Users' Behavior towards Ubiquitous M-Learning
ARTICLE
Norazah Mohd Suki, Norbayah Mohd Suki
Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Volume 12, Number 3, ISSN 1302-6488
Abstract
Mobile technologies have enabled a new way of communicating, for whom mobile communications are part of normal daily interaction. This paper explores the proposed and verified Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) that can be employed to explain the acceptance of Mobile Learning (M-learning), an activity in which users access learning material with their mobile device. 100 students from private and government higher learning institutions around Klang Valley area were selected as the sample for this study. There are five major variables in the study but only two of the variables were supported. Malaysian mobile phone users' intention to positively accept the use of M-learning is due to encouraging factors such as perceived mobility value and perceived usefulness of the Mobile Learning. This study is beneficial for leaning institutions which desire to use M-learning. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.)
Citation
Suki, N.M. & Suki, N.M. (2011). Users' Behavior towards Ubiquitous M-Learning. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 12(3), 118-129. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/55371/.
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Keywords
- Adoption (Ideas)
- College Instruction
- College Students
- computer mediated communication
- Computer Uses in Education
- Correlation
- Developing Nations
- educational technology
- electronic learning
- Foreign Countries
- Handheld Devices
- Hypothesis Testing
- Intention
- internet
- Predictor Variables
- Questionnaires
- student attitudes
- Student Characteristics
- technology integration
- usability
- Use Studies
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