Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student 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 on t...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud, Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah, Hashim, Che Noraini, Abdullah, Norillah
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spelling iium-731962019-08-19T02:17:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73196/ Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student in Malaysia Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah Hashim, Che Noraini Abdullah, Norillah L Education (General) T Technology (General) T10.5 Communication of technical information T173.2 Technological change 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 PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73196/1/understanding%20of%20use%20mobile_dr%20Nori.pdf Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud and Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah and Hashim, Che Noraini and Abdullah, Norillah (2015) Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student in Malaysia. British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science, 5 (3). pp. 304-312. ISSN 2278-0998 http://www.journaljesbs.com/index.php/JESBS/article/view/16724/31081 10.9734/BJESBS/2015/12856
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topic L Education (General)
T Technology (General)
T10.5 Communication of technical information
T173.2 Technological change
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T Technology (General)
T10.5 Communication of technical information
T173.2 Technological change
Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah
Hashim, Che Noraini
Abdullah, Norillah
Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student 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
Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah
Hashim, Che Noraini
Abdullah, Norillah
author_facet Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah
Hashim, Che Noraini
Abdullah, Norillah
author_sort Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud
title Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student in Malaysia
title_short Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student in Malaysia
title_full Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student in Malaysia
title_fullStr Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student in Malaysia
title_sort understanding the use of mobile wireless technology in higher education: a case study of public university student in malaysia
publisher SCIENCEDOMAIN international
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/73196/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/73196/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/73196/1/understanding%20of%20use%20mobile_dr%20Nori.pdf
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