Effect of M-Learning on Students' Academic Performance Mediated by Facilitation Discourse and Flexibility

Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Effect of M-Learning on Students' Academic Performance Mediated by Facilitation Discourse and Flexibility
Abstract
Conventional classroom instruction had already been transformed in to electronic mode of teaching and learning. Use of mobile technology is evolving in global and local context, as in Pakistan. Gaining insights from Media Richness Theory, the study intends to examine how m-learning pedagogy, opens up avenues for students' learning and enhances their educational performance, endorsed by facilitation discourse and flexibility. In this cross-sectional study, data was collected from students in Private Universities in Lahore Pakistan. Drawing results from structural equation modelling, findings revealed that use of mobile devices is on great demand for providing flexible and discussion-oriented learning to students and lifts up their academic output. Facilitation discourse and flexibility play a robust intervening role in producing pronounced impact of m-learning on learners' effectiveness.
Publication
Knowledge Management & E-Learning
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
158-200
Date
2019/06/00
Language
en
ISSN
2073-7904
Accessed
01/12/2020, 10:20
Library Catalogue
ERIC
Extra
Publisher: Laboratory of Knowledge Management & E-Learning
Citation
Shuja, A., Qureshi, I. A., Schaeffer, D. M., & Zareen, M. (2019). Effect of M-Learning on Students’ Academic Performance Mediated by Facilitation Discourse and Flexibility. Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 11(2), 158–200. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1245700