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Students Perception of Mobile Learning during COVID-19 in Bangladesh: University Student Perspective

Bikram Biswas 1 * , Sajib Kumar Roy 2, Falguni Roy 1
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1 Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, BANGLADESH2 Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, BANGLADESH* Corresponding Author
Aquademia, 4(2), 2020, ep20023, https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8443
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The aim of this study is to measures the student’s perception of using mobile for learning during COVID-19 in Bangladesh especially at the university student’s perspective. During the COVID-19 pandemic period, mobile learning may help the students to fulfill the study gap. Due to COVID-19 pandemic 213 countries, higher education has affected all over the world of June 2020. Although all of the developed countries considered mobile learning as an effective tool for education, it is not used properly in Bangladesh. This survey method conducted on 416 students from different university students in Bangladesh to understand the student’s perception of using mobile phones as a learning system. The findings of this study show that most of the students at the university level have a positive perception of m-learning. This study revealed that m-learning is very helpful to recover the study gap during this COVID-19 pandemic time and the findings of this study will help the education policymaker as well as the educational institutions to incorporate mobile learning technology for the whole system where social media may enhance the process of teaching and learning.
Keywords: mobile learning, students’ perceptions, COVID-19, Bangladesh

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Biswas, B., Roy, S. K., & Roy, F. (2020). Students Perception of Mobile Learning during COVID-19 in Bangladesh: University Student Perspective. Aquademia, 4(2), ep20023. https://doi.org/10.29333/aquademia/8443

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