Mohamed Buhary Fathima Sanjeetha
Department of Management & Information Technology, Faculty of Management & Commerce,
South Eastern University, Sri Lanka
DOI: 10.23918/ICABEP2021p43
Abstract
Nowadays smartphones have also become enticing learning devices. They provide learners with flexibility and availability to train on the wireless Internet at any time and wherever. High mobile phone penetration rates in developed countries have created significant opportunities to expand access to mobile learning in developing countries. In this pandemic situation of COVID-19, as part of its attempts to modernize and improve education, the Sri Lankan government declared a decision to digitize its education system by replacing books with mobile technology in colleges and universities by 2020. However, this paper provides insights into the adoption of mobile learning in higher education. The research makes a significant theoretical contribution to the M-learning model in high educations by combining technology adoption literature (TAM and UTAUT) with educational literature variables such as Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Attitude, Social Influence and Facilitating Condition. An online questionnaire was used to determine the attitudes of Advanced Technological Institute’s students towards M-learning in order to refine the study conceptual model. The study included a convenience sample of 344 students from Advanced Technological Institute (ATI), Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. Survey data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, a measurement model and a structural model and a hypothesis test. The results showed that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude and facilitating condition have a significant impact on the use of the mobile learning system, while social influence has a negative impact on the use of mobile learning. Better comprehension will facilitate mobile learning in higher education and thereby improve learning for students at the Advanced Technology Institute. Work has theoretical and functional implications. A comprehensive and detailed literature review has shown that M-learning studies relating to digital learning in higher education in the Batticaloa district are rare. The research made a critical theoretical contribution to the M-learning adoption model for the Advanced Technology Institute by combining TAM and UTAUT, education and information system literature. In addition, the first study to build a purpose-built app to practically confirm and validate the variables that greatly affect the student adoption of M-learning by the Advanced Technological Institution (ATI).
Keywords: M-Learning, TAM, UTAUT, ATI Students, Batticaloa District
ICABEP2021
International Conference on Accounting, Business, Economics and Politics
3rd joint conference organized by the collaboration of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics,
Tishk International University, College of Administration and Economics, Salahaddin University-Erbil, and
University of Szczecin, Poland.
