Comparison of current and future attitudes of students and professors of the medical department in order to use mobile learning Case study: Mazandaran Islamic Azad University

The current research was conducted with the aim of comparing the current and future attitudes of students and professors of the medical department of Islamic Azad University of Mazandaran in order to use mobile learning in the teaching and learning process using a survey method.The statistical population was, first, all the professors, including faculty members and teaching staff in the medical department, and the second statistical population was all the students of the medical department in the academic year 1400-01, which was 175 people by stratified random sampling method. 310 professors and students were selected as a statistical sample. The measuring instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire, which was calculated to be 0.89 using the internal consistency method and Cronbach's alpha coefficient. At the confidence level of 95% (α=0.05), the one-group t-test showed that the present and future attitudes of students in using mobile learning are more than average and positive. Also, the present and future attitude of professors in using mobile learning is more than average and positive. The t-test for independent groups showed that the current attitude of students and professors in using mobile learning is not different, and currently students and professors of the medical department have the same attitude towards using mobile learning in the teaching and learning process. However, the future attitude of students and professors in the use of mobile learning is different and the future attitude of the professors of the medical department in order to use mobile learning in the teaching and learning process is more positive than the students' attitude.