Aishah Siddiquah, Sharifullah Khan, Gwo-jen Hwang, M. A. Abbas, Saheed Ajayi
{"title":"Usage patterns and effects of mobile learning activities using social learning apps on the achievement of undergraduate students in a history of art course","authors":"Aishah Siddiquah, Sharifullah Khan, Gwo-jen Hwang, M. A. Abbas, Saheed Ajayi","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2021.10039617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2021.10039617","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of the study was to identify the effect of mobile learning activities using social learning applications (apps) based on the principles of constructivist learning on students’ learning achievement and behavioral patterns in a History of Art Course. Accordingly, two mobile apps, Pinterest and Piazza, were adopted in the present study. A one-group pretest and posttest experimental design was implemented to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The participants were 57 female students studying in the second semester of the Computer Arts program of a public sector women university of Pakistan. The intervention spanned 6 weeks, and comprised four assignments given alternately on Pinterest and Piazza each week so that the students could use both tools at least twice. Student performances were measured using a pretest and posttest. The results revealed that there was a significant effect of using the social learning apps on the students’ achievement in the History of Art Course. Low achievers gained significantly more than high achievers. The results suggest that well-designed activities using social learning apps need to be incorporated into the teaching of courses for undergraduate students.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"22 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129369851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of flipped classroom with personalised ubiquitous learning support system to promote the university student performance of information literacy","authors":"Chuthathip Srisuwan, P. Panjaburee","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029231","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, unfiltered information has become increasingly available to individuals. It is important to cultivate students' information literacy, including evaluating, synthesising and using information appropriately and ethically. To reduce the limitations of course duration, this study applied the flipped-classroom pedagogy to create the in- and out-of-class learning environment in an information literacy course. Taking prior knowledge into account, a personalised ubiquitous learning support system was developed to support this pedagogy in this course. An experiment was conducted on an information literacy course at a university in Thailand to investigate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The experimental results highlight that, in comparison with the flipped classroom with conventional ubiquitous learning support system, the proposed approach significantly improved students' information literacy performance, self-efficacy, career motivation and grade motivation.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121391390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The inclination to public disclosure of financial forecasts by companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in times of mobile life","authors":"Tomasz Sosnowski, Anna Wawryszuk-Misztal","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029238","url":null,"abstract":"Voluntary disclosures play an important role in mitigating the information asymmetry on the financial markets and the mobile perspective can be a challenge for modern corporate reporting. Public disclosures are usually announced in a web and they can be accessed online by users. Using a sample of 267 non-financial companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange between 2016 and 2018, we examine the link between some attributes of the company's tendency to future predictive reporting of earnings projections and its corporate governance system. Employing the logistic and multivariate regression analysis, we document that institutional investors are able to enhance the company to adopt better the practice of the voluntary disclosure of earnings forecasts, at the same time keeping under control the flow of more general forward-looking information to other stock investors. Moreover, the management and supervisory board size, as well as the presence of female members in the boardroom are also associated with the company's policy of future predictive reporting.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"131 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116421677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mobile advergame: analysis of flow, attitudes and competitor trait as the moderating variable","authors":"S. Hartini","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029207","url":null,"abstract":"The focus of this study will be on mobile advergame as the communication media of online marketing. Mobile advergame is a video game which in some ways it contains an advertisement for a product, a service or a company. This study examines the relationships of consumer flow, attitude towards mobile advergame, attitude towards brand and consumer characteristics, especially competitor trait as the moderating variable. This study used quantitative approach with hypothetical analysis. To collect the data, this study used purposive sampling method. Six mobile advergames, especially adventure genre were used in this study. A total of 162 game players as participants were involved in the survey. The participants were obtained when they were playing the mobiles advergame. The result shows that consumer flow influences the attitude towards mobile advergame and competitor trait moderates the relationships. Attitude towards mobile advergame influences attitude towards brand. Consumer flow does not influence attitude towards brand and competitor trait does not moderate relationship flow on attitudes towards brand.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130539008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumer perception towards corporate social responsibility practices: a study of the Malaysian banking sector","authors":"Amy Chu May Yeo, S. Carter","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029205","url":null,"abstract":"Organisations can gain enormous benefits when they are perceived as being socially responsible to their stakeholders. One of the important stakeholder groups that appear to be particularly susceptible to the banks' Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives is their consumers. Thus, this research aims to investigate how banks' customers perceived CSR practices in the banking industry in Malaysia. Administering through a Google-form survey instrument, supplemented with a created link via Facebook and WhatsApp, a total of 240 responses were collected, resulting in a response rate of 80%. Data collected were analysed using statistical tools such as descriptive statistics, correlations and multiple regressions mainly on the predictive power of the constructs in this study. The notable results indicated 'consumer awareness' tended to be positively correlated to CSR practice and it was also one of the most important constructs contributing to the prediction of CSR with the exception of 'knowledge of consumers' and 'purchasing decision'. This suggests that bank managers need to take seriously 'consumer awareness' into the next level of analysis, in which social media has an essential role to play in disseminating important information relating to CSR practices and implementation, including the use of mobile learning as an educative tool.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125912729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comprehensive framework for designing and evaluating vocabulary learning apps from multiple perspectives","authors":"Yu-Hui Tu, D. Zou, Ruofei Zhang","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029217","url":null,"abstract":"The integration of emerging mobile technology into the education domain has become increasingly ubiquitous. This research reviewed the advantages and challenges of mobile learning, discussed the key factors that promote effective vocabulary learning and conducted a survey to investigate and identify the ten most popular word learning apps. Based on the results, we analysed the key features of the popular apps and summarised the elements that play crucial roles in leading to successful learning. Based on such analyses, we also developed a comprehensive framework for designing and evaluating vocabulary learning apps, covering dimensions, such as content quality, multimodal presentation, engagement, personalisation, repetition and usability. A popular app, Vocabulary.com, was also assessed utilising the proposed framework. Users, evaluators, designers and developers of word-learning apps are expected to benefit from this research by being provided with a comprehensive understanding of app-facilitated vocabulary learning and essential features of effective word learning apps.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124233287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of telework on creativity of professional employees in Sri Lanka: componential and social cognitive theoretical views","authors":"N. Naotunna, H. Priyankara","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10029243","url":null,"abstract":"The modern technologies promisingly influence the social lives, and create the way of working more comfortable than ever before. Consequently, telework is becoming increasingly popular among professional workers. Although research has focused on different outcomes of telework, its impact on individual creativity is rarely studied. Therefore, this research attempts to examine the impact of telework on creativity. Data were collected from a sample of professional employees working in the software industry in Sri Lanka. The results of the path analysis revealed that the extent of telework positively and significantly impacts the creativity of professional employees. Also, autonomy mediates the effect of extent of telework on creativity of professional employees. Overall, this study would be an eye-opener for both practitioners and researchers to implement and investigate telework as an alternative job design enriched with mobile learning that allows the professional employees to be more creative in contemporary organisations.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116732092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tanachai Kajonmanee, P. Chaipidech, N. Srisawasdi, Kornchawal Chaipah
{"title":"A personalised mobile learning system for promoting STEM discipline teachers' TPACK development","authors":"Tanachai Kajonmanee, P. Chaipidech, N. Srisawasdi, Kornchawal Chaipah","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10026336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10026336","url":null,"abstract":"The contemporary education presents many challenges to improve teaching quality, including instructional practices knowledge, of teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. To promote higher teaching competency for STEM teachers, the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework is recognisably and essentially adopted. To help improve TPACK for teachers, we proposed a mobile learning system that personalises digital learning contents by analysing learning styles, TPACK-oriented problems, content attributes, and mobile device and network capabilities. This study explored effects of the system on 78 in-service secondary-school science teachers in the Northeast of Thailand. The results indicated that the system significantly improved participants' TPACK skills in almost all aspects. Moreover, over 65% of participants were at least well satisfied with the system, and over 90% were at least moderately satisfied. These results showed that our system is a promising learning tool to improve STEM teachers' proficiencies under the TPACK framework.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117067245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends and strategies for conducting effective STEM research and applications: a mobile and ubiquitous learning perspective","authors":"Gwo-jen Hwang, K. Li, Chiu-Lin Lai","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2020.10022182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2020.10022182","url":null,"abstract":"Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) has been recognised by educators as an important educational objective in the 21st century. It provides a new vision of education by encouraging school teachers to engage students in problem-solving, critical-thinking and creative-thinking tasks using the knowledge and skills learned from multiple disciplines. While the effectiveness of STEM has been recognised by educators, the challenges of applying it to school settings have also been indicated, such as the difficulties in designing cross-disciplinary tasks and measuring students' learning performances. Mobile and ubiquitous technologies have been regarded as a potential facilitator which enables learners to learn across contexts with access to learning resources in anywhere and at any time. The use of these new technologies could provide new perspectives and opportunities for developing STEM activities and studies. This paper highlights the challenges as well as the strategies for implementing STEM activities in school settings and designing STEM research. It proposes several models for guiding researchers and schoolteachers to develop STEM learning design are proposed. In addition, it provides several strategies and measuring tools for developing in-depth experimental STEM studies.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115056746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating research-based practices and mobile technology to support students with executive functioning challenges in post-secondary STEM","authors":"Jingrong Xie, James D. Basham, A. Bensel","doi":"10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10026333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijmlo.2020.10026333","url":null,"abstract":"The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework addresses the diverse learning needs of students with disabilities (SWDs) in post-secondary STEM education. The authors argue that supporting executive function skills (EFs) and learning strategies for students with disabilities (SWDs) during their learning process is important to the persistence and success of SWDs in post-secondary STEM education. Reviewed research indicates that EF challenges in post-secondary STEM education are a critical area for SWDs. Understanding current studies on the effectiveness of providing research-based practices (i.e., EF coaching and e-mentoring) for SWDs in post-secondary education can support the success of SWDs in post-secondary STEM education and diversify STEM workforce. We highlight how emerging mobile platforms, integrated with research-based instructional practices, can support SWDs' success and persistence in post-secondary STEM education. The implications and limitations are discussed.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121017199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}