Learning on the move business students’ adaptation of virtual learning environment and mobile device technology
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Ersoy-Babula, Alp Idil 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3046-9240 and Babula, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3567-6700
(2018)
Learning on the move business students’ adaptation of virtual
learning environment and mobile device technology.
The International Journal of Management Education, 16 (2).
pp. 321-326.
ISSN 1472-8117
(doi:10.1016/j.ijme.2018.04.007)
Abstract
Love and Fry's research study observed that tutors were underutilizing Blackboard as a repository for core materials. At the time of that research, most students accessed Virtual Learning (VLEs) via personal computers. Zainuddin, Idrus, & Jamal posited that VLEs such as Moodle continue to be underutilized as repositories. The literature indicates that the use of mobile technologies to access VLEs trended upward from 2012 onward. We wanted to revisit the results of a 2012 survey administered to 83 undergraduate students studying business at the University of Greenwich. Our analysis explored whether the rise of mobile technologies impacted student interaction with Moodle. Chi-square analysis showed participants' responses to accessing textbooks as an effective way to revise via mobile devices were associated with whether they believed their use of mobile devices would increase over the next three years χ2 (3)=7.80, p < .05. Chi-square analysis also showed association between accessing textbooks as an effective way to revise and frequency of accessing the VLE, Moodle χ2 (4)=13.04, p < .01. The rise of mobile learning devices did not radically alter VLE utilization among this sample. Implications for higher education as a whole are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | VLE, Moodle, Constructivism, Mobile Learning |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: | Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Department of Systems Management & Strategy |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2020 14:23 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/20891 |
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