Teachers’ acceptance of mobile technology use towards innovative teaching in Malaysian secondary schools

Abstract

<span>The integration of mobile technology is not a new thing nowadays. It became increasingly applied after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. Teachers need to use mobile technology devices widely to improve teaching effectiveness. This study aimed to explore the elements of teachers' acceptance of mobile technology as a learning alternative. The respondents consisted of 422 teachers in 24 secondary schools around Kedah, Malaysia. The results showed that teachers are impressed to integrate mobile technology based on three dimensions: effort expectancy, hedonic motivation, and habit. This situation reflects teachers' willingness to translate their pedagogical abilities through the medium of technology. It has also recognized that internal motivation and teachers' natural habits are the driving force behind integrating mobile technology as a teaching aid to digital technology. Thus, mobile technology is a trend of daily use and can be utilized as the most advanced pedagogical material to go through learning in the 21st century.</span>

The Role of Quality Measurements in Enhancing the Usability of Mobile Learning Applications during COVID-19

“…With the current significant improvements in the features of mobile devices and applications, the usage of these applications among students for learning purposes has also increased. These new applications have become a primary tool for teaching and learning during COVID-19 [42]. Thus, the research interest in how to develop, adopt and use mobile learning applications has also increased.…”

“…However, these educational technologies are still in the early stages of usage among students, and the research on the adoption of mobile applications in educational settings is limited and needs more investigation [38][39][40][41]. Based on the literature, despite numerous studies offering some evidence about the importance of quality factors of educational technologies, such as learning management systems and e-learning systems [42], there are still limited studies about the role of quality measurements in promoting the usability of mobile learning applications. Therefore, identifying the most important and suitable quality measurements for designers and developers is an important factor in ensuring the successful development of mobile learning applications in universities, and this will reflect the effectiveness of learning via mobile applications in a positive way.…”

Longitudinal study of teacher acceptance of mobile virtual labs

“…Studies showed that PE will have a positive influence on users’ behavioral intention (BI) such as in the case of using OTT video streaming platforms (Malewar and Bajaj, 2020 ),or mobile phones (Nikolopoulou et al, 2020 ), animation and storytelling and so on Suki and Suki ( 2017 ). PE predicts that teachers’ use of mobile technology makes daily teaching smoother and can increase work productivity (Ismail et al, 2022 ). In post-pandemic teaching, reliance on the internet increased.…”

A three wave longitudinal study of school innovation climate and entrepreneurship teachers’ acceptance to technology: Moderating role of knowledge sharing and knowledge hiding

“…The modern educational evolution period has resulted in a transformation in teacher training and student educational development due to the integration of information technology into the educational system, especially in entrepreneurship education ( Ismail et al, 2022 ). The advancement of technology has ushered in a new era in which digital teaching techniques have supplanted traditional ways of instruction ( Buabeng-Andoh, 2019 ).…”

“…Students’ acquisition of technological knowledge is mostly the responsibility of instructors, who must be able to not only utilize information technology to execute the learning process but also to build a digital learning environment for their students to flourish in ( Ovcharuk et al, 2022 ). Teachers may encourage an innovative environment by providing technology settings that are conducive to it and that reward those who do so ( Mumford, 2000 ; Ismail et al, 2022 ).…”