Mathematics Students’ Readiness for Mobile Learning

Literature Review

A number of studies have been carried out to examine students’ readiness for mobile learning. Trifonova, Georieva, and Ronchetti (2006) investigated the use of M-learning in two European universities; University of Trento, Italy and University of Ruse, Bulgaria. Students were asked about the availability of mobile devices, their opinions on learning systems and the services that mobile learning should supply. The findings indicate that students’ attitude toward M-learning is dependent on the way people have used E-learning. For example, students who use E-learning tools and are comfortable with these types of services have a positive attitude about M-learning. Students expect M-learning to provide several services with integration to E-learning solutions. Also the prices of the suitable device as well as the price of the services being supplied are important factors for adoption of a successful M-learning application. In terms of gender, the study found that male students were more interested in using an M-learning system more than female students, who stated a preference for the traditional class-based approach to learning.