USEFULNESS OF MOBILE TEACHING AND LEARNING AS PERCEIVED BY ROMANIAN AND LITHUANIAN SCIENCE TEACHERS

TitleUSEFULNESS OF MOBILE TEACHING AND LEARNING AS PERCEIVED BY ROMANIAN AND LITHUANIAN SCIENCE TEACHERS
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsGorghiu, G, Pribeanu, C, Lamanauskas, V, Slekiene, V
JournalProblems of Education in the 21st Century
Volume78
Issue5
Start Page719-733
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedOctober/2020
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1822-7864
Other NumbersE-ISSN 2538-7111
Keywordseducational usefulness, learning motivation, mobile learning, mobile teaching, pilot research
Abstract

With the explosion of mobile technologies, mobile teaching and learning became an important educational challenge. Since both teachers and students are increasingly using mobile devices in their everyday life, the question is why so little progress has been made in this direction. Clearly, the initiative of introducing mobile technology in class should come from teachers. Existing research shows a large diversity of factors that are influencing their perception as regards the usefulness and opportunity of mobile teaching and learning. This research aims to understand the extent to which the expectancy of increased students’ motivation and better understanding are influencing the perception of mobile teaching usefulness. A structural model has been developed and tested on two samples of science education teachers, one from Romania and the other from Lithuania. The results show that the expectancy of a better understanding of lessons by students has an important effect on the teachers’ perception of mobile teaching and learning.

URLhttp://oaji.net/articles/2020/457-1600951632.pdf
DOI10.33225/pec/20.78.719
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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