Track: Business Management

Abstract

In the modern era, technological advancement has changed our way of life more rapidly, especially in education. One form of developments in technology is smartphones. The smartphone has become an effective and efficient teaching tool and communication medium in delivering a world education course. The present study attempts to comprehend the use of technology advancement (smartphones) as a communication tool in supporting the students learning through a review of literature collected from the various relevant sources. This study designed using a qualitative approach through review literature. Reviews on technology advancement (smartphones) and students learning style were conducted by reading and analysing 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and summarised in two tables, namely article journal and publisher distribution and article category on the basis of the subject. The analysis shows that technology advancement (smartphones) and education communication significantly affect students' learning. In conclusion, this study has proved that using smartphones as an education communication tool is an excellent medium for supporting teaching and learning activities. Thus, we recommend that teachers improve their skills in mastering learning media. In this case, smartphone technology based on android as support and efforts to improve learning in schools with a more orientation towards teacher work in educating students in class and communicating with students through several approaches using smartphones can support positive learning activities.

Keywords: Educational communication, technology advancement (use of smartphones), and student learning style