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Learning with mobile devices - insights from a university setting in Ghana

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dc.contributor.author Adzifome N.S.
dc.contributor.author Agyei D.D.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-31T15:05:03Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-31T15:05:03Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.issn 13602357
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/s10639-022-11300-4
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/202
dc.description Adzifome, N.S., Department of Basic Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana; Agyei, D.D., Department of Mathematics and ICT Education, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana en_US
dc.description.abstract Mobile learning is the newest and emerging technology embraced by universities and this seems to be fast establishing itself as the preferred mode of learning in many countries. However, ways in which mobile devices are used to meet learning goals seem under-researched and may require more effort from researchers, especially in the context of Africa. This empirical study sought to investigate the state of mobile usage among higher education students, their experiences, and available facilitating conditions that influence mobile learning in a Ghanaian university setting. A total of 222 students (distance and vacation students) were engaged to respond to the questionnaires employed for the study. Findings revealed that mobile learning exists in a somewhat structured form as the environment showed most of the salient characteristics of mobile learning but largely remained unharnessed. To a large extent, facilitating conditions for mobile learning were available; students showed positive experiences with their mobile devices and their use in accessing learning, but largely such learning did not occur via the deployed learner management system of the institution. Implications for policy formulation for the Institution and other similar ones that are striving to incorporate mobile technology to increase access and improve the quality of instruction delivery are discussed. � 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.subject Distance education en_US
dc.subject Facilitating conditions en_US
dc.subject Learning Management System (LMS) en_US
dc.subject Mobile learning en_US
dc.title Learning with mobile devices - insights from a university setting in Ghana en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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