Students' Characteristics Influence Readiness to Use Mobile Technology in Higher Education

• Shaqour, Ali ^[1] ; Salha, Soheil ^[1] ; Khlaif, Zuheir ^[1]
  1. [1] National University

     National University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Education in the knowledge society (EKS), ISSN 1138-9737, ISSN-e 2444-8729, Nº. 22, 2021
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.14201/eks.23915
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Las características de los estudiantes influyen en la disposición a utilizar la tecnología móvil en la enseñanza superior
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  • español

    El propósito del presente estudio era explorar las características de los estudiantes que influyen en su disposición a utilizar la tecnología móvil en la Universidad Nacional An-Najah de Palestina. Los investigadores utilizaron un enfoque cuantitativo para lograr el propósito del estudio. Participaron en el estudio 214 estudiantes de diferentes escuelas. En la etapa de análisis de los datos se utilizó un ANOVA descriptivo y unidireccional para poner a prueba las hipótesis. Los resultados del estudio revelaron que la disponibilidad de la tecnología es un factor importante para el uso de la tecnología móvil en la educación superior, así como la capacidad del estudiante para utilizar la tecnología móvil para su estudio. Además, las actitudes de los estudiantes respecto a la integración de la tecnología móvil desempeñan un papel crucial en la preparación de los estudiantes para utilizarla. Las instituciones de educación superior podrían beneficiarse de los resultados del estudio mediante el diseño de programas de creación de capacidad para los estudiantes, a fin de alentarlos a utilizar los servicios móviles dentro y fuera del campus. Las limitaciones del estudio dependían únicamente de un instrumento de reunión de datos de una universidad, lo que podría plantear dudas sobre la generalización de las conclusiones a otro contexto.

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    The purpose of the current study was to explore students' characteristics that influence student's readiness to use mobile technology at An-Najah National University in Palestine. The researchers used a quantitative approach to achieve the purpose of the study. 214 students from different schools were participated in the study. A descriptive and one-way ANOVA to test the hypotheses were used in data analysis stage. The findings of the study revealed that the availability of technology is an important factor to use mobile technology in higher education, as well as the student's capability to use mobile technology for her study. Furthermore, student's attitudes towards mobile technology integration plays crucial role in student's readiness to use it. Higher education institutions could benefit from the findings of the study through designing capacity building programs for students to encourage them to use the mobile services inside and off campus. The limitations of the study were depending only on one tool for data collection from one university which could raise doubt about generalizing the findings to another context.   

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