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Certified Crop Advisers' Intention to Use Smartphones for Mobile Learning.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Certified Crop Advisers' Intention to Use Smartphones for Mobile Learning./
Author:	Schultz, Thomas L.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	119 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-01, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-01A.
Subject:	Instructional design. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27667264
ISBN:	9781083494757

Certified Crop Advisers' Intention to Use Smartphones for Mobile Learning.
Schultz, Thomas L.

Certified Crop Advisers' Intention to Use Smartphones for Mobile Learning. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 119 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-01, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Iowa State University, 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This dissertation examined Certified Crop Advisers' (CCAs) perceptions of using smartphones for mobile learning (m-learning) as well as how they currently use smartphones which is beneficial for agriculture education providers. In this study, 630 CCAs from the United States participated by responding to a 39-question online survey based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). This survey gathered data concerning perceptions about m-learning on a smartphone and CCA demographics. Analysis included descriptive statistics, non-parametric tests, and multiple regression. First, descriptive analysis and non-parametric tests were used to compare groups within the CCA population. Almost all CCAs (99.0%) had a smartphone, a majority (67.7%) owned one for more than seven years, and a majority (57.0%) spend an average of over three hours per day using one. Almost half of CCAs (49.1%) felt as though they were advanced or expert users of their smartphone. Chi-square, Kruskal-Wallace H, and Mann-Whitney U analysis showed differences in the use of smartphones for mobile learning based on age by decade and perceived skill with a smartphone. Further examination showed age group differences by decade on media used, with 20-year-olds being higher users of online courses than those in their 30s-70s whereas 20-year-olds used PDFs less than those in their 40s-70s. Second, using the UTAUT theory, multiple regression analysis was used to investigate variable impact on behavioral intention to use smartphones for mobile learning. Multiple regression analyses explained 56.0% of the behavioral intention variance indicating that the UTAUT is a useful model to identify intention to use smartphones for m-learning. CCAs "somewhat agree" that using a smartphone for m-learning is easy to become skillful at, easy to use, and easy for the individual. CCAs would be more likely to use a smartphone for m-learning as they see more benefit in the speed of task accomplishment and productivity. Implications of these findings are discussed, and further research directions are offered.

ISBN: 9781083494757Subjects--Topical Terms:

3172279
Instructional design.
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Agriculture

Certified Crop Advisers' Intention to Use Smartphones for Mobile Learning.
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