Medical students’ attitudes and perceptions towards the effectiveness of mobile learning: A comparative information-need perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 096100062092554
Author(s):  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Patrick Lo ◽  
Stuart So ◽  
Dickson KW Chiu ◽  
Tin Nok Leung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Clinical Science ◽  
Science Students ◽  
The University

The rapid development of information and communication technologies has revolutionized the lifestyles and learning practices of the younger population worldwide. Various new mobile platforms and forms of social media have been so pervasive and influential in the world of higher education that they have contributed much to the training of the next generation of medical professionals. As such, the current study aimed to compare the adoption of mobile learning amongst three groups of medical science students at the University of Hong Kong – namely, students majoring in Clinical Science, Chinese Medicine and Nursing. For this study, the authors used a questionnaire survey to collect a total of 150 responses. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation test and multiple regression analysis. The results from the study revealed that the students in the three different medical majors at the University of Hong Kong engaged with their mobile devices at slightly different levels. Although a few significant differences were found, Clinical Science students tended to have more diverse information needs and use their mobile devices for a variety of learning-related activities. In comparison, Chinese Medicine students indicated that they were less active users of mobile devices in terms of both learning and non-learning activities.

scholarly journals A Model for Mobile Learning Integration in Higher Education Based on Students’ Expectations

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Latinka Ivanova Todoranova ◽  
Radka Valerieva Nacheva ◽  
Vladimir Stoyanov Sulov ◽  
Bonimir Penchev Penchev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning

Mobile learning can be identified as the next stage in the development of e-learning. In this regard, <strong>the purpose of this paper</strong> is to propose a model for mobile learning integration in higher education which is based on analysis of students’ expectations. То achieve this goal, a survey has been conducted among students enrolled in programs in the field of information and communication technologies. The analysis of the collected data shows that students have mobile devices, which they use not only for communication on social networks, but also for education. In addition, their expectations regarding mobile learning have been identified taking into account their study program and their previous experience with an e-learning platform.

A Mobile Learning Content-independent Versatile Ubiquitous System (CiVUS)

2012 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues ◽  
Diogo Videira Sousa ◽  
Isabel de la Torre
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Multimedia Contents ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Ubiquitous System ◽  
Collaborative Activities ◽  
The University

Mobile learning (m-learning) introduces the idea of learning from virtually anywhere, regardless of the in-motion learner. This paper presents the development and impact of m-learning system capable to deliver personalized contents to the learner, called Content-independent Versatile Ubiquitous System (CiVUS). This solution promotes communication between learners and their teachers by encouraging learners to share self-made multimedia contents. Enabling interactivity makes mobile devices suitable for the development of collaborative activities amongst engineering students. CiVUS intends to offer support for engineering subjects study. It can be used inside or outside classrooms by learners and teachers, due to the mobility of these devices, at the time they find more suitable. The system has been validated and evaluated through a real usage. The study group collected answers from 10 teachers and 87 engineering students of the University of Beira Interior, Portugal and the University of Valladolid, Spain. The results demonstrate that the majority of the inquired people totally agree (all items over 72% for professors and 74% for students).

scholarly journals Research on student portal usage and its issues: a case study on Saudi Arabia universities, academic perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 238
Author(s):  
Salem Suliman T Alatawi ◽  
Norris Syed Abdullah ◽  
Suraya Miskon
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The University

With the rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICTs), having a website is inevitable for the organizations. Ministry of Saudi Arabia has adopted a policy to use ICT to universities to improve their university portals and services that they offer. Although having good ICT infrastructure in the Saudi Arabian universities, the usage of university portal still low. This paper aims to identify the current situation of student’s portal usage and its content issues that face student in Saudi Arabia universities, and how to solve these issues to produce good quality of portal content that can encourage the students to use the student portal. An online survey questionnaire was collected from 40 academic staff from various universities in Saudi Arabia, and reviewed a numbers of papers. The findings reveal that there is a lack of student’s portals contents, awareness of using ICT, and training and guidance. By enhancing quality of content that will increase the student satisfaction to use the portal, and that will help the university to produce good portal to their students.   

Integrating Pedagogy, Infrastructure, and Tools for Mobile Learning

2007 ◽  
pp. 317-327
Author(s):  
D. Kennedy ◽  
D. Vogel
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Driving Factor ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Limited Bandwidth ◽  
Institutional Infrastructure ◽  
Internet Connections ◽  
Wireless Connectivity

In this article the approach adopted for the design of m-learning tools and infrastructure is predicated on the idea that there will be intermittent wireless connectivity with limited bandwidth (e.g., grainy video at best). Students in Hong Kong (like most places) lead busy lives, and access to always-on Internet connections may not be possible or desired. Instead, the concept of flexibility of learning—learning at a time most suitable to the student—is seen as a primary driving factor for our work. What follows is a description of a framework for development of learning tools and institutional infrastructure designed to take advantage mobile devices and the flexibility offered by m-learning.

scholarly journals The Extent to Which Students Have Sufficient Awareness of E-Learning and its Relation to Self-Studying and Academic Achievement

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Eid Al Adwan ◽  
Abdelsalam Fahad Al Awamrah
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Modern Learning ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

Rapid development of information and communication technologies poses education to improve the quality of the educational process. And today the main focus in the current learning process is shifting toward the model of e-learning, to which aim mainly to provide students with convenient and round-the-clock access to educational materials, this open access valuable and available e-learning models provides an improved modern learning model that improve the educational process. This study aims to investigate the student's awareness of e-learning and how it is related to self studying and academic achievement. A well-designed online questionnaire developed and used to collect primary data and the statistical analysis has been applied to get the results. The result revealed that the sample students’ have high awareness towards e-learning in the University of Jordan and using e-learning significantly affected their self-studying behavior and academic achievement.

scholarly journals CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF FUTURE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PREPAREDNESS TO ORGANIZE MOBILE LEARNING FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-154
Author(s):  
L.R. SHARAFEEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Digital Resource ◽  
Activity Component ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis

Statement of the problem. In the context of digitalization of education, the main prerequisite is creation of a digital educational environment that opens up new opportunities: learning at any convenient time, continuous education, the ability to design individual educational routes, transfer from digital resource consumers to digital resource creators. Various digital educational resources, distance learning platforms, cloud technologies, and the use of mobile devices help realize these opportunities. The pedagogical community is developing modern formats to introduce mobile devices into the educational process. Mobile technologies arouse students’ increased motivation and interest in learning, help expand the horizons of knowledge acquisition and build an individual learning roadmap – all this leads to the improved quality of education. Today we see the need to introduce mobile technologies into the educational process and at the same time we see insufficient knowledge about the didactic potential of using mobile devices and services in the learning process, as well as issues of training personnel for organizing mobile learning for schoolchildren. The purpose of the article is to determine the content and structure of future mathematics teachers’ preparedness to organize mobile learning for schoolchildren. Methodology (materials and methods) includes analysis and synthesis of the works of Russian and foreign researchers on the problem under study, as well as the experience of training teachers in the field of information and communication technologies. Research results. An essential prerequisite for the performance effectiveness is the person’s preparedness for its implementation. In this study, we examined the preparedness of future mathematics teachers to organize schoolchildren’s mobile learning as a personality education that has a systemic, complex structure and acts as a set of motivational, personal, theoretical, activity-related and reflective components. In the structure of the activity component, we identified three levels of preparedness of future mathematics teachers to organize schoolchildren’s mobile learning (basic, creative, and professional). Conclusion. The maturity of these components helps future teachers of mathematics to organize schoolchildren’ mobile learning in line with the requirements of modern education, thereby preparing the younger generation for study, life, and work in a dynamically changing world.

Mobile learning and student engagement in remote field activities

First Monday ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Ralston ◽  
Guillermo Hernandez ◽  
Miles Dyck ◽  
M. Derek MacKenzie ◽  
Sylvie A. Quideau
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Hard Copy ◽  
Pedagogical Change ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This research is centred on an investigation of the potential for the use of mobile learning in remote field study locations by university students. The study focused on both geospatial concepts and abilities, instructional design methodologies and the impact of learning through the use of mobile devices and online learning. The study group included a total of 118 students enrolled in the University of Alberta, in the Department of Renewal Resources. The research methodology included mixed method approach that included the dissemination of online surveys, feedback forms completed during field study, and anecdotal data collected by instructors. A major pedagogical change in the course design resulted in students accessing mobile devices in place of traditional hard-copy maps in order to conduct their field studies.

scholarly journals The Mobile Learning Adoption Model Tailored to the Needs of a Private University

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Rataj ◽  
Joanna Wójcik
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Private University ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mobile Education ◽  
The University

The mission of today’s universities is to prepare the students properly to live and work in the 21st century. International research demonstrates the positive impact of using iPads in teaching. Successful deploying of mobile learning (m‑learning) is not a matter of accident, but depends on users’ acceptance of the technology. The purpose of this article is to create a mobile learning adoption pre‑model tailored to the needs of a private university. To achieve this goal, valued adoption models were analyzed and, on their basis, the new model was created. The pre‑model has been tested with a questionnaire. A paper‑based survey was conducted among 640 students representing 25 countries. The questionnaire was grouped into sections: specifications of mobile devices owned by students and mobile internet access, expectation from mobile education application and attitudes towards current and future use of mobile devices in education. We computed all data with The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences – IBM SPSS Statistics version 25. The results of the research showed that the students from a central‑eastern European University are technologically ready for mobile learning. Moreover, there appears to be no cause for concern regarding students from post‑Soviet countries with respect to their competency to meet the demands of modern teaching in the form of mobile learning. Students have shown that they have clearly defined expectations for educational materials for mobile devices, which will be a challenge for the university when creating m‑learning materials. Furthermore, students must feel the university's support in using mobile applications. That is why the teachers face a serious task: teachers must be prepared to show students the benefits of mobile learning, so they not only need to be trained but also convinced that it is worth using mobile learning.

The transition toward open access: the University of Hong Kong experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 488-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayle Rosemary Chan ◽  
Allan Shi-Chung Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Publication Data ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Purpose While open access (OA) offers an alternative to the unsustainable pricing of serials and supports a core value of ensuring openness to knowledge, the perceived value of the impact of OA journals is still lacking consensus among stakeholders. This study is based on the analysis of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) research publication data within four broad disciplines – health science, life science, physical science and social science – and the purpose of this paper is to understand the perspectives and preferences of academic researchers around OA. The findings are useful to libraries in shaping their strategies for meeting the rising challenges of scholarly publishing. Design/methodology/approach Article publication data from HKU have been collected and analyzed with the purpose of exploring general OA trends and understanding authors’ incentives for publishing in OA journals. Findings The explosion in the number of OA journals in recent years has not only impacted on how libraries manage contents and budgets, but also on academic researchers’ choice of journals for submitting their articles for publication. This study conducted at the HKU indicated that academic researchers have a gradual tendency to shift toward publishing their work in OA journals, and interestingly, the shifts are to some extent discipline specific. Research limitations/implications The OA marketplace is currently undergoing a state of flux. The OA model of funding through article publication charges, process of peer review and reputation in the marketplace are under rapid development. Practical implications As OA journals take up a sizeable market share of the scholarly journal publishing market, libraries need to stay abreast of developments in the OA sector in order to respond to researcher needs. Understanding the thinking behind researcher’s decisions in choosing venue for submission of publications helps to advance research support services which the library offers. Social implications The change in researcher behavior prompted by the gravitation toward sharing of research contents in scholarly communication networks and broader choice of OA journals have resulted in a positive growth of OA articles publishing at the HKU. Originality/value This study is based on actual HKU publication data in the past ten years, and it is useful for understanding HKU researchers’ attitudes toward OA publications and in particular the longitudinal trends in shifting toward OA publishing within the context of the university’s open policy and within the global OA landscape.

scholarly journals ORGANIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WITH THE USE OF M-LEARNING TECHNOLOGY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (44) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Muzhanovskaya ◽  
T. Kuzhelyuk ◽  
G. Kashyna
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
E Learning

 In the article on the basis of the analysis of scientific and methodological literature and network sources the content of the concepts of "mobile learning", "mobile technologies", "mobile learning technologies" is investigated. So by the concept of mobile learning (m-learning) in the WFD we mean a form of e-learning using the personal mobile devices of students, learning in different contexts - through social and meaningful interaction, using the learning technologies of mobile devices at a convenient time for students. The experience of introducing mobile technologies (m-learning) into the school's educational process is generalized. The article highlights the pedagogical conditions, didactic functions and principles of mobile learning in the HLS. The main aspects of the introduction of mobile learning in the HLS are the use of mobile technology, that is, when a technology tool mediates schoolchildren and knowledge as an extension of e-learning and is one of the possible areas of blended learning, this is learner-centered learning. The peculiarities of the introduction of mobile education in general secondary education institutions are identified, the advantages of the use of mobile learning in the educational space of the WSS are outlined. With the introduction of mobile learning, the educational process adapts to the environment, becoming compact, focused and interactive. In mobile learning, it is important that the information is delivered in small portions, as clearly as possible to the situation and, at the same time, that the process of interaction with the product is satisfying. Accordingly, users' habits are changing: students increasingly want the learning process to be simple, effective and fun. They use mobile devices to communicate with participants in the educational process, providing a new level of communication and learning management. For teachers, the advantage of using mobile learning is the ability to ask students in response to the task, and parents to monitor the progress of children through obtaining relevant information from school.Keywords: mobile learning, e-learning, learning principles, information and communication technologies.

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