Exploring the Major Determinants of Mobile Learning Adoption

Abstract

From notebook computers to mobile phones, wireless devices have become affordable and popular. Withrapidly improving Internet capabilities, the demand for mobility has spread to education. Mobile learning (mlearning) combines individualized learning with anytime and anywhere learning. MLARG is an applicationdesigned to support the learning of a foreign language. It provides course content and examinations invarious formats. The purpose of this research was to identify independent and intermediary factors that couldcontribute to the adoption and success of MLARG. A list of likely factors influencing adoption was developedby modifying and extending the Technology Adoption Model (TAM). Feedback concerning the applicationwas gathered from 9th grade students in a tourism vocational high school in Istanbul, the students for whomthe application was intended.

Özet

From notebook computers to mobile phones, wireless devices have become affordable and popular. With rapidly improving Internet capabilities, the demand for mobility has spread to education. Mobile learning (m-learning) combines individualized learning with anytime and anywhere learning. MLARG is an application designed to support the learning of a foreign language. It provides course content and examinations in various formats. The purpose of this research was to identify independent and intermediary factors that could contribute to the adoption and success of MLARG. A list of likely factors influencing adoption was developed by modifying and extending the Technology Adoption Model (TAM). Feedback concerning the application was gathered from 9th grade students in a tourism vocational high school in Istanbul, the students for whom the application was intended