Mobile Learning and Student Retention

dc.creator	Bharat Inder Fozdar
dc.creator	Lalita S. Kumar
dc.date	2007-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:21:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:21:21Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8fc78b75053b485d80ddd23fdb7b741c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28882
dc.description	Student retention in open and distance learning (ODL) is comparatively poor to traditional education and, in some contexts, embarrassingly low. Literature on the subject of student retention in ODL indicates that even when interventions are designed and undertaken to improve student retention, they tend to fall short. Moreover, this area has not been well researched. The main aim of our research, therefore, is to better understand and measure students’ attitudes and perceptions towards the effectiveness of mobile learning. Our hope is to determine how this technology can be optimally used to improve student retention at Bachelor of Science programmes at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in India. For our research, we used a survey. Results of this survey clearly indicate that offering mobile learning could be one method improving retention of BSc students, by enhancing their teaching/ learning and improving the efficacy of IGNOU’s existing student support system. The biggest advantage of this technology is that it can be used anywhere, anytime. Moreover, as mobile phone usage in India explodes, it offers IGNOU easy access to a larger number of learners. This study is intended to help inform those who are seeking to adopt mobile learning systems with the aim of improving communication and enriching students’ learning experiences in their ODL institutions.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/345/916
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 8, Iss 2 (2007)
dc.subject	Mobile learning
dc.subject	m-Learning
dc.subject	information and communication technologies
dc.subject	ICTs
dc.subject	retention
dc.subject	withdrawal
dc.subject	open distance learning
dc.subject	ODL
dc.subject	interventions
dc.subject	student support system
dc.subject	micro-learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Mobile Learning and Student Retention
dc.type	article