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4 TH IR – IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION BY LOOKING AT THE USE OF MOBILE TEACHING DEVICES

Students and lecturers use mobile devices more and more and within a few years they will become indispensable tools in the classroom. Recent research clearly indicates that mobile devices such as smartphones, laptops and tablets are the tools of choice for students, scholars, teachers and lecturers. It will play a major role in teaching and learning, especially in higher education as the 4 th IR, the development of artificial intelligence and new ways of communication need to take their place in the classroom. The integration of these new technologies into the teaching and learning experience in the classroom will be dependent on effective pedagogical implementation and planning to be successful. Taking this into account, this paper explores the effect that mobile devices have in the classroom on the teaching and learning experience of the student. The advantages of the implementation of mobile devices must be weighed against the negative influence they may have. All of the participants in the study reported that they have access to and use mobile devices to access the internet to source information.