Mobile Learning Adoption by Language Instructors in Taibah University
Journal Title: Educational Research International - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
This study aimed to determine Mobile Learning adoption among language instructors at English language center (ELC) in Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. It also examined the effect of gender, age, qualification and experience variables on adoption. A questionnaire, developed by the researcher, was administered to a sample of (69) language instructors. The results of statistical analysis indicated that although language instructors found Mobile learning useful and easy to use, they rarely adopted it in teaching language skills. They mainly used mobile devices to keep in contact with their students. They used applications like What'sapp, email, web browsers and text messaging feature to inform students about course alerts and share course files and documents. Adoption challenges like classroom inaccessibility, high cost of mobile fees and lack of technical support were more serious obstacles for female instructors than males. The results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in all domains of the questionnaire between male and female instructors in the adoption of Mobile Learning at ELC regarding to gender, age, qualification and experience variables. The study recommended language instructors to make use of the many advantages, features, and applications of mobile devices to facilitate language learning.
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Sabah Hussain Bakhsh
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