Title:	AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF NURSING DIPLOMA STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF M-LEARNING AT NURSING INSTITUTE IN SAUDI ARABIA (SA)
Author(s):	Rahimah A. Abdulrahman, Wilfred Alan Eardley, Abdel Hamid Soliman
ISBN:	978-989-8533-41-8
Editors:	Piet Kommers and Guo Chao Peng
Year:	2015
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	M -learning, mobile technology, ICT, nurse training, Saudi Arabia.
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	211
Last Page:	215
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Mobile learning (m-learning) has a number of uses in a variety of real-life scenarios, especially the provision of ubiquitous educational services. This paper investigates the impact of the usage of mobile technologies for active learning at the Nursing Institute in the Armed Forced Hospital at Alhada in Saudi Arabia. An empirical analysis was conducted via questionnaires (in the Arabic language) to collect data from sixty-two (62) respondents across various levels of the organisation who utilise their own mobile devices to access learning resources. The aim of the primary research is to use the data to evaluate the level of students’ awareness and use of portable devices for mobile learning applications. Specifically, the study investigates the attitudes and perceptions of the nursing students towards the potential of m-learning. The survey outcome reveals that nursing students have a high level of awareness of the potential of using Smartphones to embrace mobile learning. The study further notes that a high percentage of the nursing students believe that m-learning can improve access to learning resources and enhance data and information ubiquity. Consequently, the paper concludes that use of mobile learning technologies and applications offers the potential to aid effective learning for nursing students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. These conclusions may be extrapolated to other types of learning in other developing regions.
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