Mobile Learning Concept and Its Effects on Student's Attitudes Case Study: Egyptian Faculties (original) (raw)
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2011 seventh International Computer Engineering Conference (ICENCO'2011), 2011
The spread of mobile devices and wireless networks help the learning process and offer opportunities fo r knowledge acquisition also brings hope to universities use technology to improve their services. The aim of this paper is to measure the Egyptian student's perception toward the concept and benefits of m-learning through a survey of two hundreds and eighteen students at diff erent colleges in Egypt. Data was collected and analyzed using SPSS.
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Attitudes Towards the Use of Mobile Learning: A Case Study from the Gulf Region
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Investigating attitudes towards the use of mobile learning in higher education
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Conceptual Framework Of Mobile Learning Among The University Students
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In higher education mobile devices are being used as vital educational technology component. Mobile devices in education make it possible for students to get knowledge, work in partnership, and contribute to thoughts among each other. Thus, the intend of this work is to investigate and recognize the vital facts that influence users’ behavioral intension to accept m-learning with the particular focus in Sindh province and to explore in-depth understanding of users perceptive of m-learning. The research framework is grounded on technology acceptance model (TAM) and unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). According to the proposed intangible construction, behavioral intension to accept m-learning can be determined through exploratory variables such as perceived usefulness (PU), Perceived ease of use (PEOU), m-learning self-Efficacy (MLSE), Social influence (SI) and performance expectancy (PE). The conceptual framework is validated through SPSS version 21, based on ...