Adoption of mobile application for enhancing learning in higher education: Students’ views from the State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania

Figures & data

Figure 1: Interface of m-learning system for accessing course materials.

Table 1: Participants’ information by gender, age, study campuses and years of study.

	N = 240
Parameter	Frequency	%
Gender
Male	94	39.2
Female	146	60.8
Age
16–20	40	16.7
21–25	186	77.5
26–30	10	4.2
31–35	4	1.7
36+	0	0
Years of Study
First Year	121	50.4
Second Year	75	31.3
Third Year	44	18.3
Campuses
Tunguu	144	60
Nkrumah	34	14.2
Mbweni	29	12.1
Mchanga Mdogo	33	13.8

Note: N = Total number of students

Table 2: Participants’ study programme and study courses.

SNo	Semester/	Study	Course title	N = 240
	Year	Program		Frequency	%
1.	Semester II	Bachelor	CS/INF 1209 – Database Systems	18	7.5%
	2019/2020	Degree
2.	Semester I	Bachelor	ED 2103 – Educational Resources, Media and Technology I	41	17.1%
	2019/2020	Degree
3.	Semester II	Bachelor	INF2202 – IS Strategy Management and Acquisition	36	15%
	2019/2020	Degree
4.	Semester I
	2019/2020	Diploma	MLT04106 – Prevention and Control of Diseases Transmission	29	12.1%
5.	Semester I
	2019/2020	Diploma	PDCH 0212 – Physical Chemistry II	33	13.75%
6.	Semester I
	2019/2020	Diploma	PDED 0022 – Introduction to Educational Resources, Media and Technology	83	34.6%

Table 3: Mobile devices used by the participants for m-learning.

Parameter	N = 240
Mobile device used by the participants	Frequency	%
Smartphone	228	95
Laptop	8	3.3
Tablet	4	1.7

Figure 2: Frequency of using the mobile learning system.

Table 4: Learning activities accessed through mobile application.

Learning activity	Classification	Frequency	%
Accessing Learning resources	Yes	232	96.7
	No	8	3.3
Viewing Assignment	Yes	223	92.9
	No	17	7.1
Submitting Assignment	Yes	216	90
	No	24	10
Online Interaction	Yes	163	67.9
	No	77	32.1
Online Collaboration	Yes	128	53.3
	No	112	46.7
Taking Quiz	Yes	227	94.6
	No	13	5.4

Table 5: Participants’ perception on usefulness and ease of use of mobile learning system (N = 240).

Sno	TAM factor	Item	Mean	Std. Deviation
1	Perceived usefulness of mobile learning system	The structure of the learning content in mobile Moodle is organised to support learning	3.18	1.369
2		Moodle app enable me to interact with other students and the teacher	3.10	1.453
3		Learning activities were accomplished more easily	3.08	1.385
4	Perceived ease of use of mobile learning system	I am OK with Interface Moodle mobile app	3.13	1.366
5		It was very easy to use Moodle mobile app	3.10	1.378
6		The online materials can be accessed from anywhere	3.10	1.450
7		I feel confident to learn with Moodle Mobile app	3.13	1.358

Note: Ratings are based on a 5-point Likert-type scale: 1 – ‘Strongly Disagree’, 2 – Disagree ‘, 3 – ‘Neutral’, 4 – ‘Agree’, and 5 – ‘Strongly Agree’.

Figure 3: Participants’ challenges while using m-learning.

Table

S/No	First name	Family name	Email address	Contribution of authors
1.	Mwanajuma	Mgeni	[e-mail]	Constructed the idea and wrote the paper
2.	Haji	Haji	[e-mail]	Reviewed the paper, wrote some parts of the paper.
3.	Said	Yunus	[e-mail]	Data collection and data analysis
4.	Ali	Abdulla	[e-mail]	Data collection and data analysis