Knowledge, skills and attitude of mobile learning among BSN students

Abstract

Background

The main objective of the study is to assess the knowledge, skill and

attitude regarding mobile learning among BNS 1st and 2nd year

students of Nepal.

Methods

The study was descriptive in nature conducted among 303 BNS 1st and

2nd year students of six different institutions of Nepal from 2014 to 2015

A.D.

Results

The result reveals that most of the respondents had good knowledge

about the availability of the facilities like reading scholarly articles and

text books, sharing information resources and emails, scholarly

materials can be surfed/downloaded, data can be collected and library

catalogues can be searched through mobile. Further, nearly two-thirds

of them used mobile occasionally for surfing/downloading scholarly

materials and reading scholarly articles and text books followed by online dictionaries, SMS, emails, sharing

information resources, collecting data, recording and searching library catalogues. Moreover, slightly over

two-fifths of the respondents preferred cell phone for learning. Majority (92 percent) of the respondents felt

comfortable on using the phone for learning. Just over three-fourths of the respondents revealed that through

mobile phone, they updated the information and searched learning materials quickly.

Conclusion

Based on the result of the study, it has been concluded that the students had good knowledge on mobile

learning and they had used mobile for various purposes including learning. They has updated the information

and searched learning materials quickly through the mobile phones. It has been recommended that mobile

should be brought into practice and it can be effective if there is a provision of internet at low cost.