Research on Undergraduate Students’ Usage Satisfaction of Mobile Learning

Chun Mao

doi:10.4236/ce.2014.58072

Abstract

This research focuses on the usage satisfaction of mobile learning among undergraduate students, and adopts the structure of close-ended and the Likert-Scale five-point measure questionnaire. There are 300 respondents from Southwest University. The questionnaires are randomly delivered to students from different majors and grades. The result indicates: 1) most of the undergraduate students are satisfied with mobile learning (76%) and will use mobile learning in future learning (84%). 2) More than half of the respondents have benefited from mobile learning, especially in quickly solving problems encountered in learning and making better use of learning time. 3) Undergraduate students are satisfied with the text content and image content in mobile learning, but the video content gets few agreements (11.4%). 4) The item “I am satisfied with the mobile learning resources provided by my university” gets the lowest mean score (M = 2.15), so teachers and universities should pay more energy and effort to promote the quality of mobile learning resources.

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IntroductionMobile learning (or m-learning), which means learning through mobile devices (such as smart mobile phones, tablet PCs and E-ink Book devices), is changing the education landscape by offering learners the opportunity to engage in asynchronous, ubiquitous instruction (Hyman, 2014)
3) Undergraduate students are satisfied with the text content and image content in mobile learning, but the video content gets few agreements (11.4%). 4) The item “I am satisfied with the mobile learning resources provided by my university” gets the lowest mean score (M = 2.15), so teachers and universities should pay more energy and effort to promote the quality of mobile learning resources
Mobile learning, which means learning through mobile devices, is changing the education landscape by offering learners the opportunity to engage in asynchronous, ubiquitous instruction (Hyman, 2014)

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Introduction

Mobile learning (or m-learning), which means learning through mobile devices (such as smart mobile phones, tablet PCs and E-ink Book devices), is changing the education landscape by offering learners the opportunity to engage in asynchronous, ubiquitous instruction (Hyman, 2014). In the past ten years, great strides have been made in investigating the learning platforms and learning processes involved in mobile learning. Many researches claimed that adopting mobile technologies in higher education could create powerful opportunities to access information anytime and anywhere to perform authentic activities in the context of students’ learning (Wesam, 2013; Martin, 2013). Research on Undergraduate Students’ Usage Satisfaction of Mobile Learning.

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