Title :
Students´ Perspectives in Adopting Mobile Learning at University of Bahrain
Author :
Al-Ani, Mayyadah F. ; Hameed, Sarab M. ; Faisal, Lekaa
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of Bahrain, Sakhair, Bahrain
Abstract :
Mobile devices today are everywhere with reasonable prices. This technology can be utilized to support learning anywhere and at anytime. Mobile learning (m-learning) has been widely adopted in education nowadays. A Survey among 107 students from Information Technology (IT) College at University of Bahrain (UOB) in Kingdom of Bahrain was conducted to find out students´ perceptions about m-learning adoption at UOB. The survey was conducted based on three main factors, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and facilitating conditions which are significantly impact the students´ intention to adopt m-learning. The results obtained from this study showed that there were positive correlation among the three main factors in adopting m-learning.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; information technology; mobile computing; student experiments; Information Technology College; University of Bahrain; education; m-learning; mobile devices; mobile learning; students perspectives; Correlation; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Internet; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; e-learning; facilitating conditions; m-learning; perceived easy of use; percived usefulness;
Conference_Titel :
e-Learning "Best Practices in Management, Design and Development of e-Courses: Standards of Excellence and Creativity" , 2013 Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manama
DOI :
10.1109/ECONF.2013.59
