Utilization of Mobile Application in Education and Increase of Social Inequalities

Samaneh Kakavand, Florence Rodhain () and Bernard Fallery ()
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Samaneh Kakavand: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier
Florence Rodhain: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier
Bernard Fallery: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier

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Abstract: This paper is based on an exploratory study which has been conducted in two engineering universities in France. This research shows how digital universities increase social inequalities in French community. French universities compete for having digital environment everyday more than before and spending so much budget of the region for providing tablet to each student. The observation which has been conducted in these two universities show that not only this digital tool isn't useful for having a better learning conditions of students but also wasting a huge amount of money which can be spent for those students who cannot even equipped to new technologies.

Keywords: education; social inequality; iPad; digital inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-06
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Published in 6th LAEMOS Colloquium on: Subverting organizations: Reflecting on aims, meanings and modalities of organizing, Apr 2016, Viña del Mar, Chile. pp.15

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