M-learning and its impact on education system: A case study on degree students of Nagaon town area

Abstract

Smart phones, laptops and tablets are most popular devices among students, these devices have set a new way to communicate, collaborate and learn. The use of these portable devices has the capability to inspire new approaches in the field of education. therefore, it is important to examine the students approaches about the educational use of mobile technology in supporting their learning process. The main aim of this study is to determine the impact of mobile technology for learning as well as exploring the kind of interaction among the college students of Nagaon town with their portable devices. 240 student was taken as the sample, the responses were collected by the researcher herself by a self-structured interview schedule. The result of the study indicates that student use their devices to exchange education related materials, messages and academic files with their class mates, they use the internet and hold discussions with class mates and teachers through various apps like zoom, google meet etc.