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Student Acceptance and Perceptions of Mobile Learning: An Introspection to the Pedagogical Exigencies and Psycho-Physical Hazards of Student Community

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New Realities, Mobile Systems and Applications (IMCL 2021)

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Digital learning has been ubiquitous for almost all students in the new normal following the pandemic that has padlocked all schools and universities. With the second wave that claimed more than three lakh lives in India, online classrooms have replaced the conventional classrooms that once used to be the abode of knowledge consumption and generation. This transitional shift has affected the perception of both teachers and students towards the teaching-learning process in digital learning mode. M-learning has influenced the entire globe as it eases mobility, affordability, and accessibility. The current study has explored the students’ perceptions of mobile learning in various remote parts of southern India. The researchers used descriptive research to understand the nuances of the mobile learning process. The respondents of the research were chosen through the purposive sampling technique, and the data was collected from 489 college students in the outskirts of the southern states of India. A questionnaire that is based on student happiness and frustration with mobile learning was circulated online, and the student responses were analyzed using statistical tools. Students acknowledged comfortable learning conditions, seamless communications, and effective time management, while network volatility, unilateral interactions, and decreased focus were found to be the sources of student grievances. The findings of this report divulge the quality of mobile learning, the acquiescence of this remote learning method, sequels of m-learning in the scholastic life, and the innumerable psycho-physical repercussions of this pedagogical practice which proposed restricted usage of mobile phones.

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Akkara, S., Jose E, J., V. Francis, E. (2022). Student Acceptance and Perceptions of Mobile Learning: An Introspection to the Pedagogical Exigencies and Psycho-Physical Hazards of Student Community. In: Auer, M.E., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) New Realities, Mobile Systems and Applications. IMCL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96296-8_26

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