Teaching via Mobile Phone: a Case Study on Malaysian Teachers’ Technology Acceptance and Readiness

dc.creator	Issham Ismail
dc.creator	Siti F Bokhare
dc.creator	Siti N Azizan
dc.creator	Nizuwan Azman
dc.date	2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:47Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:47Z
dc.identifier	1547-500X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/965bf8bb312a4354a97ce347c551d21a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27863
dc.description	The purpose of this study is to identify the level of technology acceptance among school teachers from the components of awareness and motivation, training and courses, training design, and supports and facilities. This study also aims to investigate whether teachers’ acceptance of technology could influence their readiness for the pedagogical use of mobile phone technology if it is to be implemented in school. A quantitative questionnaire was administered to thirty eight teachers who teach Information and Technology (IT) subject from different primary schools in Penang, Malaysia during a program on Teachers’ Development. Data revealed that the level of technology acceptance among respondents in terms of awareness and motivation, training and courses, training design and supports and facilities was generally high. Despite this positive acceptance of technology, teachers’ readiness for the use of mobile phone in teaching and learning was found to be at a considerably low level. However, the study identified a significant correlation between respondents’ awareness and motivation towards technology with their readiness for the pedagogical usage of mobile phone. It was also found that gender is a possible factor influencing the respondents’ readiness. As implication, this paper probes the influence of technology acceptance on teachers’ readiness for the pedagogical usage of mobile phone and the possible implications this influence affords.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Journal of Educators Online
dc.relation	http://www.thejeo.com/Archives/Volume10Number1/Ismail.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1547-500X
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Journal of Educators Online, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 91-129 (2013)
dc.subject	Keywords: Teacher
dc.subject	Technology acceptance
dc.subject	Mobile learning
dc.subject	M-Learning
dc.subject	Readiness
dc.subject	Mobile phone software
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Teaching via Mobile Phone: a Case Study on Malaysian Teachers’ Technology Acceptance and Readiness
dc.type	article