EXPLORING THE M-LEARNING AS A FEEDBACK TOOL IN HIGHER EDUCATION

IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education, Vol. 3, Issue 7, April 2017 EXPLORING THE M-LEARNING AS A FEEDBACK TOOL IN HIGHER EDUCATION Dr. Karima Hussein1, Ms. Madeha Faiz Rana2 1 Dar Al-Hekma University, Saudi Arabia, 2 Dar Al-Hekma University, Saudi Arabia, Abstract Mobile devices are playing an important role these days in education. Using mobile devices as an effective tool to promote learning could bring a prominent change. Mobile Learning is usually considered as the new tool in the education field for assisting teachers and students as it has expanded the options for the distance learning. Several studies have made attempts to assess the possible methods and the challenges related to the M-learning. This study investigates the effectiveness of M-learning for the undergraduate students in education, explores M-learning as a feedback tool and communication, and evaluates the current use of ELearning system. For the purpose of data collection, recent researches related to using mobile technologies in learning were reviewed. Also, a survey was conducted using the five-point Likert scale, and the sample involved students and teachers, both belonging to Dar Al-Hekma University, KSA, so that the views of students and teachers can be determined. This study focuses on using mobiles as the feedback tool for students belonging to the creative field especially after the last day of classes, while they are in printing houses and photo shooting. The survey discusses the acceptance of M-Learning as a useful tool that facilitates the learning activities among the students more quickly. Moreover, using mobile learning may increase the learning capabilities of the students and meet the expectations of teachers. The study has shown that using the mobile phone as a feedback tool can allow enhancing the learning among students when they are off campus. It is recommended that Dar Al-Hekma University should take the services of experts to develop the mobile phone application and then provide access to the teachers and the students for ensuring the provision of the quality of education. However, this would need some time and financial resources for the implementation. Keywords: M-Learning, Higher Education, Feedback 1. INTRODUCTION The study investigates using the mobile as a feedback tool in the creative field especially after the last day of classes till the submission day, photo shooting, in printing houses and during the summer internship. Also enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in general to meet students’ expectation and improve access to learning for students off campus with taking the pros of mobile as a fixable tool in learning in how, where and when. Also investigate how best to use mobile technologies in the learning and teaching environment in http://ijaedu.ocerintjournals.org 100 IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education, Vol. 3, Issue 7, April 2017 Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS Articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education and eLearning Magazine, as well as in blackboard website provide commentary on potential benefits and effectiveness of M-Learning. RQ1: How is the mobile technology affecting the learning environment in higher education out campus life? RQ2: Does Dar Al-Hekma University faculty and students need to use of mobile in learning? RQ3: Do students and teacher use the current system application (blackboard) for communication? RQ4: What are the common perceptions among current Dar Al-Hekma students (seniors and juniors) about the nature of M-Learning? RQ5: Does the communication between the teacher and student will be more effective if they use mobile in learning? RQ6: Does teacher be comfortable in using the m-learning in giving feedback more than the desktop computers beyond the classroom time? RQ7: Does the m-learning will affect on the learning engagement especially during the final project and if the teacher in her/his professional development? RQ8: How prepared are we in higher education to cope with, or take advantage of the m-learning? 3. METHODOLOGY In this study, authors included the major components: a literature review, online quantitative survey, qualitative interviews (focus group), and case study of the current situation of Dar Al-Hekma University. Both students and faculty need to complete a survey about their experience. The survey utilized a five-point Likert scale comparing their attitudes to the m-learning systems for both teacher and students to measure the effectiveness of the current ways for getting/giving feedback outside the campus. Focus groups with the faculty members who taught internship in the last summer and the faculty members who are currently teach sophomore and seniors (first and second semester). The authors surveyed recent researches including mobile technology and elaborated mobile learning model in learning strategies to provide supportive secondary evidence. In our study, students and faculty need to complete a survey about their experience 4. LITERATURE REVIEW We surveyed recent researches including mobile technology and elaborated mobile learning model in learning strategies. To answer the research questions, we must assess the current state of student-teacher communication out campus (Dar Al-Hekma). Moreover consider the Saudi Arabia and especially Dar Al-Hekma University since it lags behind other parts of the world in several educational aspects. People are using wireless technology more often because information retrieval, Chen, H.-R., & Huang, H.-L. (2010) described that on their study for mobile learning, It is considered as the first study focusing on the designed mobile knowledge management learning system with the intention of promoting the learners. It could be analyzed by the achievements of students; the investigational group has relatively significant effect for adopting learning system for controlling the traditional classroom lectures. Evaluating it through questionnaire survey, the investigational outcomes indicated that supposed easy to utilize the positivity of calculated usefulness by means of the learners, supposed usefulness is the learning process must guide an important feature for students’ enthusiasm. 5. REAL-TIME FEEDBACK TOOL Aagard, H., Bowen, K., & Olesova, L. (2010) described how smartphones are perfect tool for providing real time response and evaluation for improving teaching and learning results, this became possible through Mlearning with respect to the different and popular social tools. The reaction of students are directly organized and proposed through Hotseat in campus. Entry to Hotseat is approved by the student’s standard university login, which is based on the course enrollment. The factors of social tools allow fast community building in the course. http://ijaedu.ocerintjournals.org 101 IJAEDU- International E-Journal of Advances in Education, Vol. 3, Issue 7, April 2017 6. MOBIL (...truncated)