Table 3

Students' use of smartphones

Multimodal layersData nExamples
Technologies – hardwareSmartphones: 5iPhones
Technologies – softwareVisual: 2Visual: AR animations
Multiplicity of modes: 1Multiplicity of modes: snapchat
Unnamed/other: 2Unnamed/other: Wikipedia, digital text
Technologies' functional propertiesPrimary function: 10Primary: scan, navigate/scroll, storage, camera, display, keypad, touchscreen
Secondary: 2Secondary: organize notes, photos
Technologies' semiotic properties––
Modes of representationAuditory: 6Auditory: dialogue
Linguistic: 3Linguistic: reading
Gaze: 3Gaze: directing attention
Visual: 2Visual: animations, videos
Touch: 1Touch: interacting with system using fingers
ActivitiesCollaboration: 3Collaboration: pair and group work discussion
Literacy: 2Literacy: reading
STEM: 1STEM: science simulations

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