The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning Behavior
The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic pushed almost all institutions to adopt online and virtual education. The uncertainty of this situation produced various questions that perplexed educationists regarding what implications the pandemic would have on educational institutions, esp...
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| description | The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic pushed almost all institutions to adopt online and virtual education. The uncertainty of this situation produced various questions that perplexed educationists regarding what implications the pandemic would have on educational institutions, especially regarding how the switch to online education would impact the behavior and performance of students. The vast importance of this matter attracted the attention of researchers and served as the motivation for this research, which aims to resolve this confusion by studying the use of mobile learning (ML) among students for educational purposes during the COVID-19 period. This study also examines how this situation has affected student learning behavior (LB) and performance (SP) in the higher education setting. This research is based on collaborative learning theory, sociocultural learning theory, and ML theory. This quantitative research employed the convenient sampling technique to collect data through structured questionnaires distributed to 396 students of higher education institutions who carry a mobile device. This study used descriptive and inferential statistics to make the data more meaningful. Structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS software was used for hypothesis testing. The results showed that ML was a significant and positive predictor of SP and LB. Moreover, student LB partially mediated the relationship between ML and SP. The findings suggest that the academic performance of students can be enhanced by building a ML environment that aligns with the LB of students. Nevertheless, content suitable for ML must be developed, and future research should be conducted on this topic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90d93b55616c415b859796fbf5a48f252022-12-22T00:04:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-02-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.796298796298The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning BehaviorZhiwei Wang0Zhiwei Wang1Alia Qadir2Alia Asmat3Muhammad Sheeraz Aslam Mian4Xiaoli Luo5Department of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, ChinaCollege of Liberal Arts, Technological University of the Philippines, Manila, PhilippinesDepartment of Management Sciences, Riphah International University, Faisalabad Campus, Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Psychology, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Business Administration, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, PakistanSchool of Economics, Central South University for Nationalities, Wuhan, ChinaThe recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic pushed almost all institutions to adopt online and virtual education. The uncertainty of this situation produced various questions that perplexed educationists regarding what implications the pandemic would have on educational institutions, especially regarding how the switch to online education would impact the behavior and performance of students. The vast importance of this matter attracted the attention of researchers and served as the motivation for this research, which aims to resolve this confusion by studying the use of mobile learning (ML) among students for educational purposes during the COVID-19 period. This study also examines how this situation has affected student learning behavior (LB) and performance (SP) in the higher education setting. This research is based on collaborative learning theory, sociocultural learning theory, and ML theory. This quantitative research employed the convenient sampling technique to collect data through structured questionnaires distributed to 396 students of higher education institutions who carry a mobile device. This study used descriptive and inferential statistics to make the data more meaningful. Structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS software was used for hypothesis testing. The results showed that ML was a significant and positive predictor of SP and LB. Moreover, student LB partially mediated the relationship between ML and SP. The findings suggest that the academic performance of students can be enhanced by building a ML environment that aligns with the LB of students. Nevertheless, content suitable for ML must be developed, and future research should be conducted on this topic.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.796298/fullmobile learningstudent learning behaviorstudent performancecollaborative learning behaviorspersonalized learning behaviorssocial learning behaviors |
| spellingShingle | Zhiwei Wang Zhiwei Wang Alia Qadir Alia Asmat Muhammad Sheeraz Aslam Mian Xiaoli Luo The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning Behavior Frontiers in Psychology mobile learning student learning behavior student performance collaborative learning behaviors personalized learning behaviors social learning behaviors |
| title | The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning Behavior |
| title_full | The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning Behavior |
| title_fullStr | The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning Behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning Behavior |
| title_short | The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning Behavior |
| title_sort | advent of coronavirus disease 2019 and the impact of mobile learning on student learning performance the mediating role of student learning behavior |
| topic | mobile learning student learning behavior student performance collaborative learning behaviors personalized learning behaviors social learning behaviors |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.796298/full |
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