Title
Solving The Mystery Of Mobile Learning Adoption In Higher Education
Abstract
The rapid expansion in users of mobile devices, particularly among university students, makes mobile learning (m-learning) the modern style of learning for the new millennium. Thus, it is important to identify and explore the factors that may influence students' intention to use m-learning. In Jordan, research on mobile learning adoption is still very narrow. For the purpose of this study, we propose a framework that is based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model, to explore the potential factors that may impact students' intention to acceptance and use of m-learning in developing countries such as Jordan. The proposed framework is empirically tested using a total of 444 paper-based questionnaires, collected from students at four Jordanian universities. The results reveal that effort expectancy, performance expectancy, trust expectancy, self-management of learning, system functionality and social influence are significant determinants of m-learning adoption, and explain 64.8% of the variance in the students' intentions to adopt m-learning. Gender and uncertainty avoidance are found to have moderating effects on some of the relationships of the research model. These findings offer multiple useful implications for m-learning adoption, in terms of both research and practice.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2018
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
higher education, Jordan, mobile learning, multi-group analysis, self-management of learning, structural equation modelling, technology acceptance, trust expectancy, uncertainty avoidance, UTAUT
Field
DocType
Volume
Expectancy theory,Structural equation modeling,Computer science,Knowledge management,Developing country,Uncertainty avoidance,Mobile device,Social influence,Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology,Marketing,Higher education
Journal
16
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1470-949X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ahmad Samed Al-Adwan100.68
Amer Al-Adwan200.34
Hilary Berger300.68