Survey on Mobile Devices, from Pre-K to Ph.D.

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Mobile devices are increasingly popular in our everyday lives as well as our educational opportunities. From pre-K to higher education, students and instructors alike rely on tablets, smartphones, and more to facilitate the learning experience. However, even while these useful devices record notes from college lectures or get sticky from little fingers, they’re one day closer to becoming outdated by the next tool on the market. As educators, we should have an outlook characterized by anticipation; many schools and institutions have long had plans for outdated desktops and laptops, but what do we do with the 20-30 iPads the school purchased three years ago? This survey represents one part of a process that plans to find out.

Please answer the following questions based on your experiences with mobile devices in education, whether past, current, or future. After you complete this survey, you will be shown a spreadsheet with the answers other participants have provided.

This information is being gathered by Kristi Apostel (kristi.apostel(at)smarthinking.com) and Shawn Apostel (sapostel(at)bellarmine.edu).

Please share this survey with others who use technology in the classroom.

Thank you!

Where is your school or institution located? (Country, State/Province, City/Town)

What grade or education level does your school or institution serve? Select all that apply.

Pre-K

K-5th

Middle Grades

High School

Higher Ed

How many teachers/instructors are at your school or institution?

less than 50

50-100

100-500

500-1,000

1000-5,000

more than 5,000

Clear selection

How many students are at your school or institution?

less than 100

100-500

500-1,000

1000-5,000

5000-10,000

more than 10,000

Clear selection

Does your school or institution purchase or lease iPads, tablets, phablets, etc to facilitate learning?

Purchase

Lease

Some classes/departments purchase devices for students but not all.

Some classes/departments lease devices for students but not all.

We are BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

Other:

What type of device does your institution purchase/lease? Select all that apply.

iPad

iPad Mini

Samsung Galaxy Tablet

Google Nexus

Other:

How many devices have been purchased/leased by your school or institution?

less than 50

50-100

100-500

500-1,000

1,000-5,000

5,000-10,000

more than 10,000

Clear selection

How long have the current devices been in use?

1 year

2 years

3 years

4 years

more than 4 years

Clear selection

How long does your school or institution plan to use these devices?

1 year

2 years

3 years

4 years

5 or more years

We have no official plans.

Clear selection

What plans are currently in place for those devices once they break or need to be replaced?

No plans are currently in place.

They are given/sold to a preferred recycling company.

They are sold to company.

They are donated to a non-profit.

They are placed in storage.

They are leased, so the company replaces them.

Other:

Clear selection

What will happen your end-of-life mobile devices that you leased or purchased?

Unsure

They will be fixed and reused or used for parts.

They will be recycled by an e-Stewards Recycler.

They will be sold as scrap.

They will be donated.

They belong to the teacher or student, so it's their decision.

Other:

Clear selection

What is the name/location of the recycler, company, or non-profit that your school/institution uses to recycle/dispose of end-of-life mobile devices?

If the devices are leased, what company do you use?

Is the recycler, company, or non-profit e-Steward Certified?

Yes

Unsure

N/A. They repair/reuse parts on-site.

Other:

Clear selection

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