Background The main objective of the study is to assess the knowledge, skill and attitude regarding mobile learning among BNS 1st and 2nd year students of Nepal. Methods The study was descriptive in ...nature conducted among 303 BNS 1st and 2nd year students of six different institutions of Nepal from 2014 to 2015 A.D. Results The result reveals that most of the respondents had good knowledge about the availability of the facilities like reading scholarly articles and text books, sharing information resources and emails, scholarly materials can be surfed/downloaded, data can be collected and library catalogues can be searched through mobile. Further, nearly two-thirds of them used mobile occasionally for surfing/downloading scholarly materials and reading scholarly articles and text books followed by online dictionaries, SMS, emails, sharing information resources, collecting data, recording and searching library catalogues. Moreover, slightly over two-fifths of the respondents preferred cell phone for learning. Majority (92 percent) of the respondents felt comfortable on using the phone for learning. Just over three-fourths of the respondents revealed that through mobile phone, they updated the information and searched learning materials quickly. Conclusion Based on the result of the study, it has been concluded that the students had good knowledge on mobile learning and they had used mobile for various purposes including learning. They has updated the information and searched learning materials quickly through the mobile phones. It has been recommended that mobile should be brought into practice and it can be effective if there is a provision of internet at low cost.
The purpose of this research was to explore teaching and learning when mobile computing devices, such as cellphones and smartphones, were implemented in higher education. This paper presents a ...portion of the findings on students' perceptions of learning with mobile computing devices and the roles social media played. This qualitative research study focused on students from three universities across the US. The students' teachers had been integrating mobile computing devices, such as cellphones and smartphones, into their courses for at least two semesters. Data were collected through student focus group interviews. Two specific themes emerged from the interview data: (a) advantages of mobile computing devices for student learning and (b) frustrations from learning with mobile computing devices. Mobile computing devices and the use of social media created opportunities for interaction, provided opportunities for collaboration, as well as allowed students to engage in content creation and communication using social media and Web 2.0 tools with the assistance of constant connectivity.
•Mobile devices offer a variety of ways to learn, communicate and collaborate.•Frustrations arise when there is a lack of institutional support or training.•Students "blur the lines" between social networking tools and mobile devices.
The increasing growth of mobile technology in our society has become a reality. Outdoor learning is one of the very revolutionary developments in modern ages without huge infrastructure and ...resources. This study is focusing on the area of mobile learning in the year 2009 to 2018 about the areas and working done by the researchers. Mobile learning is relatively a new platform of learning through the mobile technologies, and penetration of smartphones and digital devices is globally increased in a short interval of time. The Scopus database is used to find the literature with the keyword used in search button mobile learning. The PRISMA diagram 2009 shows that the subjects of Social Sciences area to include the literature articles for the review. The final 54 articles with more than 20 citations for the review are selected to analyze the literature to find the gap and direction of mobile learning. Literature is divided in different classifications to find the results.
Mobile devices have become an important tool in higher education. Although mobile devices have several benefits for students, the use of these devices is still very limited among students. This low ...percentage of usage could be attributed to several reasons, both technical and non-technical. Therefore, there is a need to conduct more research in order to understand the necessary factors that would lead to enhanced student usage, thus achieving sustainable mobile learning. In order to achieve that, our study proposes a model by employing the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to investigate the necessary factors that influence intention to use mobile learning among university students. To evaluate the proposed model, structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to analyze data collected from 612 students. The results indicated that factors, such as device connectivity, device compatibility, device memory, device performance, network coverage, and network speed have a significant and positive influence on students’ intention to use mobile learning. This research provides important recommendations for university decision makers and developers on understanding the necessary factors for adopting mobile learning and reflect the students’ requirements.
With the exponential growth in the mobile device market over the last decade, chatbots are becoming an increasingly popular option to interact with users, and their popularity and adoption are ...rapidly spreading. These mobile devices change the way we communicate and allow ever-present learning in various environments. This study examined educational chatbots for Facebook Messenger to support learning. The independent web directory was screened to assess chatbots for this study resulting in the identification of 89 unique chatbots. Each chatbot was classified by language, subject matter and developer's platform. Finally, we evaluated 47 educational chatbots using the Facebook Messenger platform based on the analytic hierarchy process against the quality attributes of teaching, humanity, affect, and accessibility. We found that educational chatbots on the Facebook Messenger platform vary from the basic level of sending personalized messages to recommending learning content. Results show that chatbots which are part of the instant messaging application are still in its early stages to become artificial intelligence teaching assistants. The findings provide tips for teachers to integrate chatbots into classroom practice and advice what types of chatbots they can try out.
•Finding an educational chatbot is more challenging than discovering a mobile app or website.•We found over 47% of chatbots misleadingly indexed in the educational category in the independent web directory.•Mostly available chatbots on the Messenger deal with learning languages, economic topics, or multiple subject matter.•Chatbots are using decision trees rather than artificial intelligence.
Although mobile learning systems offer several benefits for students, academic staff and universities, from easily access and learning anywhere and anytime, the use and acceptance of this new ...technology in Jordan still very low. However, acceptance of mobile learning by students is crucial to the success of mobile learning. The factors that affect the use and user acceptance of mobile learning are still controversial. Thus, this study mainly proposes an integrated model, with the aim of identifying the most influential factors that may encourage or impede students and universities in Jordan in moving towards acceptance and adoption of mobile learning applications. The proposed model was evaluated empirically with 1200 students from both two groups of universities that already used the mobile learning technology and non-adopters universities in Jordan. The model aims to examine the impact of 11 factors on the adoption of mobile learning applications that were categorised based on four fundamental constructs are: (i) technological factors (security, privacy, compatibility, relative advantage and trust), (ii) organizational factors (resistance to change and technology readiness), (iii) cultural factors and (iv) quality factors (quality of system, quality of content and quality of service). The key findings include: (1) resistance to change, security and privacy concerns still limit mobile learning acceptance and adoption in Jordanian universities; (2) some factors like compatibility, technology readiness, and culture were found to have a negative effect on the intention to use of the mobile learning; (3) five factors (relative advantage, trust, quality of system, quality of content and quality of service) were found to have a positive effect on the intention to use of the mobile learning; and (4) our research also found that the effect of these factors differed in universities that already used the mobile learning and non-adopters. Finally, it is expected that the findings of this research can assist university decision makers, mobile learning application providers and the research community in introducing better strategies for encouraging adoption and acceptance of this technology.
This study developed and empirically tested a model to predict the factors affecting students' behavioral intentions toward using mobile learning (m-learning). This study explored the behavioral ...intention to use m-learning from the perspective of consumers by applying the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model with the addition of perceived enjoyment, mobile self-efficacy, satisfaction, trust, and perceived risk moderators. A cross-sectional study was conducted by employing a research model based on multiple technology acceptance theories. Data were derived from an online survey with 1,562 respondents and analyzed using structural equation modeling. Partial least squares (PLS) regression was used for model and hypothesis testing. The results revealed that (1) behavioral intention was significantly and positively influenced by satisfaction, trust, performance expectancy, and effort expectancy; (2) perceived enjoyment, performance expectancy, and effort expectancy had positive associations with behavioral intention; (3) mobile self-efficacy had a significantly positive effect on perceived enjoyment; and (4) perceived risk had a significantly negative moderating effect on the relationship between performance expectancy and behavioral intention. Our findings correspond with the UTAUT model and provide a practical reference for educational institutions and decision-makers involved in designing m-learning for implementation in universities.
Various review studies were conducted to provide valuable insights into the current research trend of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Nevertheless, this issue still needs to be investigated ...from further directions. It has been noticed that research overlooks the investigation of TAM with regard to Mobile learning (M-learning) studies from the standpoint of different perspectives. The present study systematically reviews and synthesizes the TAM studies related to M-learning aiming to provide a comprehensive analysis of 87 research articles from 2006 to 2018. The main findings include that most of the TAM studies involving M-learning focused on extending the TAM with external variables, followed by the studies that extended the model by factors from other theories/models. In addition, the main research problem that was frequently tackled among all the analyzed studies was to examine the acceptance of M-learning among students. Moreover, questionnaire surveys were the primarily relied research methods for data collection. Additionally, most of the analyzed studies were undertaken in Taiwan, this is followed by Spain, China, and Malaysia, respectively among the other countries. Besides, most of the analyzed studies were frequently conducted in humanities and educational context, followed by IT and computer science context, respectively among the other contexts. Most of the analyzed studies were carried out in the higher educational settings. To that end, the findings of this review study provide an insight into the current trend of TAM research involving M-learning studies and form an essential reference for scholars in the M-learning context.
•The present study systematically reviews and synthesizes the TAM studies related to M-learning.•Most of the TAM studies involving M-learning focused on extending the TAM with external variables.•The main frequent research problem was to examine the M-learning acceptance among students.•Questionnaire surveys were the primarily relied research methods for data collection.•Most of the analyzed studies were carried out in the higher educational settings.
Mobile device ownership has exploded with the majority of adults owning more than one mobile device. The largest demographic of mobile device users are 18–29 years old which is also the typical age ...of college attendees. This systematic review provides the scholarly community with a current synthesis of mobile learning research across 2010–2016 in higher education settings regarding the purposes, outcomes, methodologies, subject matter domains, educational level, educational context, device types and geographical distribution of studies. Major findings include that the majority of the studies focused on the impact of mobile learning on student achievement. Language instruction was the most often researched subject matter domain. The findings reveal that 74% involved undergraduate students and 54% took place in a formal educational context. Higher education faculty are encouraged to consider the opportunity to expand their learning possibilities beyond the classroom with mobile learning.
•The majority of the studies focused on the impact of mobile learning on student achievement.•Language instruction was the most often researched subject matter domain.•Of the studies, 74% involved undergraduate students.•Of the studies, 54% took place in a formal educational context.
Pendidikan menyangkut kesehatan menjadi bagian penting dunia global saat ini. Pendidikan kesehatan sebagai salah satu pokok bahasan dalam pembelajaran mata kuliah yang diajarkan disetiap jenjang ...pendidikan dan memberi dampak pada sikap peserta didik. Pandemi covid-19 yang melanda dunia selang dua tahun terakhir ini telah memberi dampak perubahan model pembelajaran. Sebelumnya proses belajar dilakukan secara tatap muka dan saat ini berevolusi menjadi mobile learning. Dampak positif yang terjadi antara lain adalah berupa percepatan proses digitalisasi termasuk dalam pembelajaran jarak jauh namun bagi mata kuliah yang sifatnya pendidikan membutuhkan pendekatan pada kontrol sikap. Adapun metode penelitian adalah deskriptif kualitatif namun data dikelola secara kuantitatif, sedangkan penentuan sampel dilakukan dengan cara purposive sampling. Data terkini terkait kegiatan dan berbagai masalah pembelajaran mobile learning melalui observasi wawancara mendalam dengan beberapa informan. Wawancara dilakukan dengan teknik snowball sampling. Hasil dan analisis diketahui bahwa masalah pembelajaran mobile learning tersebut diakibatkan yang belum berjalan secara optimal. Penelitian ini menemukan tiga hal pokok masalah yang perlu ditangani yaitu praktek penggunaan learning manajemen sistem, dukungan internet teknologi aplikasi yang dapat diakses dengan mudah oleh peserta pembelajaran serta proses interaksi antara peserta yang harus mampu dikondisikan oleh pengajar. Berdasarkan ulasan diatas maka upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengoptimalkan kondisi belajar mobile learning adalah dengan membuat arahan dalam bentuk tutorial, memperbanyak latihan sistem manajemen belajar online, dan melalui penggunaan media sosial.
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