{"title":"Are Lecturers- Ready for Usage of Mobile Technology for Teaching?","authors":"Norazah Mohd Suki, Norbayah Mohd Suki","volume":30,"journal":"International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences","pagesStart":748,"pagesEnd":752,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/15676","abstract":"
Descriptive statistics was performed with the aim to achieve research objective of to investigate lecturers- usage of the mobile technology for teaching. A representative sample of 20 lecturers from the Faculty of Industrial Art & Design Technology of Universiti Industri Selangor (UNISEL), Malaysia was selected as the respondents. The result attested that lecturers fully accept the concept of mobility in learning and game play is appealing concept to support classroom learning. Subsequently, analogous experience on small size of keypad, screen resolution, and navigation could be the major problematic factors to students and affect their mobile learning process. Recommendation for future research is also presented.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Larsen, K., Morris, R., & Martin, J. P. (2001). Trade in Education\r\nServices: Trends and Emerging Issues. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.oecd.org\/pdf\/M00020000\/M00020422.pdf.\r\n[2] Stone, B. (2004). Your next computer. Newsweek. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/5092826\/site\/newsweek.\r\n[3] NOP World. (2005). Backpacks, lunch boxes and cells? . . . Nearly half\r\nof US teens and tweens have cell phones, according to NOP World\r\nmKids study. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nopworld.com\/news.asp?go=news_item&key=151.\r\n[4] Kinzie, S. (2005). Colleges' land lines nearing silent end. The\r\nWashington Post. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/6955990.\r\n[5] Agence France-Presse. (2005). Czech mobile phone penetration exceeds\r\n100 percent in 2004. Technology.Designerz.com. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/technology.news.designerz.com\/czech-mobile-phone-penetrationexceeds-\r\n100-percent-in-2004.html.\r\n[6] Borghese, M. (2005). Western Europe to be over 100% mobile by 2007.\r\nAll Headline News. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.allheadlinenews.com\/articles\/2230775906.\r\n[7] IT Facts. (2004). Mobile penetration in Taiwan and Hong Kong reaches\r\n110% and 105.75%. Posting on IT Facts weblog. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.itfacts.biz\/index.php?id=P2235.\r\n[8] Simon, E. (2004). U.S. wireless use behind rest of world. Associated\r\nPress. Posted to wireless network technologies forum on WirelessAdvisor.com. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/forums.wirelessadvisor.com\/archive\/index.php\/t-6009.html.\r\n[9] J@pan Inc. (2001). Blowfish. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.japaninc.net\/mag\/comp\/2001\/04\/apr01_blowfish.html.\r\n[10] Central Intelligence Agency. (2005). The world factbook: Botswana.\r\n(Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.cia.gov\/cia\/publications\/factbook\/geos\/bc.html.\r\n[11] BBC Press Office. (2005). BBC launches English University Tour in\r\nChina. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/pressoffice\/pressreleases\/stories\/2005\/03_march\/3\r\n0\/china.shtml.\r\n[12] Chapman, C. (2003). German students to learn by phone. The Times\r\nHigher Education Supplement. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.thes.co.uk\/search\/story.aspx?story_id=93337.\r\n[13] Villafania, A. (2004). UP group turns mobile phone into learning\r\nplatform. Infotech, INQ7.net. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/beta.inq7.net\/infotech\/index.php?index=1&story_id=3471.\r\n[14] Andersson, M (2003). 3G f\u251c\u00d1r ingen masspridning f\u00f6re 2007. (Online)\r\nAvailable: http:\/\/www.uppsnappat.se\/news!read.jspx?newsID=6281.\r\n[15] Smith, T. (2003). Personal digital assistants (PDAs) in further and higher\r\neducation. Joint information Systems Committee (JISC). (Online)\r\nAvailable:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.techlearn.ac.uk\/NewsDocs\/editedpdasineducation.doc.\r\n[16] Keegan, Desmond (2002). The future of learning: From e-learning to mlearning.\r\nZIFF Papiere 119, Fernuversitat Hagen.\r\n[17] Traxler, J., and Kukulska-Hulme A. (2005). M-learning in developing\r\ncountries. Commonwealth of Learning.\r\n[18] Passey, Don (1999). Anytime, anywhere learning project evaluation\r\nfocus. Lancaster: Lancaster University AAL.\r\n[19] Zurita, G. and Nussbaum, M. (2006). A conceptual framework based on\r\nActivity Theory for mobile CSCL. British Journal of Educational\r\nTechnology Vol 38 No 2 2007, pp. 211-235.\r\n[20] Roschelle, J., and Pea, R. (2002). A walk on the WILD side: How\r\nwireless handhelds may change CSCL. International Journal of\r\nCognition and Technology. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp:\/\/newmedia.colorado.edu\/cscl\/79.pdf.\r\n[21] Wagner, E. D. (2005). Enabling Mobile Learning. (Online) Available:\r\nhttp\/\/:www.educause.edu\/er\/erm05\/erm0532.asp","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 30, 2009"}