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Azmi Fitriati; Subuh Anggoro; Corrienna Abdul Talib; Tin Lam Toh – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2025
The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is a concise and efficient predictive model used to explain the acceptance of m-learning technology. However, several studies have shown that TAM cannot fully explain the acceptance of m-learning among Generation Z. This study aims to formulate TAM as a model of m-learning acceptance for Generation Z. TAM…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Young Adults, Self Efficacy
Rian-Angelica M. Barreras – ProQuest LLC, 2024
When accessing the internet, smartphones allow users to access social media, search for information, and communicate with others while on the go. Smartphones no longer only provide a way to connect; this technology also allows people relate to others and maintain their relationships. This study explores (a) student smartphone use behaviors, (b)…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Behavior, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Laura J. Petranek; Cara Gallegos – College Teaching, 2024
Mobile technology has changed the landscape of post-secondary education. This descriptive study examined student and instructor perceptions of student learning and engagement while using mobile technology. Overall, student perceptions of learning and engagement were neutral; however, instructors reported higher positive perceptions on both…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Universities, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Casmir Irielle – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this study, the researcher explored the experiences of adult learners in Nigerian universities using smartphones and mobile learning applications to access, facilitate, and enhance learning. The study focused on how these technologies impact students' learning, particularly seamless access to numerous learning resources, enjoyment, cost, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Adult Students, Handheld Devices
Hodge, David R.; Gebler-Wolfe, Molly M. – Children & Schools, 2022
Most adolescents have mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) and daily access to the internet. Scholars, however, have only recently begun to consider the impact of this technology on youth. This article draws on attachment theory to explain how adolescents' attachment styles may be represented in their attachment to technology. The authors posit that…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Adolescents, Handheld Devices, Internet
Sana Mairaj Bugti; Firdous Bugti; Pir Suhail Ahmed Sarhandi – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2023
Smartphone is the most wanted gadget of this era and smartphone addiction is the association with its use. This research aims to find the role of craving, social relationships, and overuse of smartphone as determinants of smartphone addiction and its influence on students' academic performance. This study uses purposive sampling (nonprobability)…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Addictive Behavior, Academic Achievement
Jiajing Zhang; Jiefeng Ying; Yunhong Shen; Danrui Chen; Shiting Zhan; Jianing You – Journal of Adolescence, 2025
Introduction: While social networks have become an integral part of people's lives, they also bring the potential for negative consequences, with problematic social network use emerging as a noteworthy concern, especially among adolescents. Guided by social control theory, this study examined bidirectional relationships between problematic social…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Adolescents, Anxiety Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
Nico Botha; Zyliekha Julie Matwadia – Perspectives in Education, 2023
A person's fear of not having a mobile phone on hand may inhibit certain aspects of a person's life. This study sought to investigate nomophobia (the irrational fear of not having access to mobile devices) as a possible mental disorder in the Gauteng education sector. To address nomophobia as a possible mental health disorder in Gauteng schools,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Eneko Tejada-Garitano; Urtza Garay Ruiz; Javier Portillo Berasaluce; Ander Arce Alonso – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2024
In the context of primary education, students aged 11-12 years old begin to integrate digital devices and online behaviours that are more common and widespread at the secondary level. The objective of this study is to understand the factors that determine the initial digital ecosystem of students, and to evaluate the risks that these students face…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Handheld Devices, Student Behavior, Mass Media Use
Understanding Students' Switching Intentions from Cash Payment to Mobile Payment in Education Sector
P. Pragha; Krantiraditya Dhalmahapatra; Murali Sambasivan; Pradeep Rathore; Esha Saha – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The study intends to evaluate students' intention to shift from cash payment to mobile payment system for academic fee payments through push, pull and mooring framework. Push factors comprise risk and service-related factors, pull factors consist of subjective and aspect-based factors and mooring factors include cost and cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Graduates, Student Attitudes
van Tonder, Johanna Isabella; Jordaan, Jacques; Esterhuyse, Karel – SAGE Open, 2023
Loneliness is a common concern among university students, as these individuals experience many of the risk factors associated with loneliness. This experience of loneliness tends to lead to numerous consequences such as negative self-evaluations, anxiety, and depression, which in turn lead to impaired concentration and a decline in academic…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Communication, College Students
Yeliz Temli-Durmus – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2025
The Century of Turkiye Education Model has been started to implementation in 2024-2025 academic year. Within the overarching objectives, a multitude of values as a component of culture are envisioned for students to acquire. Across generations, a cultural challenge arises as pre-service teachers struggle to convey their parents' emotions amid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Parents
Ece Avinç; Fatih Dogan – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The study aimed to develop a Likert-type measurement tool (Digital Literacy Scale, DLS) to determine the digital literacy levels of secondary school students. The validity and reliability of the developed measurement tool were verified using the Rasch model. The Rasch Model can estimate missing data and allow for small study groups (Rasch, Rasch,…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Secondary School Students, Validity, Reliability
Elizabeth Louanne Keele – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem in this study is lack of research regarding perceptions of first-year nontraditional students (FYNTSs) who are enrolled in a face-to-face community college course regarding how mobile learning in the classroom affects their emotional engagement. Understanding this provides critical insights as well as enhanced and more accessible…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Handheld Devices
Butakor, Paul Kwame – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The purpose of this research was to explore the opinions of second year university students on mobile phone usage and effects in Senior High Schools in Ghana. This was necessary because while the Ministry of Communication and Ministry of Education have disclosed the intention to allow the use of mobile devices in High Schools, the Ghana Education…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology