El móvil en las universidades como instrumento de respuesta de audiencias

The Internet and the introduction of multimedia in the classroom allow students to experience situations that complement their training. In recent years, the term mobile learning (m-Learning) has become popular in educational contexts. One of its applications is the joint use of gamification and ICT in university teaching through Audience Response Instruments linked to the utilisation of mobile devices in the classroom. This study examines the effect of using two online platforms (namely Kahoot! and Socrative) in four different subjects at a Spanish public university by comparing them in the academic year 2016-2017. The aim of this paper is threefold: firstly, to measure and assess the results obtained in terms of improvements in students' academic performance. Secondly, to analyse and determine to what extent the use of the ART, as a learning tool based on games, enables us to achieve, among other things: higher motivation, better atmosphere, and higher subject learning in the classroom. Thirdly, to ascertain whether there are any significant differences between the results obtained in each of the ART employed. Among the conclusions, we would highlight that ART improves the willingness of students to learn. Although the data on student productivity are not conclusive, these instruments improve learning, classroom climate and students' digital skills. On the other hand, not all ARTs are the same and do not affect the same variables in the study in the same way. Future research will go in the line of deepening in these differences.