Investigation of Students’ Mobile Phone Usage and Influences towards Their Mobile Learning Adoption: A Case Study in Myanmar

Mon Mon The,Tsuyoshi Usagawa

doi:10.3991/ijim.v12i5.8924

Mon Mon The, Tsuyoshi Usagawa

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https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v12i5.8924

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Abstract

<p>Due to today’s interconnected and technology-driven world, a physical learning environment is transforming into a virtual or online location where learners can make active learning with portable devices. There is no doubt that an increasing number of students, who have mobile devices which handle digital information and facilitate their mobility. As an integral part of students’ daily lives, the universities and schools in higher education are also trying to equip with technology‘s changes and to solve the demand of their learners, and to adopt m-learning. This study learns the mobile phone usage of Myanmar student. In addition, it constructs a key part which investigates the students’ m-learning readiness and evaluates the influences on their attitudes to use m-learning. And a hypothesized model was introduced to investigate learners’ readiness to adopt m-learning. The empirical study is conducted by analyzing data collected as paper-based documents from 1024 participants. The findings advocate the eleven hypotheses which have positive impact to students’ m-learning readiness and their intension to use m-learning.</p>

Highlights

Nowadays, mobile phones, tablets, and other connected devices become more prevalent among youths can conduct an easy connection with one another
We propose a research model for m-learning readiness which is an extension of technology acceptance model (TAM), with five constructs; background usage(BU), learning behavior(LB), personal innovativeness(PI), perceived usefulness(PU), expected usefulness for teacher(EUTF) and intention to use(ITU)
This study reveals the mobile phone usage of Myanmar students, including their monthly cost for mobile, mobile services they took, and personal devices

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Mobile phones, tablets, and other connected devices become more prevalent among youths can conduct an easy connection with one another. Due to internet connection, different types of educational materials such as books, presentations, video tutorials and education games from online are available via mobile devices. Online communication has increased, enabling learners from the world to collaborate on educational topics. Beyond the place limitation of learning, mobile learning (m-learning) is not tied learners as they can learn anywhere in a bus or tea shop or canteen. Learners can access educational materials when they desire. Due to benefits of mobile education, more and more universities have begun to adopt m-learning and implement onlinebased contents which can be effortlessly accessed by the portable devices of the learners or students

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