Mobile learning student-generated activities from students’ perspectives: Malaysian context

Abstract

Malaysia is a country in the Asia-Pacific Region with its own unique characteristics when it comes to education, particularly in terms of mobile learning in the local universities. This work contributes to the literature pertaining to mobile learning student-generated activities. One reason for certain issues is the lack of local content and the urging of the Malaysian government for educational content development. The aim of this study is to research the possibilities of mobile learning in assisting students to generate content for the study of local culture. This study is largely qualitative and derives its findings from data collected through focus group discussions with students after they experienced some activities involving mobile devices, such as mobile phones. Data were analysed via thematic analysis. The results indicate the benefits of student-generated activities, such as students being capable of using mobile devices to generate multimedia content for their assignments for Local Cultural Studies. Students also understand the subjects better and provide better quality assignments. Thus, this paper indicates the prospects of the application of mobile learning student-generated activities to other subjects in the Asia-Pacific Region associated with the Malay culture.