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An Empirical Study of the Factors that Influence In-Class Digital Distraction among University Students: A U.S. – Namibia Cross-Cultural Study

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  • Ravi Nath

    (Department of Business Intelligence and Analytics, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA)

  • Leida Chen

    (Department of Management, Human Resources and Information Systems, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA)

  • H. N. Muyingi

    (School of Computing and Informatics, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia)

Abstract

Classroom access to computers, smart phones, and the Internet may be indispensable for teaching and learning both for the student and instructor, yet these technologies can also be an impediment to learning as students tend to use them to engage in activities unrelated to the classwork. Using survey data collected from 187 US and 204 Namibian university students, this paper examines the factors that influence students' in-class digital distraction from a cross-cultural perspective. The findings suggest that Internet addiction, learning style preference, contextual and individual student factors significantly influence the intensity of student in-class digital distraction. The paper concludes with a discussion of the pedagogical and classroom management implications of the findings and provides recommendations for researchers as well as educators.

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  • Ravi Nath & Leida Chen & H. N. Muyingi, 2015. "An Empirical Study of the Factors that Influence In-Class Digital Distraction among University Students: A U.S. – Namibia Cross-Cultural Study," Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), IGI Global, vol. 28(4), pages 1-18, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:rmj000:v:28:y:2015:i:4:p:1-18
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