Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia

This study investigated the use of Mobile and Wireless Technology (MWT) in higher education using the selected public university students in Malaysia. A random sampling has been selected among 490 students from three Public Universities and one Polytechnic. The study has been addressed to focus o...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud, Sharifah Sariah, Syed Hassan, Hashim, Che Noraini, Norrillah, Abdullah
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spelling my.iium.irep.402852017-06-22T04:54:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40285/ Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud Sharifah Sariah, Syed Hassan Hashim, Che Noraini Norrillah, Abdullah H Social Sciences (General) H10 Societies This study investigated the use of Mobile and Wireless Technology (MWT) in higher education using the selected public university students in Malaysia. A random sampling has been selected among 490 students from three Public Universities and one Polytechnic. The study has been addressed to focus on the applications of MWT in learning and to identify the significant differences between gender and level of studies when using the learning applications via MWT. Using descriptive statistics, Independent t test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Post Hoc mean comparison test, this study highlighted the low level of MWT usage among students. Among other findings are the differences between gender and level of studies only related to specific learning activities. Implications of the study were discussed SCIENCEDOMAIN international 2015 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40285/1/Rawash532014BJESBS12856_1_%281%29%2Bmobile.pdf Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud and Sharifah Sariah, Syed Hassan and Hashim, Che Noraini and Norrillah, Abdullah (2015) Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia. British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science , 5 (3). pp. 304-312. ISSN 2278-0998 http://www.sciencedomain.org/abstract.php?iid=816&id=21&aid=6848 DOI : 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/12856
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Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
Sharifah Sariah, Syed Hassan
Hashim, Che Noraini
Norrillah, Abdullah
Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia
description This study investigated the use of Mobile and Wireless Technology (MWT) in higher education using the selected public university students in Malaysia. A random sampling has been selected among 490 students from three Public Universities and one Polytechnic. The study has been addressed to focus on the applications of MWT in learning and to identify the significant differences between gender and level of studies when using the learning applications via MWT. Using descriptive statistics, Independent t test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Post Hoc mean comparison test, this study highlighted the low level of MWT usage among students. Among other findings are the differences between gender and level of studies only related to specific learning activities. Implications of the study were discussed
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author Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
Sharifah Sariah, Syed Hassan
Hashim, Che Noraini
Norrillah, Abdullah
author_facet Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
Sharifah Sariah, Syed Hassan
Hashim, Che Noraini
Norrillah, Abdullah
author_sort Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
title Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia
title_short Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia
title_full Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia
title_fullStr Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in Malaysia
title_sort understanding the use of mobile and wireless technology in higher education: a case of public university students in malaysia
publisher SCIENCEDOMAIN international
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