Structural Determinants of Mobile Learning Acceptance among Undergraduates in Higher Educational Institutions

Godwin Kaisara (), Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku and Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
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Godwin Kaisara: Department of Information and Knowledge Management, College of Business and Economics, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku: Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business, Faculty of Commerce, Human Sciences and Education, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek 10005, Namibia
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya: Department of Information and Knowledge Management, College of Business and Economics, Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-14

Abstract: Mobile learning has become a critical aspect of online learning in the post-pandemic era. As a result, practitioners and policymakers have paid increasing attention to mobile learning acceptance among various stakeholders. However, there is a vacuity of literature on mobile learning acceptance in developing countries, particularly in the African context. This study sought to examine the determinants of mobile learning acceptance among undergraduates in higher educational institutions using a structural equation modelling approach. Data were collected through a web survey distributed to 415 undergraduate students in Namibia. The majority of the UTAUT relationships were confirmed, although some were not supported. The results revealed a strong positive relationship between performance expectancy and hedonic motivation. Hence, hedonic motivation mediates the relationship between performance expectancy and behavioural intention to use mobile learning in Namibia. The results of this study may help to inform mobile learning implementation efforts, particularly in the post-pandemic period.

Keywords: higher education; mobile learning; Namibia; technology acceptance; UTAUT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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