MOBILE DEVICES FOR LEARNING: ANALYSIS OF DOCTORAL RESEARCH ON MOBILE LEARNING IN SPAIN

The benefits of current mobile devices have made it possible for their use to no longer be limited to the communicative act. In this paper, the influence of mobile devices on learning is analyzed from the studies of a doctoral thesis defended in Spain on mobile learning. Thus, a methodological strategy of systematic review with meta-analysis has been followed to know the real impact of mobile devices in the learning of students of different educational levels. Among the results, the variety of teaching fields that are the subject of doctoral research in Spain, the diversity of objectives in mobile learning research and the methods used to obtain the information stand out. On the other hand, the meta-analysis shows the statistically significant effect in favor of the experimental group of the different doctoral thesis in general. Finally, it is important to know and have concrete examples about mobile learning, once the results of the meta-analysis show that the implementation of mobile devices in education produces improvements in student learning.