Abstract
ABSTRACT
Mobile technologies is referred to any device(s) that one can carry along to perform a wide variety of “tasks†such as cellular phones, IPOD, Ipad, Personal Digital Assistance (PDA), laptops, and smart phones Mobile Technology Association of Michigan. It motivates undergraduate student to learn, it inspires self-confidence and it also helps the students in the areas of mathematics and science. In spite of the benefits of mobile technology in higher institution it has been underutilized for learning by undergraduates students in Nigeria, thus; this study investigated (i) type of mobile technologies used by undergraduate students for learning in Lagos-state (ii) the influence of male and female undergraduate student’s attitude towards the use of mobile technologies for learning in Lagos state (iiii) influence of undergraduate students’ attitude towards the use of mobile technologies for learning based on proprietorship . The study employed a descriptive research of the survey type to elicit responses from the respondents. A total of 298 (173 males, 123 females) undergraduates students were randomly sampled from two selected universities in Kwara state. Researchers-designed questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondent was tested for reliability using cronbach Alpha and 0.71reliability coefficient at 0.05 level of significance. The research questions was answered using percentage while independent t-test statistics were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science version (SPSS) version at 20.0. The result of the findings indicated that (i) Android phone is the most commonly used mobile technologies by undergraduate students in Lagos State (ii) there was no significant difference between male and female undergraduate students attitude towards the use of mobile technologies for learning (ii) there was no significant difference in undergraduate students’ attitude towards the use of mobile technologies for learning in selected Universities based on school proprietorship. Based on the findings, it was recommended that undergraduate students should adopt the use of mobile technology for learning since this technology is useful for learning. Also, seminars, workshops and conferences should be organized for male and female undergraduates’ students on the usefulness of mobile technology for learning since the findings of this study showed no gender bias.
Key words: Mobile Technology, ICT, Gender