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Assessing the Use of Mobile Technology for Technical English

Mobile technology in a new learning paradigm indicates the use of mobile and wireless technologies which scaffold the teaching and learning dimension in most tertiary institutions. The objective of this paper is to assess the level of students’ readiness in using a mobile technology for Technical En...

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Main Authors:	Zanariah, Jano, Razilah , Abdul Rahim, Mariana, Yusoff, Noorli, Khamis, Rabiah, Ahmad, Linda , Khoo Mei Sui, Norida, Abdullah
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Published:	insipub 2013
Subjects:	T Technology (General) H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General)
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spelling	my.utem.eprints.77962015-05-28T03:51:58Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7796/ Assessing the Use of Mobile Technology for Technical English Zanariah, Jano Razilah , Abdul Rahim Mariana, Yusoff Noorli, Khamis Rabiah, Ahmad Linda , Khoo Mei Sui Norida, Abdullah T Technology (General) H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Mobile technology in a new learning paradigm indicates the use of mobile and wireless technologies which scaffold the teaching and learning dimension in most tertiary institutions. The objective of this paper is to assess the level of students’ readiness in using a mobile technology for Technical English in one of the technical universities in Malaysia. A quantitative analysis was used through a survey method in which 200 survey questionnaires were sent out to randomly selected students in engineering faculties at the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. The findings showed that the majority of students were ready to embark for a mobile-based learning as they had mobile phones equipped with a 3G service for class notes retrieval, multimedia messaging services, video call services for easy interaction among peers and with tutors. The results provide useful guidelines for curriculum designers and educators. Future work should integrate the perspectives of administrative units and educators to gain an overall assessment of the mobile technology readiness from various dimensions. insipub 2013 Article PeerReviewed text/html en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7796/1/18-23.pdf application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7796/2/18-23.pdf Zanariah, Jano and Razilah , Abdul Rahim and Mariana, Yusoff and Noorli, Khamis and Rabiah, Ahmad and Linda , Khoo Mei Sui and Norida, Abdullah (2013) Assessing the Use of Mobile Technology for Technical English. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 7 (3). pp. 18-23. ISSN 1991-8178 http://www.ajbasweb.com/index.html
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spellingShingle	T Technology (General) H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Zanariah, Jano Razilah , Abdul Rahim Mariana, Yusoff Noorli, Khamis Rabiah, Ahmad Linda , Khoo Mei Sui Norida, Abdullah Assessing the Use of Mobile Technology for Technical English
description	Mobile technology in a new learning paradigm indicates the use of mobile and wireless technologies which scaffold the teaching and learning dimension in most tertiary institutions. The objective of this paper is to assess the level of students’ readiness in using a mobile technology for Technical English in one of the technical universities in Malaysia. A quantitative analysis was used through a survey method in which 200 survey questionnaires were sent out to randomly selected students in engineering faculties at the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. The findings showed that the majority of students were ready to embark for a mobile-based learning as they had mobile phones equipped with a 3G service for class notes retrieval, multimedia messaging services, video call services for easy interaction among peers and with tutors. The results provide useful guidelines for curriculum designers and educators. Future work should integrate the perspectives of administrative units and educators to gain an overall assessment of the mobile technology readiness from various dimensions.
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author	Zanariah, Jano Razilah , Abdul Rahim Mariana, Yusoff Noorli, Khamis Rabiah, Ahmad Linda , Khoo Mei Sui Norida, Abdullah
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title	Assessing the Use of Mobile Technology for Technical English
title_short	Assessing the Use of Mobile Technology for Technical English
title_full	Assessing the Use of Mobile Technology for Technical English
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url	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7796/1/18-23.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7796/2/18-23.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/7796/ http://www.ajbasweb.com/index.html
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