LEARNING THROUGH SMARTPHONES - IN THE CROSSROADS OF DIGITAL REVOLUTION.

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Dr. E. Indira, et.al

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Advancements happening in the mobile phone technology have tremendous influence in the lifestyle of everyone- make calls, take photos, make payments, watch TV programs, access news and information and so on. This change reflects among the student community too and they find it more comfortable to use mobile phones for learning.  When m learning is formally integrated within an institution, the prospects are endless as the students who use mobile devices can record or store information, can download lecture materials from the institution website, access and share information and data with their peer groups and so on. The specific objectives of the study are to analyze the factors influencing the attitude of the students towards m learning and to analyze the factors influencing the perception of the students towards m learning. A Quantitative Cross Sectional Survey method was used to understand the attitude and perception of the students in Coimbatore towards m learning. The students were administered with a structured closed ended questionnaire and the sample size was 148. Various attitude statements based on the constructs of TAM including Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Interaction were used to analyse the attitude and perception of the students. The results of the study show a favourable setting for the implementation of m-learning among the university students. Majority of the respondents of the present study opined that as learning through mobile phones was found easier, their learning ability had increased.  With this increased learning ability, they were able to increase their skills, comprehend better and also improve their knowledge.


 

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