Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the motivation, psychology and language effect on Mobile learning in the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. Mobile learning or m-learning is a new learning phenomenon in the open and distance learning environments. Moving from stationary to mobile learning allows informal collaboration and interaction between learners. Therefore, there is a necessity to revise peopleâ??s psychological factors, process and mechanisms that underlie M-learning so that the practice can move from technology-centred implementation to human-centred effective learning processes. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 12.0 and Rasch Model Analysis was used to measure these items. The 5-point Likert scale questionnaires (12 items) being sent to 105 distance education students from four courses including Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Science and Bachelor of Management which was distributed in tutorial sessions during the annual residential intensive course in the main campus of the Universiti Sains Malaysia by their respective course managers. The finding shows that a positive response from the learners as they feel happy to use this additional learning tools (mobile learning). Learnerâ??s feel supported and motivated to use the mobile application with the usability of simple language.
Highlights
The development of ICT education in Malaysia is in line aspiration of the country to move toward the status of a developed nation by 2020, hereafter referred as ‘Wawasan 2020’ (Vision 2020), aimed at establishing Malaysia to achieve sustainable growth for the nation
The result showed that the learners strongly agreed that they felt supported when the lecturers used mobile application for
This study showed that the usage of mobile application in the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia gave a positive impact on the student’s psychology
Summary
The development of ICT education in Malaysia is in line aspiration of the country to move toward the status of a developed nation by 2020, hereafter referred as ‘Wawasan 2020’ (Vision 2020), aimed at establishing Malaysia to achieve sustainable growth for the nation. In order to achieve this vision the education system need to be transformed. Technology is seen as the core source in developing new media as tools in enhancing the pedagogies and enriching the curriculum. Electronic or e-learning is being used widely in the open and distance education programmes in delivering teaching and learning via electronic media. E-learning integrates all forms of online instructions using electronic devices. Mobile learning or commonly known as m-learning is a specialised form of elearning [1]
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