Usability issues in mobile learning: Students' perceptions in Pakistani universities

Usability in mobile devices, for learning, has drawn researchers’ attention since the term mobile learning has been coined in teaching and learning arenas. Current mobile devices in the market have ignored the design and styles for learning purposes. Although mobile devices have some features for ga...

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Main Authors: Imtinan, Umera, Chang, Vanessa, Issa, Tomayess
Other Authors: QScience
Format: Conference Paper
Published: QScience 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35123
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description Usability in mobile devices, for learning, has drawn researchers’ attention since the term mobile learning has been coined in teaching and learning arenas. Current mobile devices in the market have ignored the design and styles for learning purposes. Although mobile devices have some features for games purposes, there are other important usability characteristics that ought to be considered to support learning. Therefore, mobile learning researchers need to investigate the learning options with the available capabilities of mobile devices. Students in developing countries reported more problems related to usability based on their individual experiences dealing with mobile devices for learning purposes. This paper aims to identify the implications of usability in mobile devices for learning based on research conducted in Pakistan.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-351232017-09-13T15:32:25Z Usability issues in mobile learning: Students' perceptions in Pakistani universities Imtinan, Umera Chang, Vanessa Issa, Tomayess QScience usability developing countries perceptions mobile learning university students usability of mobile devices Usability in mobile devices, for learning, has drawn researchers’ attention since the term mobile learning has been coined in teaching and learning arenas. Current mobile devices in the market have ignored the design and styles for learning purposes. Although mobile devices have some features for games purposes, there are other important usability characteristics that ought to be considered to support learning. Therefore, mobile learning researchers need to investigate the learning options with the available capabilities of mobile devices. Students in developing countries reported more problems related to usability based on their individual experiences dealing with mobile devices for learning purposes. This paper aims to identify the implications of usability in mobile devices for learning based on research conducted in Pakistan. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35123 10.5339/qproc.2013.mlearn.19 QScience fulltext
spellingShingle usability
developing countries
perceptions
mobile learning
university students
usability of mobile devices
Imtinan, Umera
Chang, Vanessa
Issa, Tomayess
Usability issues in mobile learning: Students' perceptions in Pakistani universities
title Usability issues in mobile learning: Students' perceptions in Pakistani universities
title_full Usability issues in mobile learning: Students' perceptions in Pakistani universities
title_fullStr Usability issues in mobile learning: Students' perceptions in Pakistani universities
title_full_unstemmed Usability issues in mobile learning: Students' perceptions in Pakistani universities
title_short Usability issues in mobile learning: Students' perceptions in Pakistani universities
title_sort usability issues in mobile learning: students' perceptions in pakistani universities
topic usability
developing countries
perceptions
mobile learning
university students
usability of mobile devices
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35123