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R.I.P E-Mail * 1965 - ✝ 2015

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For the ninth time, the Graz University of Technology has carried out a survey amongst its freshmen in order to find out their preferences and habits according to the use of modern IT- and Web- technologies. Besides the remarkable long-term changes in regards to the ownership of technology, the results of this year ́s (2015) survey yielded a sensation. The instant messaging client for smartphones “WhatsApp” has superseded e-mailing from its leading position of being the preferred communication media. E-mailing was displaced on second place for the first time after nine years of survey. A clear trend can be stated in regards to communication media. The influence of WhatsApp on other communication behavior, notably e-mail and SMS, as well as the lasting rise of WhatsApp itself are special focuses of this paper.
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R.I.P E-Mail * 1965 - 2015
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Introduction
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
Nine Years of Survey
",--B9%!"?+9"?0+0)
'   !)  C !     9"?
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,-    "  '      '      !    %        %%    
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!%FGG8  % ;G/. C,--B+,--BF/BG,--GFG,.
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Results and Findings of 2015 Survey
Which Trends Can be Seen in Regards to the Ownership of Technology?
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Which Trends Can be Seen in Regards to Internet Access at Study Home?
*+,-./0&!'!+!%D06
       !       !K
!&)% +!.-/E
,--B.D-E,-./0
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Figure 3J:!%&!< ,--B,-./
Which Trends Can be Seen Towards the Usage of IT at Secondary School Level?
6!%     C    &    &  1 !2
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  1  3:2 &       ?"      =%  
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/-E,-./L612!,-E+,-.@0DDE+,-./0
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Conclusion
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Recent statistics on the use of mobile technology proclaim that the world is becoming mobile. People use their phones to socialize, to conduct business, to search for information, and more. For the first time in history, people around the world have the potential to learn from any location at their own convenience. But first, education systems must change, to facilitate mobile access to education. As this article describes, the most important change will be training teachers, both in pre-service programmes and through professional development, to use the technology to design and deliver education and to create bridges to informal learning. The article also describes some projects around the world that are helping to prepare teachers for the mobile world, and some pilot projects using the technology. Most such research, however, is limited to short-term studies focusing on learners’ satisfaction with mobile learning. Future studies must consider its long-term benefits and its impacts on performance and retention. As mobile technologies emerge, teachers have to keep up with the changes so that they can take advantage of the power of the technology to design and deliver education.
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