Students' Use of Mobile Phones for School Work

Findings from a student survey at a Swedish upper secondary school class concerning the use of mobile phones for school work are presented in this paper. A previous study indicated that a majority of the students did not regard the mobile phone as an appropriate tool for school work at school. However 56% of the students stated that they used mobile phone for school work at home every week (Haglind, 2013). In relation to the previous study this paper explores the students' perception of the mobile phone as a tool for school work in school and the students' use of it for learning at home. The results indicate that the mobile phone can be described as a boundary object between the students' social worlds of home and of school. The results also show that the students use their mobile phones for school work related tasks, when the task is suitable for the mobile phone format.