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Download full textYildiz, Gizem; Yildirim, Abdurrahman; Akça, Bedreddin Ali; Kök, Ayse; Özer, Açelya; Karatas, Serçin – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
A total of 1023 selected articles published in 2016-2019 related to mobile learning were examined and classified according to the categories in this research: 40% of these articles used quantitative approaches, 18% of them used mixed, and 13% of them were literature reviews. The published studies were analyzed according to research model, sample…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Educational Research, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
Cross, Simon; Sharples, Mike; Healing, Graham; Ellis, Jim – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
This study investigates how and where distance learners use handheld devices and the impact this has on learning habits, access to learning content and quality of work. It analyses the spatial dimension of anytime-anywhere learning and, with a focus on anywhere learning, it explores students' ongoing negotiation of the flow between and across…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Study Habits
Pimmer, Christoph; Rambe, Patient – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
This paper critically reviews literature on the role of Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) applications, such as WhatsApp, in supporting learning and teaching practice. Using formal qualitative synthesis as its methodology, and dialectical theory as an analytical framework, our main objective was to identify tensions, affordances, constraints, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Bidarra, José; Sousa, Nuno – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
This article presents a case-study of two distance learning courses, in order to address the question of universal adoption of mobile devices and applications by students, and the impact of these devices in personal learning environments (PLEs). First, a critical discussion of the value of these concepts in the current technological context was…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Individualized Instruction, Distance Education
Ali, Reham Adel; Arshad, Muhammad Rafie Mohd – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
It is apparent that m-learning will continuously have a massive role in terms of development in teaching and learning methods for education. Student's intention to use this technology is the main factor that eventually leads to a success in implementing m-learning. The objectives of this particular research are to come up with the development and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intention, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
Al-Adwan, Ahmad Samed; Al-Madadha, Amr; Zvirzdinaite, Zahra – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Mobile devices are increasingly coming to penetrate people's daily lives. Mobile learning (m-learning) is viewed as key to the coming era of electronic learning (e-learning). In the meantime, the use of mobile devices for learning has made a significant contribution to delivering education among higher education students worldwide. However, while…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Readiness, Higher Education
Keskin, Nilgun Ozdamar; Kuzu, Abdullah – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
In the present study, a mobile learning system for the professional development of academics was developed by design based action research, and the perceptions and experiences of the academics using this system were examined. In the first phase of this design-based action research, the research question was defined. In the second phase, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Professional Development, Action Research
Sarrab, Mohamed; Al Shibli, Ibtisam; Badursha, Nabeela – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Mobile learning (M-learning) provides a new learning channel in which learners can access content and just in time information as required irrespective of the time and location. Even though M-learning is fast evolving in many regions of the world, research addressing the driving factors of M-learning adoption is in short supply. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Adoption (Ideas), Higher Education
Sopu, Hans T.; Chisaki, Yoshifumi; Usagawa, Tsuyoshi – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The Kingdom of Tonga is an isolated least developing country located on the northeast of New Zealand with a population of 103,252 (2011 census) and with a gross domestic product per capita of USD $2,545.20. Before educational systems in a least developing country like the Kingdom of Tonga begin employing e-learning, an assessment of the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Use Studies, Social Media
Iqbal, Shakeel; Bhatti, Zeeshan Ahmed – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
M-learning is learning delivered via mobile devices and mobile technology. The research indicates that this medium of learning has potential to enhance formal as well as informal learning. However, acceptance of m-learning greatly depends upon the personal attitude of students towards this medium; therefore this study focuses only on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes
Cetinkaya, Levent – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of WhatsApp use for education and determine the opinions of students towards the process. The study was designed in mixed research model which combines both qualitative and quantitative data. In the quantitative aspect of the study, quasi-experimental design, with a pretest-posttest control…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Technology Uses in Education
Pimmer, Christoph; Chipps, Jennifer; Brysiewicz, Petra; Walters, Fiona; Linxen, Sebastian; Gröhbiel, Urs – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This exploratory study investigates how a typically disadvantaged user group of older, female learners from rural, low-tech settings used and perceived a Facebook group as a research supervision and distance learning tool over time. The within-stage mixed-model research was carried out in a module of a part-time, advanced midwifery education…
Descriptors: Supervision, Social Media, Disadvantaged, Research Tools
