m-learning

Given the advent of information and communication technology, a new approach, called mobile learning (m-learning), has been introduced in the higher education system. The present study aimed to investigate the effective components in the implementation of m-learning among student teachers.

The current work is a cross-sectional study. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed. The statistical population consisted of all the male and female student teachers at the Farhangian University of Yazd in 2020, who were selected using the random sampling method. The questions were analyzed with the t-test and independent t-test.

The mean±SD of the effective components in the implementation of m-learning, including hardware component status (2.44±1.498), software component status (2.48±1.544), content component status (2.39±1.451), manpower component status (2.35±1.041), and financial resources component status (2.38±1.459), were not sufficient among student teachers from the point of view of the male and female students. Furthermore, there was no difference among the student teachers based on gender in terms of effective components in the implementation of m-learning (P>0.05).

According to the obtained results, policymakers and educational planners of Farhangian University need to provide a necessary basis for the implementation of m-learning according to the components in the present study

Because of approaches to learning in every place and at any time, ubiquitous learning with knowledge of the context and framework, and due to the development of wireless technologies and sensors, the learning process has changed. Mobile learning and ubiquitous learning as models of e-learning that refer to the acquisition of knowledge, attitudes and skills through wireless technologies. The effectiveness of e-learning and its new methods including mobile learning and ubiquitous learning are in need of attention to the approaches and theories of e-learning, because by employing e-learning methods, we can find solutions for teaching and learning that would meet the needs of today's education and training. In recent years, e-learning researchers have found that the development of wireless communications and sensor technology has changed the research issues of e-learning to mobile learning and then, it has changed mobile learning to ubiquitous learning.