scholarly journals An Exploratory Study of Mobile Learning for Tertiary Education: A Discussion with Students

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Hafeez-Baig ◽  
Raj Gururajan ◽  
Vijaya Gururajan
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Tertiary Education

scholarly journals Smartphones give you wings: Pedagogical affordances of mobile Web 2.0

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Cochrane ◽  
Roger Bateman
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Interactive Multimedia ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Social Constructivist ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Learning Projects

<span>Built on the foundation of four years of research and implementation of mobile learning projects (m-learning), this paper provides an overview of the potential of the integration of mobile Web 2.0 tools (based around smartphones) to facilitate social constructivist pedagogies and engage students in tertiary education. Pedagogical affordances of mobile Web 2.0 tools are evaluated, and student usage and feedback is outlined via an interactive multimedia timeline (using </span><em>YouTube</em><span> videos) illustrating how these mobile Web 2.0 pedagogical affordances have transformed pedagogy and facilitated student engagement in a variety of course contexts. A rubric for evaluating appropriate smartphone choices is provided, and a model for implementing mobile Web 2.0 pedagogical integration is presented.</span>

An Analysis of Employer Perceptions of Business Graduate Competencies

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Adnan Iqbal ◽  
Lawton Hakaraia
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Employer Perceptions ◽  
Work Perceptions

This exploratory study assesses employers' perceptions of the importance and competence levels of performing identified graduates' competencies in the New Zealand public sector. The tertiary education institutions in New Zealand are facing increasing demands from employers and stakeholders. The employers demand that the educational institutions today should provide relevant skillset needed by the current organisations. What kind of skillsets required by employers and what institutes are offering to their graduates, however, are yet to be determined. This study attempts to fill the gap in the literature by examining this in the New Zealand public sector. Therefore, this study will determine what employers' work perceptions are regarding skills needed versus what skills graduates actually bring to the workplace.

scholarly journals Students’ Perception of Mobile Learning in a Blended Collaborative Learning Framework in Mathematics

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Abah Abah ◽  
Joseph Wuave Anyor
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Instructional System ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Emergent Technologies ◽  
Wide Range

Mobile phones have become ubiquitous in today’s modern society. More Nigerians are finding the use of mobile technologies a normal aspect of their daily lives. At the heart of the trend are students, who do not only own mobile gadgets for the basic necessity of communication, but also for social status, leisure and a wide range of applications. The extent of penetration and utilization of mobile phones in schools has led educationists to explore the possibilities of harnessing their positive impact on students’ educational experience. A device that is everywhere, every time with the learner can be used to encourage the learner to learn on-the-go. Mobile Learning provides the opportunity to extend students’ learning experience beyond the walls of the classroom, thereby offering the learner greater participation and control of the learning process. This study considers the efficacy of mobile learning when blended into a conventional instructional system. The results of the study indicate a paradigm shift in favour of efficient inclusion of emergent technologies in instructional processes, particularly at the tertiary education level.

scholarly journals Instructor Acceptance of Mobile Learning in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study of Hail University

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Alharbi ◽  
H. Alotebi ◽  
A. Masmali ◽  
N. Alreshidi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Education Students ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
Mobile Learning Acceptance ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

Mobile technology has influenced almost every aspect of our modern lives. The enhancement of learning in Saudi Arabia, as well as significant development in education overall, may be possible through mobile learning. However, the successful implementation of mobile learning in tertiary education profoundly relies on the acceptance of mobile learning from both students and instructors. Most mobile learning acceptance studies target higher education students. Therefore, this study aimed at examining the factors that affect university instructors’ intentions to use mobile learning at Hail University. Eighty instructors completed the online survey, and the results indicated that performance experience, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions altogether predicted the instructors’ use of mobile learning, as 67% of the variation was found to be affected by these variables in the multiple regression analysis outcome. The results also suggested that effort expectancy is the best predictor of instructors’ behavioural intentions to use mobile learning.

scholarly journals STUDENT’S PERCEPTION ON MOBILE LEARNING: THE INFLUENCING FACTORS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (37) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Anushia Chelvarayan ◽  
Jia En Chee ◽  
Sook Fern Yeo ◽  
Hazlaili Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Pervasive Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Mobile learning has become the most popular way of transporting information and the number of users has been rapidly increasing all over the world. Most importantly, students, these days can be defined as members of the digital native or network generation, born in the digital era while interacting with digital technology since childhood. Mobile devices have gradually become more popular around the world. Due to their popularity, the education sector has considered mobile learning (M-learning) technologies as pedagogical tools for users to be able to use their devices for self-learning anytime and anywhere. Therefore, this study examines the factors affecting students’ perception of mobile learning. Several types of research show University professors are adopting mobile learning for discussion meetings in order to help students in academic learning and through effective connection and collaboration inside and outside the classroom. The theoretical foundations for this study are the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). A total of 200 respondents from a private university in Malaysia participated in this research. Samples were selected using convenience sampling and the respondents answered the questionnaire via Google form and paper and pencil method. A nominal scale and Five-point Likert scale was used to design the questions in the questionnaire. Data analysis methods used in this research were Descriptive Analysis, Reliability Analysis, and Multiple Regression Analysis. The data collected and also information in this research are highly beneficial and valuable to students, supervisors, academics, researchers, learning institutions, and the government as we are able to gauge and understand the factors influencing students’ perception of mobile learning. However, there are some limitations as this research does not reflect the actual student population in tertiary education in Malaysia and it only focuses on four variables i.e. performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and quality of service. There are several possibilities for future researches whereby one can focus more on other influencing factors such as pervasive technology usage, tech-savvy future generations, convenience, and many more.

scholarly journals Representaciones, hábitos y dificultades de composición del texto escrito en estudiantes universitarios: un estudio exploratorio

2017 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Yolanda Álvarez-Sánchez ◽  
Santiago Fabregat-Barrios
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

This article presents an exploratory study into the assumptions, habits of composition and principal difficulties that university students in the study declare to have in regard to the composition of written texts. It is a qualitative study elaborated from a series of semi-structured interviews used as a method of data collection. Once the analysis and categorisation of the data is complete, we present the system of beliefs of the participants regarding professional and academic writing. We identified their most relevant difficulties and make clear what must be taken into consideration when proposing actions which objective is to improve writing competencies in the area of Tertiary Education.

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