Comparing Google Groups Use by Evaluating Flow Experience and Generated Messages in Laptop and Desktop Higher Education Students
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The main purpose of this study is to establish whether the user is feeling the flow experience and what type of messages are sent by the participants when using Google Groups through users that have laptops or desktops. In the context of this study, information has been gathered through a survey, applying the five dimensions of the flow state. At the end of the study, after analyzing the gathered information, it was possible to conclude that students have experimented with the flow experience and that it had a positive effect on their learning experiences, but the students that used the laptops were more engaged in the flow experience than the students that used desktops. For messages, the data was retrieved from Google Groups. Relatively, from the type of messages of users with laptop, we can conclude that these users sent more messages classified as Very Good, Good, Positive and also messages classified as not significant, than the users with desktop.
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