Abstract
The educational environment adapts to new teaching and learning methods with an emphasis on the university environment. Therefore, the objective of the research focused on determining the effectiveness of the academic use of mobile applications on electronic devices for the performance of tasks by students of the Communication career of the National University of Loja. The methodological approach is mixed, with the application of a structured survey to a representative sample of students and conducting interviews with teachers allowing to better understand the integration of mobile technology in communication education. In the results it was found that mobile applications favor peer feedback and enable a continuous improvement in the quality of the work. The conclusions show the way in which mobile applications are effectively integrated into educational practice, promoting dynamic academic collaboration.