M-LEARNING ADOPTION: COMPARING ADOPTERS AND NON-ADOPTERS INSTRUCTORS
Palavras-chave:
m-learning, mobile learning, higher education, instructors, innovationResumo
This paper investigates higher education instructors’ attitude towards mobile learning (m-learning), focusing
on the motives behind their decision to adopt m-learning in their daily activities. Supported by the diffusion of
innovations theory, the researchers interviewed both instructors who had already adopted m-learning and instructors
who had not. Data from the interviews were subjected to content analysis and results suggest that, no
matters the difference in perception between adopters and non-adopters, there are three fundamental pillars
that allow for innovation in teaching practices: (1) the instructor’s personal interest in innovating and changing
those practices, (2) institutional support, and (3) government support.
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