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This article is part of a PhD research and investigates the impact of rapid technological evolution, focusing on the adoption of smart mobile devices (SMD), such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, and applications (app) in the personal lives of higher education professors in the area of Information Science. In addition, gaps are identified in existing research, emphasizing the need to understand how SMD is used in personal activities for personal knowledge management (PKM) practices and infocommunication. Specific objectives include identifying the most commonly used SMDs and apps, the frequency of such use, and how they are used for those practices. The methodology is qualitative, triangulating the integrative review with a questionnaire (N-10). The results point to interest in device ecologies for PKM and Info-communication, with communication apps (text and voice) and e-mail being the most important for teachers. It is hoped that the results of this study can contribute to the advancement of knowledge about the use of SMD by teachers and to the development of a generic descriptive model of infocommunicational behaviour and PKM that can be applied in other contexts.
Keywords:
- Higher Education Professors,
- Infocommunication,
- Personal Knowledge Management,
- Smart mobile devices,
- Technological evolution impact
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Ana Lúcia Terra is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Communication and Information, Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra, where she is the director of the Degree in Information Science. She teaches on the MA and PhD in Information Science. She was an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, from 2002 to 2020, where she was the Coordinator of the Degree in Documentation and Information Sciences and Technologies, Director of the Master's Degree in Business Information, among other management positions. She is the elected Chair of the Spain-Portugal Chapter of ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization), since November 2019. She is a board member of the Bobcatsss Association, since January 2021. In 2009, she has received the Raul Proença Prize, sponsored by the Portuguese Directorate-General for Books and Libraries. Her main research interests include information behavior, and knowledge organization. Recent works are related to knowledge organization in institutional repositories, metadata quality in repositories, and research methodologies in knowledge organization. The latest works in international journals are published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship (2021), Education Sciences (2022), and Education for Information (2023).
Paula Peres is a full professor with habilitation in the doctoral area of e-Learning, a post-PhD in Education technologies and a PhD in area Information Systems. Master in computer science and graduate in Math Computer. She has a Post-graduation in adult education. She is currently teaching on the Information System scientific area in the School of Accounting and Administration of Porto / Polytechnic of Porto (iscap/p.porto). She was the pro-president for e-Learning of Polytechnic of Porto. She was responsible for the Training Center and Services of ISCAP/ Polytechnic of Porto. She was the coordinator of the Unit of eLearning and Pedagogical Innovation of P.PORTO (EIPP/P.PORTO). She is the responsible for the GAIE – Support Office in innovation and education She is a director of the Master in Assistance in Digital Communication. He is a member of the commission for distance learning at A3ES (Higher Education Assessment and Accreditation Agency). President and Member of different external evaluation commissions for the accreditation of study cycles taught at a distance. She is a member of the Games, Interaction and Learning Technologies research center hosted by ISEP/ Porto Polytechnic since 2005.
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