Abstract

<strong>Mobile learning is a new learning</strong> <strong>landscape that offers opportunity for collaborative, personal, informal, and students’ centered learning environment. In implementing any learning system such as mobile learning environment, it is important to understand challenges that affect its implementations in a particular culture. Additionally, learners’ and instructors’ expectations are deemed necessary for consideration. However, there is a lack of studies on this aspect, particularly in the context of Kuwait HE institutions. This research presents opportunities and prospects of m-learning, and discusses challenges and implications facing its implementation. The authors of this paper conducted a study in Kuwait HE to examine both students’ and instructors’ perceptions and attitudes toward this trend of learning, to evaluate its effectiveness, and to investigate cultural and social challenges that affect the implementation of m-learning in Kuwait HE. A questionnaire was administered to 499 students and 110 Instructors from different higher educational institutions in Kuwait. The results reveal that students and instructors have positive perceptions of m-learning, and believe that m-learning enhances the teaching and the learning process. The study reports some social and cultural issues that may act as barriers to m-learning implementation.</strong>

Highlights

  • Instructors and technology play important roles in education

  • Regarding the first research question, “RQ1: Are there any significant gender differences in instructors’ use of social media applications?” The results presented in Table (2) indicate that there are no significant differences between male and female respondents in using Twitter, “level of significance” (p=0.894), Instagram (p=0.053), YouTube (p=0.092), SnapChat (p=0.089), and LinkedIn (p=0.375)

  • Regarding the third research question, “RQ3: Are there any significant gender differences in instructors’ perceptions of m-learning?” The results presented in Table (4), show that there are no significant differences between male and female instructors

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Introduction

Instructors and technology play important roles in education. Human factors are essential in the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Many of these factors are related to instructor age [1] and gender [2]. Mobile devices form the foundation of ICT that is currently reshaping and revolutionizing global communications. The ubiquity of mobile technology makes it a valuable tool to access online learning resources anytime, anywhere. Mobile learning is defined as a learning medium that allows learners to use mobile devices to search and obtain learning materials anytime, anywhere [3]. Educational institutions may encourage instructors to play a significant role in integrating mobile technology into teaching and learning

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