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    IMPACT OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES ON E-LEARNING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA, BARATON, NANDI COUNTY, KENYA

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    Magut and Mulinge - Article - Jul-2021 (332.0Kb)
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    2021-07
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    Magut, Hellen
    Mulinge, Alexander
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    Mobile technology in today’s society plays a major role not only to enhance communication but also facilitate work, fun, entertainment as well as education. These devices improve the efficiency of transmitting information in organizations and passing knowledge in the teaching and learning process in institutions regardless of distance, time and place. They can be used in education process in several ways through internet connection. Technology in today’s media enriched world is valued and of importance when it comes to e-learning. Although this has been supported by several studies, it comes with its impacts. This article explored the impacts of the mobile technology on e-learning in Universities in Kenya, a case study of University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. It adopted a case study method and a total of 85 respondents were randomly selected to participate in the study. This category of respondents comprised 70 undergraduate students and a total of 15 respondents who constituted lecturers. The findings revealed that mobile technologies had both positive and negative impacts on eLearning. One of the highest positive impact was efficiency while negative impact indicated was distraction. The study concluded that mobile technologies brought challenges to e- learning but if properly utilized, they would support teaching and learning effectively. The study recommended that both lecturers and students should continuously adapt to technological changes and make positive impact out of them.
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