Behavioral Intention and Actual Use of Mobile Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Higher Education System

Abstract

ThisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheimpactonBehavioralIntentionand Actual use of Mobile Learning in the Higher Education (HE). The survey was con- ducted at Cihan University Erbil, and the data was collected by questionnaire. 207 valid questionnaires have been analyzed by Structural equation modelling (SEM). The results indicated that performance expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Facilitating Conditions, Hedonic Motivation, and Habit had a positive and significant impact on Behavioral Intention to use Mobile learning among the students. On the other hand, Social influence and Price Value had an insignificant impact on Behavioral Intention to use Mobile learning among the students. Besides that, the current study reported that behavioral intention directly impacts user behavior (UB). At the same time, facilitating conditions and Habit had an insignificant impact on user behavior.

Factors affecting Thai EFL students’ behavioral intentions toward mobile-assisted language learning

“…So far, empirical investigations about the impact of habits on learners' intention to utilize MALL have been scarce. However, many studies have confirmed that habits significantly influence learners' behavioral intention to engage with mobile learning (Yang et al, 2022;Zacharis and Nikolopoulou, 2022;Jameel et al, 2023).…”