Student Characteristics and Variables That Determine Mobile Learning Adoption: An Initial Study

Abstract; With the advent of smatter and more powerful mobile devices, educators have started looking at how these devices can be incorporated into education, to better support learners. Mobile Learning (ML) can be seen as a way to support learners and complement the existing learning structure. However the introduction and inclusion of mobile technology may not be suitable to all learners and therefore there may be some aspect of resistance to the inclusion of this tool to support learners. A small scale study was done of students enrolled in New Zealand in a tertiary qualification with the aims of determining the student‘s perspectives of ICT (information and communication technology) and specifically ML integration. The results of this survey will form the basis of a wide scale survey of tertiary students in order to provide a comprehensive summary of student characteristics and variables that best discriminate between students that are likely to adopt mobile learning and those who are less likely to adopt