Assessing Mobile Learning Readiness in Saudi Arabia Higher Education: An Empirical Study

Autor/inn/en	Aljuaid, Nada Mansour F.; Alzahrani, Mohammed Ali Rajab; Islam, A. Y. M. Atiquil
Titel	Assessing Mobile Learning Readiness in Saudi Arabia Higher Education: An Empirical Study
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2 (2014) 2, S.1-14 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2289-2990
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Technology Uses in Education; Higher Education; Readiness; Educational Technology; College Faculty; Teacher Educators; Online Surveys; Likert Scales; Teacher Attitudes; Multiple Regression Analysis; Predictor Variables; Usability; Computer Attitudes; Technology Integration; Questionnaires; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Telekommunikationstechnik; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Unterrichtsmedien; Fakultät; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Likert-Skala; Lehrerverhalten; Prädiktor; Fragebogen; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Mobile learning has been introduced for quite some time now at Taif University. However, there is no research conducted to measure the readiness of mobile learning within its context. As such, the aim of this study is to assess the lecturers' readiness for mobile learning in higher education in terms of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. A total of 140 lecturers were collected from the faculty of education using online survey. A five-point Likert scale that demonstrated degrees of agreement (from strongly disagree to strongly agree) was applied to capture the lecturers' perceptions on their readiness for mobile learning. The instrument validity was conducted using factor analysis. A multiple regression model demonstrated that all predictors accounted for 60.9% of the variation. The findings showed that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness are the valid predictors of assessing lecturers' readiness for mobile learning in higher education. Therefore, it was concluded that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use have a significant impact on readiness for mobile learning. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. e-mail: info@mojet.net; Web site: http://www.mojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01