Lecturers’ Perspectives on Mobile Learning in Higher Education: Experiences and Implementation Barriers

Abstract

This paper reports the experiences of university lecturers towards mobile learning from two points of view: (i) lecturers’ needs and experiences in relation to mobile learning design and implementation, and (ii) possible barriers to their adoption in higher education classrooms. The findings from a qualitative case study that conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 lecturers from a developed and developing country contexts revealed; the need for strong commitment from institutional leadership, presence of an institutional and national mobile learning policy, a culture of innovation and willingness to revise the traditional curriculum to incorporate the new mobile pedagogies.