• DocumentCode
    240485
  • Title

    A Comparison of Mobile Learning Attitudes among University Students in Four Nations

  • Author

    Khaddage, Ferial ; Knezek, Gerald

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Sci. Eng., Deakin Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    7-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    141
  • Lastpage
    142
  • Abstract
    This paper contains findings based on administering a Likert-type mobile learning attitude survey to 261 university students from four nations, China, Lebanon, the UAE and the USA. Students were asked to provide attitudes and perceptions toward the use of mobile technologies in education. The results of the survey indicate that students in different regions of the world tend to agree that mobile learning could empower informal learning and could enhance teaching and learning. Lebanon students were most similar to those from the USA, while students from China were more similar to those from the UAE. Similarities and differences in results among nations and implications of these findings are discussed.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; mobile computing; social aspects of automation; teaching; China; Lebanon; Likert-type mobile learning attitude survey; UAE; USA; informal learning; teaching; university students; Conferences; Mobile technologies; informal learning; mobile applications; student attitudes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICALT.2014.49
  • Filename
    6901420