Learners and educators attitudes towards mobile learning in higher education: State of the art

• Published in: 2015 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI) pp. 907 - 913
• Main Authors: Al-Emran, Mostafa, Shaalan, Khaled
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Attitudes; Education; Educational Technology; Electronic publishing; Higher Education; Interviews; M-learning; Media; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Tablet computers
• ISBN: 9781479987900; 1479987905
• DOI: 10.1109/ICACCI.2015.7275726

In the last few years, the way we learn has been significantly changed from traditional classrooms that depend on printed papers into e-learning relying on electronic teaching material. Contemporary educational technologies attempt to facilitate the delivery of learning from instructors to students in a more flexible and comfortable way. Mobile learning (M-learning) is one of such pervasive technologies that has been evolved rapidly to deliver e-learning using personal electronic devices without posing any restrictions on time and location. Literature that sheds light on using M-learning in various institutions of learning is beginning to emerge. The work in this paper demonstrates the state of the art of the M-learning. It discusses learners' and educators' attitudes towards the use and adoption of M-learning. Advantages and disadvantages of M-learning were also presented. The integration and implementation of M-learning with other technological resources has been described. Factors affecting the students' and faculty members' attitudes towards the use of M-learning have been demonstrated. Moreover, the new trends and challenges, which are evolved while conducting this survey, are explained.