THE PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS ON THE USE OF MOBILE LEARNING IN GENERAL NIGERIAN STUDIES IN LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This paper was designed to find out the perception of students on the use of mobile learning in General Nigerian Studies in Lagos State University. Mobile learning is learning delivered or supported solely or mainly by handheld or mobile technologies. Mobile learning is primarily delivered over the wireless network which can adapt quickly to meet changing learning needs The GNS program of the Lagos State University is under the program termed “General Studies Programme (GSP)” by the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and all courses under this program are taken by all university students in Nigeria. The purpose of these General Studies Courses is to get the student acquainted with other general subjects of importance outside the scope or field of study of the student’s department or faculty with the aim of getting students acquainted with subjects of study deemed generally important by the existing educational bodies. A simple random sampling technique was adopted to selected respondents. A total of 250 questionnaires were sampled and all questionnaires collected were valid. This stud was a quantitative research and an inferential statistic was used to test the hypotheses. Two Hypotheses’ were raised and tested at a level of significance of 0.05 using a chi-square test. Statistical package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0 for windows was used. The results indicated that there was no significant difference between male and female students’ attitude toward the use of Mobile Learning Technology in GNS. It was also revealed there was significant difference between male and female students on the amount of time they spend on the internet. A conclusion was drawn and it was recommended that Awareness should be created by the University to eliminate any cultural, religious or societal perception that may hinder students having equal opportunities to utilize mobile learning platforms, Provisions should be made by the government, school managements, private organization or citizen for public internet facilities in the University campuses to ensure that there are equal opportunities for students in regards to the time they choose to spend on the internet.