Title :
Mobile learning concepts and its effects on student´s attitudes in Egypt
Author :
Amer, Abeer A. ; Abdel Hafez, Hoda A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Syst., Sadat Acad. for Manage. & Sci., Alexandria, Egypt
Abstract :
The spread of mobile devices and wireless networks help the learning process and offer opportunities for 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 different colleges in Egypt. Data was collected and analyzed using SPSS.
Keywords :
distance learning; educational institutions; mobile computing; mobile handsets; radio networks; Egyptian student perception; SPSS; colleges; knowledge acquisition; mobile devices; mobile learning concepts; student attitudes; universities; wireless networks; Educational institutions; Instruments; Mobile communication; Portable computers; System-on-a-chip; Distance Learning; E-Learning Student Survey; Mobile Learning; Mobile Technology;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Engineering Conference (ICENCO), 2011 Seventh International
Conference_Location :
Giza
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0730-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICENCO.2011.6153931
