LIN, YEN CHEN
Ministry of Education of Department of Information and Technology Education Senior Administrator
Email：lyc.cynthia@gmail.com
CHEN, WU HSIUNG
Shu-Te University of Department of Recreation & Sport Management Assistant Professor
Email：wuhsiung678@gmail.com
Abstract
This study intended to probe into teachers’ willingness of implementing mobile learning in a student-centered classroom in rural schools. The researchers focused on teachers’ internal factors in themselves, including knowledge and capabilities of mobile learning, learning effectiveness and beliefs, and also the external factors, such as professional development, technical support, and overall support, from the support of mobile learning from schools they work in. The study was expected to show the willingness of teachers in rural areas to carry out mobile learning and discuss how the background factor of teachers affects the result through a questionnaire method in addition to analyzing the correlation between internal factors and external factors. The targeted subjects involved the teachers who implemented mobile learning in remote areas. The 121 valid questionnaires were collected and analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, and one-way ANOVA analysis.
As the findings indicated, the willingness of the teachers in remote areas to carry out mobile learning in the future was acceptable. Besides, a positive correlation existed between the teachers’ internal and external factors and learning effectiveness. The background factor of the teachers also showed a significant difference in terms of their internal factors and the schools’ support to them. As a result, based on the findings above, this study can provide valuable suggestions for related teachers, schools and educators in the subsequent mobile learning projects.
Keywords :Mobile learning, Rural school teachers, Willingness, Integration of mobile technology into teaching