Abstract

Information and communication technology (ICT) has become the main resource to be devoted for most countries in this world. The government of Indonesia has made a regulation by the minister of education and culture in term of implementing curriculum 2013 which includes student center learning and scientific approach as the basis of ICT application. This study discusses the perception of teachers and learners regarding to the implementation of mobile learning in vocational high school. It is a mixed method study where undertakes interviews and surveys coming from two different schools. In analyzing the teachers and learners' perceptions towards implementation of mobile learning, it was used unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) as the guiding model. The data from the survey was analyzed by using SPSS, while finding the contributors key was done by applying percentage analysis. The findings showed that most of teachers and learners at vocational high school in Surakarta city are familiar with mobile ICT. They are capable to operate and use it for some purposes such as; downloading educational material, search for definitions of words or terms, and send assignments to accomplish the learning goals.

Highlights

  • The perception of the users has been noted as the major influences of new technology (Venkatesh, Morris, Davis, & Davis, 2003) [46]

  • Small number of studies about integrating mobile learning into the instructional process used by the teachers as the key elements to centre have been addressed (Aubusson, Schuck, & Burden, 2009) [5]. (Lefoe, Olney, Wright, & Herrington, 2009) [28] and (Seppala & Alamaki, 2003) [42]

  • Regarding to the students’ perceptions in the study, there were two schools participating to obtain the data. It consists of two state or public vocational high schools meeting national education standard by the same accreditation level in rural sub- urban areas

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Summary

Introduction

The perception of the users has been noted as the major influences of new technology (Venkatesh, Morris, Davis, & Davis, 2003) [46]. Interaction among teacher- students, conversation, and What are the factors influencing teachers’ and decision making include as the feature in m-learning students’ perceptions on the application of mobile approach (Kukulska-Hulme, 2009) [26]. A Case of Indonesian Vocational High School in Surakarta City constructed by (Wang & Shih, 2008) [47] and (Venkatesh, Morris, Davis, & Davis, 2003) [46] It applied UTAUT instrument utilized by some researchers (Anderson and Schwager, 2004) [4], (Moran, 2006) [31] and (Wang & Shih, 2008) [47]

Findings of Research from Self-Generated Questions
Searching for Definition of Terms or Words
Sending Assignments by Email
Social Media Sites Access
The Benefit of Mobile Technology to Learning
Ease of M-learning Devices Operation
Acquiring Skills from Mobile Devices
Influencing People on Behavioral Change
Support for Mobile Learning
M-learning Resources
M-learning Knowledge
Conclusions
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