New technologies – Tools of learning or distraction?

By Nicola Jenvey. Digital technology provides both an innovative and interactive means for higher education. But placed in students' hands, laptops, cell phones and tablets can also be tools of distraction that potentially hinder learning, a new study has uncovered. Research conducted jointly by Hippolyte Muyingi of the Polytechnic of Namibia, Ravi Nath and LC Chen of Nebraska's Creighton University, and Dr Jude Lubega of Uganda's Makerere University, showed that introducing a blanket ban on digital technology in the classroom was neither advisable nor practical. More...