Digital Distraction: Shedding Light on the 21st-Century College Classroom

Lynn S. Aaron; Talia Lipton

Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 46, No. 3 (2018) pp. 363–378

It is not uncommon to walk into a college classroom and find all heads bowed down to a flashing screen and the room . . . silent. While digital devices can certainly support learning, what about when they are a distraction? This study explored this...