A utilização de ferramentas dos smartphones: um estudo com os alunos do curso de Administração do campus da UFRN em Currais Novos

Abstract

The modern world is increasingly becoming a true information society, where technological advances add in this context a growing exchange of information between people and organizations, both social and educational. In this scenario, many smartphone applications emerged with the aim of reconciling learning, personal organization and technology, enhancing and optimizing study routines, as well as other everyday activities of university students. The present work had as objective to analyze and understand how the students of the Baccalaureate course in Administration, UFRN, CAMPUS Currais Novos are using their smartphones in the academic scope, relating this use to the facility that these apparatuses can offer in the educational process. That said, the analysis is coined by the methodology of an exploratory-descriptive research, using survey and having a quantitative approach. The data were collected through a questionnaire applied to a sample of students from the Administration course of the UFRN teaching institution, Campus Currais Novos. In this way, it was possible to analyze the results obtained in the research and to identify that the students who participated in the research, even with relatively good financial conditions, have smartphones and are always connected to the Internet, do not enjoy the full range of applications that these devices offer, As well as the use of their applications as a tool to aid in their learning processes, personal organization and study.