Mobile Learning Perception and Attitude of Secondary School Students in the Pacific Islands

Reddy, Emmenual and Sharma, Bibhya N. (2018) Mobile Learning Perception and Attitude of Secondary School Students in the Pacific Islands. [Conference Proceedings]

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Abstract

A new educational paradigm referred to as mobile learning is gaining popularity in the Pacific region. The use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets enables students to learn at their own pace and time. With the rapid growth of this new paradigm and adoption by higher education institutes in the learning and teaching pedagogy, it is important that the students mobile learning perception and attitude is known. Therefore, this case study investigates the current Pacific Island secondary school student’s mobile learning perception and attitude. The findings of this study indicate that the students have a positive perception and attitude to mobile learning. In addition to this, a significant number of students have already started to use their mobile devices for learning purpose which indicates that the secondary school students would be able to quickly adapt to mobile learning platform when they enter higher education institutes.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) > School of Computing, Information and Mathematical Sciences
Depositing User:	Emmenual Reddy
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2018 00:02
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2018 00:02
URI:	https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/10819

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