Factors That Influence Mobile Learning Acceptance in Higher Education Institutions in Dubai

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Issa Saleem Al-Zoubi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Mobile Learning Acceptance

Psychological Readiness for Mobile Learning Among Maldivian Students at Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-232
Author(s):  
Fathimath Mumthaz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Readiness To Adopt

Objective - Mobile learning had widely impacted higher education, providing technology enabled educational opportunities to the mobile-first learners of the millennium, anytime, anywhere. The adoption of mobile technology rapidly increased among higher education institutions of Maldives, changing the psychological perception of distance learners who were located in different atolls of the country. Methodology/Technique - This paper was developed to explore psychological readiness of institutional distance learning students to adopt mobile learning in Maldives. Using quantitative approach, the research was conducted among the distance learners from three key higher education institutions of Maldives. Contributing to the e- questionnaire, three hundred and forty-three (n=340) students expressed their psychological readiness to adopt mobile learning in Maldives. Data collected using mobile technology was analysed using the analysis summary retrieved from Google forms and SPSS. Finding - The analysis revealed that majority of the students of Maldives higher education institutions were acquainted and psychologically ready to adopt mobile learning as a convenient mode of delivery. Novelty - Thereby, it can be said that students were willing to welcome mobile learning enhanced by mobile technology and were psychologically ready to adopt the emerging shift in the paradigm. Type of Paper - Empirical. Keywords: Mobile learning, psychological readiness, paradigm shift, higher education institutions, Maldives JEL Classification: I21, I23

scholarly journals Intention to Use Mobile Learning in Higher Education Institutions: Review Paper

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Ayad Shihan Izkair ◽  
Muhammad Modi Lakulu ◽  
Ibtihal Hassan Mussa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Associate Degree ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Use Of Technology

Mobile learning is presently taking part in associate degree more and more important role within the instructional method, additionally as within the development of teaching and learning ways for higher education. The power to find out ‘on the go– anytime, anywhere, is changing into more and more fashionable. The advantages offered by mobile learning are important. On the opposite hand, the implementation of mobile learning in educational activity relies on users’ acceptance of technology. Acceptance and intention to use mobile learning may be a topic of growing interest within the field of education. The model of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) is planned and developed by researchers via a mixture of eight major theories in activity prediction. UTAUT is among the foremost fashionable and up to date model in information technology acceptance. This is review paper aiming to review UTAUT’s previous studies of intention to use mobile learning. In conclusion, this research provides insight regarding the necessary factors for planning and designing an intention to use mobile learning model in higher education institutions.

scholarly journals Mobile Learning Readiness Among Students Of Maldives Higher Education Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-116
Author(s):  
Fathimath Mumthaz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Online Questionnaire

Mobile learning and connecting development and trends are widely discussed globally. Literature evidences exist confirming mobile learning and its impact on higher education. Mobile learning opportunities can be one option for higher education institutions to reach a dispersed population of the Maldives. Although readiness of mobile learning has been analysed in several counties and contexts, this contributes as the first research on this subject in the Maldives. Therefore this article is intended to find out students' readiness for mobile learning (mLearning) in the higher education institutes of Maldives. Basic readiness and mobile usage readiness of students from three different higher education institutions contributed to the research. A total of 343 institutional students enrolled in flexible delivery programs responded to the online questionnaire survey. Considering the level of programs, cluster sampling technique was used in shaping the sample of the research. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and SPSS to interpret the findings on student readiness for mobile learning. The findings indicated that the students were confident in using mobile and other mobile devices in daily activities. Also, findings indicated that majority of students were confident with the basic and advanced mobile skills of mobile learning.

Moving Towards the Effective Evaluation of Mobile Learning Initiatives in Higher Education Institutions

2019 ◽  
pp. 939-958
Author(s):  
Helen Farley ◽  
Angela Murphy ◽  
Nicole Ann Todd ◽  
Michael Lane ◽  
Abdul Hafeez-Baig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Effective Evaluation

scholarly journals Technical and Individual Factors Influencing Mobile Learning in China’s Higher Education during the Outbreak of Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Sunze Yu ◽  
Jie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Epidemic Disease ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Learning Efficiency ◽  
Mobile Learning Acceptance

The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world like a tornado, caught unprepared of the Chinese higher education system to adapt to widespread unexpected disruption. It forced university students transfer to mobile learning during epidemic disease period, but students' learning efficiency had become a concern for teachers who were used to face-to-face pedagogy. This study applied mixed methods. Qualitative phase interviewed 12 freshmen with e-mail, then constructed a model by thematic analysis that ultimately affects mobile learning efficiency. Quantitative phase survived 367 freshmen by questionnaire and test previous model. The result of path analysis in quantitative phase indicated that individual factors and technological factors positively affect mobile learning acceptance, mobile learning acceptance positively affect mobile learning efficiency. The contributions of this study have strong implications for universities whom conducting mobile learning in other regions, that were still in the midst of the epidemic.

Development and Validation of Teachers Mobile Learning Acceptance Scale for Higher Education Teachers

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niti Mittal ◽  
Monica Chaudhary ◽  
Shirin Alavi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Teacher Authority ◽  
Mobile Learning Acceptance ◽  
Acceptance Scale ◽  
High Level

Technological advancements in mobile devices coupled with their increased use in informal and formal learning at an individual level have forced academicians to implement full-scale mobile learning in higher education. However, its full-scale implementation can be achieved if the perception and attitude towards its acceptance are studied from the viewpoint of higher education teachers. This exploratory study begins with the identification of potential determinants of mobile learning acceptance. Thereafter, Teachers Mobile Learning Acceptance Scale was developed based on the explored factors. There is no available instrument so far that encompasses important factors for determining acceptance of mobile learning by higher education teachers in ‘one go'. This instrument serves to be a comprehensive measure of teacher's acceptance of mobile learning. Two new factors ‘teacher authority and privacy' and ‘motivational factors for students' have been added. Although these factors have not been addressed in the past research, yet they play a significant role when considered from teachers' perspective. This instrument depicts a high level of content validity and reliability.

scholarly journals Pemanfaatan Teknologi Mobile Learning dalam Pengembangan Profesionalisme Dosen

Al-Ulum ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wawan Setyawan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Guidance Program ◽  
Teaching Research

Professional lecturers are lecturer professionalism that includes professionalism of teaching, research, and community service. The institution has the responsibility to develop the profession of the lecturer. An important step that can be done by higher education institutions is by developing lecturer profession guidance program covering the field of teaching, research, and community service. The program of developing and fostering the professionalism of the lecturers should be combined with the demands of science, technology, art that develops expansively and qualitatively. The development and professional development of this lecturer can be done through coaching programs based on institutional needs analysis. Programs can be said to succeed if in a lecturer there has been a process of transformation of the program. This transformation process can be seen from two things, namely: (1) improvement of ability in performing a task and (2) behaviour change which is reflected in attitude, discipline and work ethic.

scholarly journals Factors of Mobile Learning Acceptance in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 175-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando A. López Hernández ◽  
María Magdalena Silva Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning Acceptance

Psychological Readiness for Mobile Learning among Maldivian Students at Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-27
Author(s):  
Fathimath Mumthaz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
The People ◽  
Psychological Acceptance

Mobile technology, associated with mobility has led to the fluidity of knowledge transfer from any part of the globe. The rise in technology-enabled mobile devices tend to impact teaching and learning one or the other way. The fast-growing mobile learning (mLearning) and its instructional strategies are reaching learners anytime anywhere. Thereby, mLearning and its learning activities engage students passively, behaviorally, intellectually and emotionally in learning (Yao & Wang, 2018). Especially, in a country like Maldives where the people live in small islands separated by sea, mLearning could be an advantageous mode that can be adopted in the higher education of Maldives. The dispersed institutional students were were reached using mobile technology creating a psychological acceptance towards mLearning. Therefore, the study was developed to explore psychological readiness of institutional distance learning students to adopt mobile learning in Maldives. Keywords: Mobile learning, psychological readiness, paradigm shift, higher education institutions, Maldives.

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