Gender moderator on the factors that affect intention to use of mobile learning

Abstract

Mobile learning is presently taking significant part and more important role within the educational process, additionally as within the development of teaching and learning ways for higher education. Intention to use and acceptance mobile learning is a subject of growing interest within the education field. UTAUT is among the foremost fashionable and up to date model in information technology acceptance. The study has two objectives. First is to examine the factors influence the intention to use mobile learning in higher education institutions (HEI) in Iraq. Second is to explore the gender moderation effect on the factors that influence intention to use mobile learning. In this study, a survey method involving 323 participants from the universities in Iraq. The result indicated that
“perceived enjoyment”, “Performance Expectancy” (PE), “Effort Expectancy” (EE), “Social Influence” (SI)and “selfefficacy” have important effect on the intention to use mobile learning. Further, the result showed that intention to use mobile learning affect significantly the actual use mobile learning. Moreover, the gender moderated the effect of “Social Influence” (SI), “Effort Expectancy” (EE) and “Performance Expectancy” (PE) on the intention to use of mobile learning among the users in higher education institutions (HEI) in Iraq. This study has great contributions to the mobile learning in HEIby formulation a mobile learning model that would be used as reference for mobile learning in HEI.