Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine whether learners are willing to transfer learning in this mobile learning environment via SMS. The reason for this is to measure the effectiveness of the new method used in learning and education especially in distance education field. For this reason, studentsâ?? responses are gathered which looked at three factors namely learner characteristic, learning design and learning environment. The data are gathered through a survey research design with questionnaires using five-point likert scale. The questionnaires was administered for 105 distance education students from four courses including Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Science and Bachelor of Management. The Rasch Model Analysis was used to measure these dimensions. Rasch Model is a one-parameter logistic model within item response theory (IRT) whereby the amount of a given latent trait in a person and the amount of that same latent trait reflected in various items can be estimated independently yet still compared explicitly to one another. The result of the study showed that learning transfer occurred and being influenced most by learnerâ??s characteristics especially in term of their motivation as well as their perceive utility/value of the SMS learning to their job and academic performances.
Highlights
The learning process slowly makes it away outside the classroom
The purpose of this study is to determine whether learners are willing to transfer learning in this mobile learning environment via SMS
The result from this study showed that the factor that mostly influent learning transfer via SMS is the learner’s characteristics and it is consistent with previous literature on psychology which stated that individual’s ability and motivation which are referred to learner’s characteristics are the primary factor that influences learning transfer [19]
Summary
The technology advancement has witnessed the emerging trend in learning and education both in real life and virtually. With the quick advance in mobile technologies and devices, comes the birth of new term in learning and education – mobile learning. Quinn [3] defines mobile learning as learning through mobile computational devices while Shepherd [4] stated that ‘MLearning is not just electronic, it’s mobile.’. Another definition by Trifonova [5] is defined mobile learning as a field which synchronizes two capable fields – mobile computing and E-learning Quinn [3] defines mobile learning as learning through mobile computational devices while Shepherd [4] stated that ‘MLearning is not just electronic, it’s mobile.’ Another definition by Trifonova [5] is defined mobile learning as a field which synchronizes two capable fields – mobile computing and E-learning
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