Academics’ Awareness towards Mobile Learning in Oman

• Main Authors: Al-Emran, Mostafa, Shaalan, Khaled
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: ResearchGate 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17100/1/fskkp-2017-khaleed-Academics%E2%80%99%20awareness%20towards%20mobile%20learning%20in%20Oman.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/17100/; http://journals.uob.edu.bh/IJCDS/contents/volume-1082/articles/article-2649

Mobile Learning (M-Learning) witnessed a booming evolution contributed to the evolvement of learning within the higher educational settings. M-Learning enhances the collaboration between the educators and their students on anytime anywhere settings. Attitudes towards the utilization of M-Learning help the decision makers in building the required infrastructure. Our literature review indicated that there are very few studies that address the issue of educators’ awareness towards M-Learning which is a very significant factor for the success of smart education. In this study, a questionnaire survey has been administrated at Al Buraimi University College, Oman in order to examine the educators’ awareness and attitudes towards the utilization of M-Learning. Findings revealed that female instructors were more positive than males towards the utilization of M-Learning. Moreover, results revealed that academics who indicated that mobile technology is an effective tool in education were highly optimistic towards the utilization of M-Learning than those who were not. Nevertheless, results were not pointed any significant differences with regard to the academics’ perceptions towards the utilization of M-Learning in relation to age and academic qualifications factors, showing that M-learning can be embraced by all academics irrespective of the age and qualifications factors.