Mobile information behaviour of sandwich students towards mobile learning integration at the University of Ghana

被引:6
作者
Kankam, Philip Kwaku [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ghana, Dept Informat Studies, Postal Box LG 60, Legon, Accra, Ghana
关键词
mobile learning; sandwich students; information; behaviour; integration; adoption; HIGHER-EDUCATION; DEVICES; IMPLEMENTATION;
D O I
10.1080/2331186X.2020.1796202
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
In Ghana, sandwich students are in accelerated programmes and education are offered to them during vacation periods. Like other forms of education, it has been found that the integration of mobile learning with sandwich programmes would be beneficial. However, the need to explore students' readiness and attitudes towards M-learning before its integration is crucial. This study therefore looked into sandwich students' mobile information behaviour to ascertain their readiness for M-learning adoption. Through a survey research method, the study used a quantitative approach to look into this phenomenon. Forty (40) sandwich students from the University of Ghana participated in the study and data were collected through the use of the questionnaire. The sandwich students perceived integration of M-learning to be beneficial. The results of the study also show that the participants own mobile devices, but a significant number of them were of the view that their mobile devices would not enable M-learning adoption to be effective. The study recommends training on mobile information retrieval skills to students for effective M-learning adoption.
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