Mobile learning behaviour of university students in Ghana
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Date
2023
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Cogent OA
Abstract
Abstract: This study was planned to investigate the effect of distance education
students’ attitudinal, social, and control beliefs on their mobile learning usage at
the University of Ghana and the University of Education, Winneba. The
Decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour (DTPB) was modified to explain how
students’ attitude, subjective norms, and behavioural control of mobile learning
influenced their current mobile learning usage. The study used an explanatory
sequential mixed-method approach. Congruent to that, structured questionnaires
were administered to 400 distance learners selected by multi-stage sampling
technique, and 20 distance learners selected by random sampling technique
were interviewed via phone to collect data. Using correlation and multiple linear
regression analysis, as well as hypothesis testing, the findings showed that, the
university students’ attitudes towards mobile learning, subjective norms, and
behavioral control insignificantly influenced their ongoing mobile usage thus providing meek support for the research model. However, it was found that university students’ mobile learning innovativeness, peer influence, and self-efficacy significantly affect their attitudes, subjective norms, and behavioral control respectively
of their mobile learning usage. This supports the research model and can be
inferred that university students’ mobile learning innovativeness, peer influence,
and self-efficacy indirectly influence their mobile learning usage. The results of this
study will enable educational institutions to engage in better strategic planning
and implementation of mobile learning on a wider scale focusing on students’
behavioral, social, and control factors.
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Research Article
Keywords
Attitudes, Behavioral control, Distance education, Mobile learning, Peer influence, Peer readiness, Self-efficacy, Subjective norm
Citation
Dominic Afful & John Kwame Boateng (2023) Mobile learning behaviour of university students in Ghana, Cogent Social Sciences, 9:1, 2204712, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2204712