LAMPHONG VOLADY, PHOSY CHANMING, XAYAPHET CHAPICHITH, SISAATH KHAOPASERTH AND KHAMPHAN SITHIVONG
Abstract
The present study examined the view of secondary students on the usefulness of the e-learning Web system through mobile phone as a source of learning in their real world of learning as they are the key players in the learning process, their feedback is essential for improving the effectiveness of a learning English program through mobile phone in e-learning Web system.
Quantitative inquiry, Pre-experimental Design: One-Shot Case Study, was employed. E-learning Web system was designed and developed through consultations with academics, developers, and researchers in the areas of e-learning Web system or web-based technology. To facilitate their evaluative feedback, a questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data to investigate views of secondary students on learning English program through mobile phone in the e-learning Web system as a learning resource.
Importantly, validity and reliability are firmly piloted using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha. The data were drawn from a small-scale study of the thirty students in public secondary schools in Laos. The normality of the item scores (the normal shape distribution of data (normal bell-shaped curve) for study variables) was determined based on skewness and kurtosis values, histogram, Q-Q plots, and a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to ensure that parametric statistical test could be used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman’s p, and Kendall’s tau_b correlation Coefficient and hierarchical regression model in a three-phase methodological approach.
Generally, the study indicated that a large proportion of respondents claimed that mostly use mobile phone feature are for taking photos, for listening to music/radio, for chatting with friends privately, for voice calls and send SMS, for taking video respectively. The study also showed that A large proportion of respondents believe that their mobile phones could be used to learn English online and the use of internet through mobile phones can increase flexibility of access to various resources. The study also showed that large proportion of the respondents need to develop their speaking. The study also found that slow internet access, so expensive internet service, and no network coverage were found to be the three main obstacles prevented students from participating in e-learning Web system. Furthermore, it is interesting to find that large proportion of respondents realize that specified activities in e-learning Web system are generally found to be useful. The results were also found to be statistically insignificant correlation between personal background (sex and age) factor, learning using mobile phone in e-learning Web system factor and belief on learning English through mobile phone in e-learning Web system since the probability value is greater than 0.05 (p-value >0.05).
The present study examined the view of secondary students on the usefulness of the e-learning Web system through mobile phone as a source of learning in their real world of learning as they are the key players in the learning process, their feedback is essential for improving the effectiveness of a learning English program through mobile phone in e-learning Web system.
Quantitative inquiry, Pre-experimental Design: One-Shot Case Study, was employed. E-learning Web system was designed and developed through consultations with academics, developers, and researchers in the areas of e-learning Web system or web-based technology. To facilitate their evaluative feedback, a questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data to investigate views of secondary students on learning English program through mobile phone in the e-learning Web system as a learning resource.
Importantly, validity and reliability are firmly piloted using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha. The data were drawn from a small-scale study of the thirty students in public secondary schools in Laos. The normality of the item scores (the normal shape distribution of data (normal bell-shaped curve) for study variables) was determined based on skewness and kurtosis values, histogram, Q-Q plots, and a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to ensure that parametric statistical test could be used. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Spearman’s p, and Kendall’s tau_b correlation Coefficient and hierarchical regression model in a three-phase methodological approach.
Generally, the study indicated that a large proportion of respondents claimed that mostly use mobile phone feature are for taking photos, for listening to music/radio, for chatting with friends privately, for voice calls and send SMS, for taking video respectively. The study also showed that A large proportion of respondents believe that their mobile phones could be used to learn English online and the use of internet through mobile phones can increase flexibility of access to various resources. The study also showed that large proportion of the respondents need to develop their speaking. The study also found that slow internet access, so expensive internet service, and no network coverage were found to be the three main obstacles prevented students from participating in e-learning Web system. Furthermore, it is interesting to find that large proportion of respondents realize that specified activities in e-learning Web system are generally found to be useful. The results were also found to be statistically insignificant correlation between personal background (sex and age) factor, learning using mobile phone in e-learning Web system factor and belief on learning English through mobile phone in e-learning Web system since the probability value is greater than 0.05 (p-value >0.05).
