Integration of Mobile Devices into Ubiquitous Learning by the 21st Century Teenagers

Abstract

Mobile devices become ubiquitous, affordable and accessible for the 21 st century teenagers, as such they have the chance to perform the learning activities through using mobile devices without the constraint of time and space. Many quantitative studies have been done for investigating the perception of technology use in education, but the studies done do not specifically focus on the use of mobile devices into ubiquitous learning by the teenager especially in Malaysia. Therefore, this research conducted to obtain an in-depth understanding of the usage pattern of these teenagers on their mobile devices and to clarify to what extent they used the mobile devices in performing learning activities. The study also analyses the factors affecting the teenagers from using mobile devices to perform learning and provides a snapshot of the way the teenagers perceive the use of mobile devices qualitatively. The study shows that teenagers possessed positive attitudes towards using mobile devices into performing ubiquitous learning as they see the mobile devices as convenient, fast response and easy to access to knowledge of information. However, using mobile devices to perform ubiquitous learning is much depends on the individual's preference, interest and self-motivation. Learning facts, languages and skills using mobile devices are the most preferable activities among the teenagers.