Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
International Journal of Data and Network Science
Publication Date
6-1-2021
Abstract
This paper focuses on the impact of fear emotion upon technology adoption by educators and students during Covid-19 pandemic. Mobile learning (m-learning) has been applied as the educational social platform within higher education institutes, public as well as private. The research hypotheses were associated with the Covid-19 influence on m-learning adoption with the rise of the coronavirus increasing types of fear. Such fears include fear caused by the education failure, family lockdown, and loss of social relationships. Teachers and students are mostly fearful of these aspects of the situation. An integrated model was established within the research, using theoretical models; the Planned Behavior theory, the Technology Acceptance Model, and the Expectation-Confirmation Model. The proposed integrated model (using PLS-SEM software) was analyzed using an online survey data, with 420 respondents from Zayed University, UAE. The findings indicated that attitude was the best predictor for using the m-learning system, followed by continuous intention, expectation confirmation, perceived usefulness, ease-of-use, perceived fear, behavioral control, and satisfaction. According to the research, during the coronavirus pandemic, if the m-learning system is adopted for educational reasons, the learning and teaching outcome proves quite promising. Yet there is a fear of the family being stressed, or of loss of friends, and also a fear of the results of future schooling. It is therefore necessary to assess the students efficiently during this pandemic so that the situation can be managed emotionally.
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ISSN
Publisher
Growing Science
Volume
5
Issue
3
First Page
215
Last Page
230
Disciplines
Education
Keywords
COVID-19 Expectation-Confirmation Model, Fear, M-Learning, Technology Acceptance Model, Theory of Planned Behavior
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Alhumaid, Khadija, "Developing an educational framework for using mobile learning during the era of COVID-19" (2021). All Works. 4416.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/4416
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Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series