Learners used products outside class despite infrastructure limits: 65% of surveyed students reported doing software work outside class while mobile access was largely unavailable¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on a source with no registered publication record (a web page, book or unpublished report). It is kept because 2 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the study's survey, 65% of students reported doing work in the software outside of class, though products did not work on mobile devices and wifi for personal devices and device loan programs were largely absent. → Constantakis 2016 q2 i? Adult learner device ownership skews toward smartphones, with between 55% and 75% of adult learners owning smartphones per Tyton Partners as cited in the report. → Constantakis 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Constantakis 2016¶

Constantakis, P. (2016). Integrating Digital Tools for Adult Learners: Four Critical Factors. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/52ffa633-226c-445f-8113-54cc83dc76c7

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Student survey from the fourteen study sites, reported by the authors. "65% of the students surveyed in our study reported they had done work in the software outside of class," despite limited drop-in lab access and no device checkout.

"Interestingly, 65% of the students surveyed in our study reported they had done work in the software outside of class, either at home or at another facility with computers."

Constantakis 2016 (2)¶

Constantakis, P. (2016). Integrating Digital Tools for Adult Learners: Four Critical Factors. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/52ffa633-226c-445f-8113-54cc83dc76c7

q2 · i? · design · r2

The report attributes this figure to a Tyton Partners report, not to its own study: "Student ownership of devices skews toward mobile devices with between 55% and 75% of adult learners owning smartphones."

"Student ownership of devices skews toward mobile devices with between 55% and 75% of adult learners owning smartphones."

Discussion¶

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