenue phone is ―at cross purpose with the mission of o f the schoolǁ.
of distractions to students. T he information from this w ork While in school students are supposed take on their
was carried out using structured questionnaires
questio nnaires administered prescribed roles as student with full concentration on their
to 45 students to get their individual view views. s. In addition
addition 15 studies and free fro
fromm contact with the outside world.
extensive interviews were done concurrently to have a However, the mobile phone gives room to blending
grounded knowledge
knowledge of the students with the data gathered
during the course of this st study.
udy. Our findings indicated
indicated that students’ roles with other roles thus distracting and
students are influenced negatively to a great extent by the disrupting the students’ academic work. In the past when
mobile phone because attention is focused on chatting, music music fixed telephones were the norm in schools, there were
and others while their academic activities are neglected a nd minimum distractions and disruptions but presently with
left to suffer. Also, this study discovered that
t hat the use of mobile the invasion of mobile phone and the eagerness of parents
phone is uncontrollable among students which are the leading to maintain contact with their wards, the device is
cause of poor academic performance among students. becoming part of the classroom. Thus, the mobile phone
has the power to undermine the schools’ authority and
Keywords—
Keywords —Internet enabled
e nabled Mobile
M obile Phones, Usage, Effe
Effect
ct,, weaken their control over students as well as affects their
Academic Performance, and Tertiary Institutions.
level of academic performances [3].
I. BACKGROUND OF STUDY
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
Mobile phones have becobecome
me an almost essential part of
A. Mobile Phone
daily life since their rapid growth in popularit
popularityy in the late
1990s. A nationwide survey conducted in 2010 shows that The mobile phone was originally made for adults for
mobile phones are the most necessary medium o f business use [4]. This is extremely
extre mely similar to the fixed
communication for adolescents. It has virtually affected the telephone in t he early 2 0th century, where telephone
society’s accessibility, security, safety and coordination of engineers explained that the telep
telephone
hone was made for the
business and social activities and has he hence
nce become a part business world and not for social conversation [5]. The
of culture of the whole world. growth of mobile phone
p hone technology
technolo gy is demonstrated by
b y the
The traditional agents of socsocialisation
ialisation are families and fact that in 2002 the number of mobile phone users
schools. With the expansion of educational system as a worldwide, surpassed those of fixed-phone users [2]. It has
result of the need for highly skilled
skilled workers lead to the been predicted that by the end of 2005, the number of
school system taking increasing larger larger responsibilities in mobile phone subscribers worldwide will reach 2 billion
socialisation [1]. Surprisingly, research on the influence of (Deloitte Research, 2005) and in Australia will reach 19
19.2
.2
mobile phone on our school
sc hool today has not been
b een given much million [6].
attention.

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According to Rich Ling [7], the mobile phone has
fundamentally affected our society, accessibility,
accessibility, safety, and
security, co-ordination of social and busbusiness
iness acti
activities.
vities. It
has become the part
p art of culture of every region in the world.
The craze of mobile phone st started
arted after 1980’
1980’s, but it has
now touched the level of est esteem.
eem. First, it was just for a
status symbol but now it has become
beco me a dire need of the day
and is in the reach of everyone.
B. Mobile Phone and its Emergence in Nigeria
Mobile space handsets were not designed with the
consumers’ usage in mind at the beginning. As at that time
it was quite expensive to own handset as individual and the
performance of the device was not all that t hat impressive. Back
then, mobile phones were designed for the rich and
businessmen and not for average
aver age people. This was so up to
the 1990s even with Nokia and NEC entering the fray.
Nokia’s first handheld mobile phone, t he Mobira Cityman
900, launched in 1989 and weighed just 800g which was a
huge impro
improvement
vement o ver 19 1982’s
82’s 9.8
9.8kg
kg Mobira Senator
model [8].
When mobile
mobile phones were launched in the year 2001,
Nigerians were liberated from the bondage and epileptic
national telecoms monopoly
monop oly NITEL. Nigerians
Nigeria ns jubilated
and were highly relieved when Econet (now Airtel) and
MTN Nigeria launched their mobile Phones and mobile
services in 2001. Mobile Phones have not only contributed
immeasurably and positively in e nhancing economic
activities of t he nation but havehave also improved the q uality
of living of an average Nigerian. Citizens now benefit b enefit from
services such point on sale payment electronic payment
(POS), internet banking, mobile banking, mobile TV TV,,
inexpensive internet services, mobile tracking services and
affordable international call.
One ofo f the added adadvantages
vantages of o f mobile phones is that it
has made internet more accessible and affordable than ever
before, thus giving people a voice on the inter internet.
net. Lots of
Nigerians now access the t he internet through their mobile
Phones or mobile Phones enabled device.
Nigerians have also joined the rest of the world on
Facebook, Tw Twitter,
itter, Yahoo, Gmail, and Google with quite a
huge number of them the m visiting the sites daily all thanks to
mobile P hones. N igerians are so active in these sites that
some of them are considering their sites for Ni Nigeria,
geria, all
which would not have been b een possible without affordable
internet services offered by mobile Phones operators. T he
mobile Phones have empowered thousands of Nigerians
through the internet to make make money. A large number number of
Nigerians make honest li living
ving on the interinternet
net as web
publishers,
pu blishers, bloggers, apps developers, internet security
consultants, social media consultants, and online marketing
consultants.
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Having more people accessing
acces sing the internet now creates
the possibilities of businesses going online, hence creating
more opportunities for web d evelopers, application
developers, graphics designers, and consultants. Shops are
not left out in i n utilizing the opportunity offered by the
internet.
C. Uses of Mobile Phone
The usefulness of cell phones are numerous and this
includes keeping contact
co ntact with friends, members of the t he
family, conducting business and others. Many people
possess more than one mobile phone for different purposes,
which could be for business purpose or personal purpose. A
number of people are also taking the t he advantage of multiple
SIM cards for benefit of different calling plans plan s since a
calling plan might provide cheaper local calls, lo long-
ng-
distance
distance calls, international calls, or roaming. The
following are other benefits;
Distributing content: Mo Mobile
bile phone is also used in this
regard. In 1998,
19 98, an example of distributing and selling
media content through the mobile phone was the sale of
ringtones by Radiolinja in Finland. Later, other media
content emerged which includes news, video games, game s, jokes,
horoscopes, TV content and advertising. In 2006, the total
value of mobile-phone-paid media content exceeded
Internet-paid media content and was worth 31 billion
dollars. The value of music on phones was worth 9.3
billion dollars in 2007 and gaming was worth over 5 billion
dollars in 2007.
Mobile banking and payment: the advantage of mobile
phones is taken in many countries to provide mobile
banking services, such as ability to transfer cash pa payments
yments
through safe SMS text message.
message. This service also allows
customers to hold cash balances recorded on the SIM cards,
deposits or withdraws cash. Some countries also use mobilemob ile
phone banking for loan disbur
disbursement
sement and repayment [10].
A couple of cell phone can operate mobile payments
through direct mobile
mobile billing schemes [11]. This requires
the co-operation of manufacturers,
manufacturers, network operators and
on retail merchants to enable contactless payments [12].
Tracking and privacy: cell phones are also often used to
gather location data. As long as the phone is switched on,
the geographical location of a mobile phone can be
determined easil
easily,
y, with the help of a technique known a s
multilateration to calculate the differences in time for a
signal to move from the cell p hone to each of several cell
towers near the owner of the phone [13]. The movements
of a mobile phone user can be tracked by their service
provider and, if desired, by la law
w enforcement agencies and
their government. Both the t he SIM card and the handset can
be tracked [14].
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China hahass proposed using this technology to track Which are:
ar e: SMSs (text messaging): Short Message
commuting patterns of B eijing city residents. I n the UK Services allow users to send/receive messages of up to 160
and US, law enforcement and intelligence services use characters between mobile phones. MMSs: Multimedia
mobiles to perform surveilla
surveillance.
nce. They possess technology Messaging Service serves the t he same purpose
purpo se as SMSs, but it
it
to activate the microphones in cell phones remotely in allows the inclusion of graphics. GPRS (General Packet
order to listen to conversations that take place near the Radio Service): This mobile data service is available to
phone [15]. users of specific phone types; it can be used for WAP
service, SMS, M MS, email,e mail, and
a nd access
acces s to the World
World-Wide
-Wide
D. Impact of Mobile Phone on Education
Web. Wireless access points WAPs: There are two types
The aim of this research is to assess the t he impact of mobile of wireless standards: Wireless Fidelity: (Wi-Fi) and WAP
phones in lear
learning
ning as they enhance students’ learning in (Wireless Application
Applicatio n Protocol). They are primarily for
different ways. Mobile
Mobi le phones easily promote
p romote collaborative internet access on mobile phones.
and differen
differentt t ypes o f lear
learning
ning through their wireless Bluetooth:: A short-range wireless co
Bluetooth communication
mmunication
connection to the inter internet.
net. T heir adop
adoption
tion in learning between PCs, PDAs, mobile p hones, camera phones,
processes byb y the higher institution management as student- printers and
a nd digital cameras, and lots more. Bluetooth uses
learning and communication device tools is useful. In the Radio Frequency (RF) for communication between
classroom mobile phones motivate students to be more multiple devices within a 30-foot range. It uses a globally
engaged to the lesson promoting learner learner-centered
-centered available frequency band (2.4GHz) for worldwide
participation. This indicates the d ynamic support that the compatibility. 3G and 4G phones: 3G technologies enable
mobile phone has brought to students’ learning practice. network operators to offer offer users services: wireless voice
voice
According to Barker, Krull, and Mallinson [1 [16],
6], the telephony, video calls, broadband wireless data with data
impacts of mobile phone technologies on learning are transmission capabilities
capab ilities enabling speeds up to 14.4 Mbit/s
portability, collaboration and motivation enhancing on the download and 5.8 Mb Mbit/s
it/s on the upload. The 4G
students, parents and teachers’ education system. The mobile phones provide up to 100 megabits per second
mobile phone portability
portab ility enables student
st udent learning to be transmission adequate for multimedia operations [16].
ubiquitous in obtaining
obta ining or retrieving
retrievi ng course information
infor mation
through their mobile phones as they are ca carried
rried from class F. Possibilities in Mobile Learning
to class or wherever. Their p ortability can improve a wide It is known that mobile technologies have changed life
variety of learning settings, namely a field trip, the preparedness; today using a GPS (Global Positioning
classroom, or outside the campus [16]. Collaboration Social System) means you will never get lost again. T he mobile
networks such as Facebook and T witter accessed on phone technology connectedness is continuing to swing
students’ mobile phones allow studen studentsts to form groups
gro ups to across different landscapes. Soon the importance of
distribute and add together their knowledge, and share deploying mobile technologies in both learning and
information with ease, and this could result in i n a more teaching will be obv
obvious
ious and unavoidable. A few decades
successful collaborative learning. ago graphic calculators were a revolutionary addition in the
The use o f mobile phones results in increasing parents’ classroom environme
environment,
nt, but are now often used for
involvement in education, and thus their children’s learning lear ning statistics and business classes. Using portable devices in
and capabilities [16]. Motivation where mobile phones are educational cycles is not a new practice.
incorporated in a largelarge classroom, students appear to b e This paradigm will come up with new practices, tools,
more engaged
en gaged ini n learning
lear ning processes.
pr ocesses. Mobile
Mo bile phones
p hones inin applications, resources and designing strategies to
education increase students’ will to learn. They take the understand the situations of
o f ubiquitous, pervasive, personal
initiative in using the device as a learning tool. Teachers and connected learning. This connection could be in a
report that the
the use of mobile
mobile phones in learning increases formal education e xperience, or an informal education
group participation in activities
activitie s done during learning
learni ng in experience for situated learning. There is no disconnectio
disconnectionn
class [16]. when using mobile technologies. Mobile technology
devices allow the user to have relationships with
E. Mobile phone Technologies available for Mobile
information in their own ways; learners are uniquely served
ser ved
learning
by mobile learning. This makes the learning
learnin g experience
According to Eteokleous and Ktoridou [17],
[1 7], the benefits more memorable relating new information to the old
of mobile phones integration into student learning on information already known.
campus are useful with the mobile phone capabilities that
are easily supporting learning.
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There is a great possibility that mobile learning
lear ning will have This is dependent on the choice of the individual making
ma king
a direct positive effect on learning, as technology helps to up the sample size. A self-administered p rocess whereby
strengthen students’ motivatio
otivations,
ns, focuses attention, and the respondent himself reads the questions and a nd records
record s
validates the relevance of learning to performance [18[1 8]. answer without the assistance of an inter interviewer.
viewer. The
questionnaire was designed to collect relevant information
III. METHODOLOGY the questions were numbered for easy references and
The study subjects are students from the Fed Federal
eral arranged so that the respondents can understa
understand
nd easily the
Polytechnic, Ilaro. Quantitative research method was used reason and important attached each question.
to p roperly anal
analyze
yze and give a clear picture of the study. The form o f questionnaire used provided on easy quick quick
The population for the study comprised 40% students of the way of collecting objective information from primary
institution during the 2012/2013 academic session. This T his sources without necessary allowing
allowing the respondents to strain
was used as sample for the study. TheT he data obtained for the his or her
her brain for answers. This paper
paper made
made use of the
survey was collected between October and November content validity to determine the validity of the work. Also
2013. It was collected by issuing out questionnaire to the we made use of test-retest method, in order to test for
respondents. Close-ended questions were adopted which reliability, out of forty questionnaire returned, 15 questions
provided answers that are easy for interpretation and were marked for test-retest.
test-retest.
tabulation. A total of 45 4 5 copies of questionnaire were
distributed to students of the institution including
in cluding those IV. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
from the department
d epartment of Computer Science
Scie nce and a total of 40 Statistical Package
P ackage for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used
were returned giving a response rate of 88.9%. T he to test the result of the questionnaire as given by the
returned copies of questionnaire were analyzed using respondent and the table
tabless and results belo
beloww are originally
percentage and frequency count. generated by us in this paper. 45 Questionnaire were
The study adopted the survey re research
search desi
design.
gn. W e administered to students. Only
O nly 40 of the questionnaire
questio nnaire were
considered this method appropriate as it is useful for for the retuned. Table1
T able1 shows the relationship between mobile
study of non-observable events such as o pinions, attitudes phone usage and Performance of Student. Correlation
preferences or dispositions [19]. Specifically, the
t he study was coefficient was used to determine the relationship between
a cor
correlation,
relation, non
non-contrived
-contrived and cross-sectional survey mobile phone usage and Student Grade point. Pearson’s
having individuals (students of the Federal Polytechnic, correlation is used to determine how the grade point of a
Ilaro) as unit of analysis. student is dependent on their use of the mobile phones.
The design was such as to discover vital predictive Table 1
relationship and degrees of association among variables. In The Relationship Between Mobile Phone Usage
Usage And Performance Of
order to analyze the information collected, the sampling Student
method of research design was adop adopted.
ted. In this work, the
Phone Current
simple ra random
ndom sa sampling
mpling method is adopted. Simple Usage CGPA
Random Sampling (SRS) is a simple random rando m sample of a Phone Usage 1 .0456**
.0456 **
given size; all such subsets of the frame are given an equal Pearson correlation
probability. Furthermore, any given pair of elements has .003
the same chance of selection as any other such pair. T his
minimizes bias and simplifies a nalysis of results. In Significant(2-tailed test) 40 40
particular, the variance betbetween
ween individual results within
the sample
sample is a good indicator of variance in the overall
population, which makes it r elatively easy to estimate
esti mate the Sample Size (N)
Current CGPA .456** 1
accuracy of results.
Pearson correlation
The study population consisted of all students of the .003
Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State.
Thus students were randomly
rando mly selected on campus to Significant(2-tailed test) 40 40
administer the questionnaire. It is expected therefore that
the findings
findings of t he study will have equal applicability to
other students in the schools. The survey questionnaire was Sample Size (N)
accordingly, administered physically and taken back ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level
level (2-tailed)
immediately and some after few days.

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Correlation figure varies between -1 and +1.The larger 2) Statistical hypothesis
hypothesis:: Question (6) of part v: To test
the values, the stron
stronger
ger the correlation. T he variable has a this research working hypothesis,
hypothesis, the following statistical
correlation of 1 within them and .456 with one a nother, hypothesis is derived at.
which is a sig
significant
nificant correlation at only 5%.It is therefore H0: No significant relationship between student CGPA and a nd
significant to note that p oor academic performance of how students of the federal polytechnic Ilaro use mobile
students is dependent on indiscriminate use of mobile phone in lecture rooms during lecture hours.
phone.
H1: there is significant relationship between student CGPA
A. Relationship between Social Network Usage and and how students of the fed federal
eral polytechnic Ilaro use
Performance of Student mobile phone in lecture rooms during lecture hours.
Correlation coefficient relationship between social Table 3
Computation Of Test Statistical
network addiction and
and Stude
Student
nt Grade point is determined.
Pearson’s correlation is used to determine how the grade Responses E O–E (O – (O –
point of a student is depende
dependentnt on their use of the social O E)^2 E)^2/E
network.
Table 2 YES 28 13.33 14.67 215.21 16.145
Relationship Between Social Network Usage And Performance Of
Student

Social Student
Network Grade Point NO 9 13.33 -4.33 18.75 1.407
Addition
Social Network Usage 1 .523** NO IDEA 3 13.33 -10.33 106.71 8.005
Pearson correlation
.001 TOTAL 40 40 0.01 25.557

Significant(2-tailed test) 40 40

Where E stands for expected value and O is t he

Sample Size (N) observed value
Current CGPA .523** 1
Pearson correlation E = 40/3 =13.33
.001 X^2 =∑ ∑(O – E )^2 = 25.55 (H1)
E
Significant(2-tailed test) 40 40 X^2 table value = (r –1) = (3 – 1) = 2
2 at 0.05 = 5.991 (H0)

Sample Size (N) Conclusion: since the X^2 calculated value of 25.55 is
greater than the X^2 table value of
o f 5.991. Hence, we reject
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01
0.01 level (2-tailed).
H0 and accept H1 and co conclude
nclude that there is significant
Correlation figure varies between -1 and +1.The larger relationship between the uses of mobile phone in the
the values, the stron
stronger
ger the correlation. T he variable has a lecture room.
correlation of 1 within them and .523 with one a nother,
D. Test of Hypothesis II
which is a significant corr
correlation
elation at both 1% a nd 5%. It is
therefore significant to note that poor academic 1) Research hypothesis
h ypothesis:: Is there significant relationship
r elationship
performance of students
st udents is dependent on indiscriminate use between the usage of phones for academic purposes and
of social networks. other activities?
2) Statistical hypothesis:
hypothesis: Question (8)
( 8) of part v: To
T o test this
C. Test of Hypothesis I research working hypothesis, the following statistical
1) Research hypothesis
hypo thesis:: Is there significant relationship hypothesis is derived at.
between s tudents CGPA and how students o f the Feder Federal
al H0: No significantrelationship between
b etween the usage of phones
Polytechnic Ilaro use mobile phone in lecture rooms
roo ms during for academic purposes and other activities.
lecture hours?
H1:: there is significantrelationship between the usage of
H1
phones for academic purposes and other activities.

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Table 4 V. CONCLUSION
Computation Of Test Statistical For
For Academic Purpose Compared To
Other Activities Mobile phone is one the technology of our time. It has its
positive effect as well as negative impact on own
own society.
Observed N Expected N Residual
This study has demonstrated
demonstrated that the
the students of Federal
Yes 11 13.3 -2.3 Polytechnic Ilaro are aware of the social networking sites
No 26 13.3 12.7 and had access to them. Findings also indicated
indicated that they are
No Idea 3 13.3 -10.3 influenced to a great extent by the social media negatively
Total 40 because attention is focused
focused on chatting,
chatting, music and others
while their academic activities are neglected and left to
Table 5 suffer. Also, this study discovered that the use of mobile
Test Statistics phone is uncontrollable among students which are the
Is the Percentage of the usage
leading cause of poor academic performance among
of the Phone for Academic
Acade mic students.
purpose higher compared to
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... According to Jumoke and Blessing (2015) mobile phone has been an almost essential part of our daily lives since its growth in popularity in
the late 1990s, as a medium of communication for young people. As mobile technology becomes a more prominent aspect of everyday life,
people are realizing the true power of mobile devices. ...

... Ezemenaka, (2013) argued that he way that students use their mobile phones determines their concentration the studies of the learners.
Similarly, Kibona&Rugina (2015) said that professors may have to be wary assigning projects involving social media to students for it may have
an advantage in completing the work than another miscellaneous things.On one hand, Jumoke and Blessing (2015) noted that there is
conflicting priority of students, parents and teachers in relation on mobile devices, whom teachers are more concerned about issues such as
discipline in the classroom and parents worried about the means of contacting their children in every point of time. However, Jairus et.al, (2017)
appealed to the attention of the teachers, school administrators as well as the government for aid for the provision of instructional materials
related to phones. ...

... Furthermore, interfering education, mobile phones affect individuals behaviorally being low openness to experience may result to problematic
use of cellular phones, for instance, excessive use, leading to low self-esteem, isolation and depression. (Biglu, and Ghavami, 2016) may lead
also to insomnia and poor quality of sleep due to cognitive arousal (Yogesh, Abha and Priyanka, 2014) so it alters the daily activities of people like
games and exercises, sleeping habits, hobbies , mental status and academic performance (Aman, Shah, Hussain, Khan, Asif and Qazi, 2015) in
fact, use of cellphone and Academic Achievement students has a weak negative and significant correlation relationship or the minimal use of
cellphone will result to higher academic achievement (Noshahr, Talebi and Mojallal, 2014) otherwise participants will have negative perspective
of cell phone usage in academia in (Womack, McNamara, 2017) like the excessive and inappropriate use of phones in which pattern of mobile
phone usage and its effects on psychological health, sleep and academic performance (Gupta, Garg and Arora, 2015) affecting negatively the
social life of the student (Alaba, 2011) Finally, knowing the advantages and disadvantages of having smartphones in colleges and Universities
(KibonaandRugina, 2015), positive or negative impact in the society Jumoke and Blessing (2015 the use of mobile phones has been strongly part
of growing but it should be controlled (Reed, 2011) if not it will lead to poor academic performance among students (Jumoke and Blessing, 2015)
For instance, prerequisite skills are notpossess many fresh college studentscope with the challenges of the new and changing learning
environment (Kahari, 2013)Likewise, social media like chatting, music and others have been the focus of the students while their academic
activities was neglected and left to suffer (Jumoke and Blessing, 2015) In general use of cellphone has negatively influenced student
performance in their academics but may vary in certain use (Lepp, Barkley and Karpinski, 2015). ...

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... It has been observed that youth spend most of their time on smartphones. Youth's diversion of attention and lack of time management towards
studies cause them to losetheir grade point average (GPA) (Jumoke, Oloruntoba & Blessing, 2015) . Moreover, Aljomaa et al. (2016) argued that
misuse of smartphone leads to smartphone addiction and students' dependency on the phones creates negative impact on their personal, social
and academic lives. ...

... Moreover, it can be claimed through findings of this research that most of the students reported poor academic performance because of
overuse of smartphones. Most of the interviewed students admitted that they use their smartphone more for fun purposes than academic
purposes, as found by Jumoke et al. (2015) . These findings further strengthened by Kamran (2010) where it was found that smartphones divert
students' focus, thus create negative impact on learning skills due to poor attention to lectures and further giving less time to study with focus
and attention. ...

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... One can communicate with people from different cities and countries that too face to face. Nowadays, a smartphone can perform all the
various activities which you can think of, booking tickets, watching movies, ordering food, e-commerce, etc. have become very easy and cheap
with a smartphone (Soyemi and Okafor 2015) . ...

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... This is one of the benefits of mobile phones. Mobile phones can have a positive or negative impact [7, 8]. Negative impacts from mobile
phones are damaging to health [9], one of them is damaging brain tissue. ...

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... However, Anastasia's (2013 findings showed that the students did not think that mobile phone is effective in learning due to time and space. In
the same line, a research done by Jumoke, Oloruntoba and Blessing (2015) concluded that mobile phones had a negative influence on the
academic achievement of the Nigerian learners as their attention was merely focused on music, games and chatting whereas academic
activities were totally disregarded. ...

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... Instead, learning activities are frequently interrupted with notifications from various applications that distract student while learning. Thus,
besides the fact that uncontrollable usage of mobile phones leads to decreased learning performance of students in general [13] , in case of
mobile learning the process of learning is directly affected by the events at the same screen on which the learning occurs. In those
circumstances, the importance of good design of learning applications for mobile devices becomes crucial. ...

User - C ent r ed Desi gn i n C ont ent Ma na gem ent Sy st em Dev el opm ent : T he C a se of E Ma st er s

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‫اﺿطراب اﻟﺧوف ﻣن ﻓﻘدان اﻟﮭﺎﺗف اﻟﻣﺣﻣول ) اﻟﻧوﻣوﻓوﺑﯾﺎ ( وﻋﻼﻗﺗﮫ ﺑﺎﻟﺗﺣﺻﯾل اﻟدراﺳﯽ ﻟدى طﻠﺑﺔ اﻟﺗﻌﻠﯾم اﻟﺛﺎﻧوی ﺑدوﻟﮫ اﻟﮑوﯾت‬.
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