scholarly journals The effect of mobile learning on students’ attitudes using mobile devices

Educatia 21 ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 222-37
Author(s):  
Shai Solomovich ◽  
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Ciprian Ceobanu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Ubiquitous Learning ◽  
Internal Motivation ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Students Attitudes

Mobile learning (m-learning) has the potential to vastly change and improve education as we know it. Its main advantage is in extending the educational contexts to any place and any time. This leads to possibilities of more active and experiential learning. Furthermore, it greatly improves the potential for communication and access to information. All of these improvements, if utilized properly, can lead to more meaningful learning and more internal motivation for learning. However, these changes are not easy to implement and require the overcoming of several obstacles. This study aimed to investigate the attitudes towards m-learning and its relationships with ubiquitous learning, experiential and active learning, meaningful learning, cooperative learning, internal motivation for learning, and demographic variables. In order to measure these constructs, questionnaires were completed by 200 participants. The results suggest that the youngest generations (15-17 years old) and those who used their mobile phones the most have the highest attitudes towards m-learning. There were no differences amongst genders or people with various levels of education. Furthermore, the effects of mobile and ubiquitous learning on meaningful learning were mediated by collaborative and experiential and active learning. Lastly, the effects of mobile and ubiquitous learning on internal motivation for learning were direct. The findings indicate the importance of utilization of mobile learning and its positive consequences on both academic and personal aspects of the students’ lives.

scholarly journals Mobile Learning as a Method of Ubiquitous Learning: Students’ Attitudes, Readiness, and Possible Barriers to Implementation in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyadh Alhassan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Ubiquitous Learning ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes

<p>The purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes and level of readiness, and possible barriers to implementing Mobile Learning as a part of ubiquitous learning. In addition, the study attempted to find out to what extent students are interested in mobile learning. It also aimed to answer the question regarding the readiness of college students to use mobile learning technologies. Furthermore, the level of students experience in electronic learning was examined. The study was conducted to gather valuable data about are the possible advantages and disadvantages of mobile learning, and the barriers do students expect facing when implementing the mobile learning technologies. To answer the research questions, a questionnaire was administered to 1000 college students, with some of them being interviewed for in-depth information. The findings of the study showed that students had highly positive attitudes toward mobile learning, and they had the necessary technical knowledge to implement mobile learning. However, students were found to have very little experience in electronic and mobile learning. Students have mentioned some advantages of mobile learning among which was the possibility of learning outside the classroom and at any time. Some disadvantages were mentioned such as the fact that students might become annoyed with receiving too many text messages per day. Finally, students listed some barriers they expect to face the implementation of mobile learning. The study concluded with suggestions for future research and recommendations to university officials to better implement mobile learning.</p><p><br /><strong></strong></p>

The Relationship between a Business Simulator, Constructivist Practices, and Motivation toward Developing Business Intelligence Skills

10.28945/3602 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 593-609
Author(s):  
Hsun-Ming Lee ◽  
Ju Long ◽  
Lucian Visinescu
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Business Simulation ◽  
Robust Learning ◽  
Perceived Difficulty ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Constructivist Practices

Developing Business Intelligence (BI) has been a top priority for enterprise executives in recent years. To meet these demands, universities need to prepare students to work with BI in enterprise settings. In this study, we considered a business simulator that offers students opportunities to apply BI and make top-management decisions in a system used by real-world professionals. The simulation-based instruction can be effective only if students are not discouraged by the difficulty of using the BI computer system and comprehending the complex BI subjects. Constructivist practices embedded in the business simulation are investigated to understand their potentials for helping the students to overcome the perceived difficulty. Consequently, it would enable instructors to more efficiently use the simulator by providing insights on its pedagogical practices. Our findings showed that the constructivist practices such as collaboration and subject integration positively influence active learning and meaningful learning respectively. In turn, both active learning and meaningful learning positively influence business intelligence motivational behavior. These findings can be further used to develop a robust learning environment in BI classes.

Exploring business doctoral students attitudes, training, and use of classroom experiential learning activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 100493
Author(s):  
Andrew A. Bennett ◽  
Kevin D. Lo ◽  
Adam Pervez ◽  
Terry A. Nelson ◽  
Kenneth Mullane ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Students Attitudes

scholarly journals M-Learning in Higher Education: Exploring the Gender Based Faculty Performance of Business Schools in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-210
Author(s):  
Salman Manzoor ◽  
Samiullah Sarwar ◽  
Muhammad Asim
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Academic Leaders ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Regular Classes

This study aims to observe the influence of inclusion of mobile learning in Business Schools on students’ performance and gender based faculty members’ performance in business schools in Karachi, Pakistan. The functions offered in mobile phones include the access to information of real-time, medium of communication, and host of affordances. Nevertheless, along with the opportunities and incentives the mobile devices carry opportunities for students to involve in academic dishonesty, deviation and distraction from the assigned tasks. By employing quantitative research method, this study tends to conduct an experiment to explore if faculty members in business schools perform differently based on their different genders with the inclusion of mobile learning. The result of the study reveals no difference between the performance of male and female faculty members with the inclusion of mobile learning by implementing the Google Class into their regular classes. Therefore, this study recommends the academic leaders, curriculum designers, and educationists in the field of business education to pay attention on the inclusion of mobile learning, as it is equally beneficial to students and faculty members regardless of their different genders.

scholarly journals GRADUATE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS MOBILE LEARNING AT KING KHALID UNIVERSITY (SAUDI ARABIA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Education Data ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Students Attitudes

Mobile Learning (mLearning) has become an influential educational technology in higher education. With the internet and other technological developments, mLearning makes it possible for students to learn, collaborate, and share ideas with each other. However, mLearning student acceptance is critical to its effectiveness. Attitudes toward learning is a vital factor in deciding whether or not students are ready to use mLearning for academic purpose. Student attitudes may identify strengths and weaknesses of mLearning and facilitate development of the technology. This qualitative study aims to investigate graduate students’ attitudes and perceptions toward using mLearning in education. Data were collected by conducting interviews with fourteen graduate students enrolled in masters and doctoral programs in the College of Education at King Khalid University (KKU), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Generally, graduate students in education disciplines had positive attitudes toward mLearning and expressed a desire to use it in their future educational settings. Students perceived mLearning to be valuable for academic purposes, noting the convenience of being able to access course materials, the ease of communicating with other students and professors at their own pace, and the flexibility mobile devices offer over desktop or laptop computers. However, students identified a few usability issues like small screen size and keyboards, and additional cost of mobile devices and the corresponding cost of Internet access as constraints for using mobile devices for learning.

Information and Records Management Department Students' Attitudes Towards Mobile Learning

2022 ◽  
pp. 250-270
Author(s):  
Burcu Umut Zan ◽  
Ahmet Altay
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Education Planning ◽  
Practical Education ◽  
University Department ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Management Students ◽  
Future Education

Determining university students' approaches to mobile learning gains is important in terms of future education planning. Information and records management department students are expected to have the knowledge, skills, and techniques to enable the selection, analysis, evaluation, organisation, storage, access, and use of information that exists, especially in printed or electronic information carriers. It is considered that these students' approaches and attitudes towards mobile learning are an issue that should be considered and investigated in terms of their professional development. This study aims to determine the attitudes of Karatekin University, Department of Information and Records Management students towards mobile learning. The results of the study show that the knowledge professional candidates' attitudes towards mobile learning were positive. Based on results, it is suggested to use, in the future, mobile learning tools more in both theoretical education and practical education.

iPad Usage and Appropriate Applications

2017 ◽  
pp. 185-212
Author(s):  
Julia Bennett ◽  
Fan-Yu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Ubiquitous Access ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Ipad Applications

Mobile learning, learning delivered or accompanied by any handheld or individual device that contributes to increasing knowledge or skills, has continuously become popular in educational systems in the 21st century. Apple's iPad has been a popular mobile device that has been chosen for us in 1-to-1 learning environments. Research suggests that utilizing iPads in educational settings is beneficial due to its affordance, portability, ubiquitous access to information, ability to communicate with other iPad users, and the opportunity it offers to showcase creativity and individuality through various applications. Studies have found value in providing students with their own iPads. This chapter overviews both the benefits and concerns of iPad usage in K-12 classrooms. Furthermore, specific web and iPad applications are discussed. When educators take appropriate steps to create a controlled learning environment, concerns and limitations regarding mobile learning with an iPad can be diminished.

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