Mobile information behaviour of sandwich students towards mobile learning integration at the University of Ghana

Figures & data

Table 1. Mobile device ownership (N = 36)

	Yes	No
Item	%	%
Smart phones	94.4	5.6
Tablet	11.1	88.9
E-book reader	-	100
Other	-	100
Total	100	100

Table 2. Type of mobile operating system (N = 36)

	Smartphone	Tablet
Item	%	%
Android	88.2	25
iOS	11.8	25
Windows	-	50
Total	100	100

Table 3. Mobile app and browser usage (N = 36)

Reasons for selecting browser
Browser feature	%
User-friendliness	100
Works better with device	88.0
Quicker	50
Has extensions	19.4
Frequently used mobile app
Mobile app	%
Whatsapp	94.4
Facebook	72.2
Internet browser	58.3
Email	47.2
SMS	33.3

Table 4. The use of mobile device to access information contents (N = 36)

	Yes	No
Document type	%	%
Audio files	94.4	5.6
Video files	88.9	11.1
PowerPoint documents	80.6	19.4
Pdf documents	72.2	27.8
Word documents	63.9	36.1
Spreadsheets	38.9	61.1

Table 5. Mobile information behaviour challenges (N = 36)

Challenges	%
Screen size	77.8
Internet access	61.1
User-friendliness of apps	50
Mobile devices	38.9
Retrieval skills	22.2
Other	-

Table 6. Mobile learning integration (N = 36)

Activities	%
Supervision of dissertation	88.9
Lecture notes	83.3
Assignments	75
Quizzes	33.3
Other	-