期刊名称：International Journal of Computer and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：2279-0764
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：6
出版社：International Journal of Computer and Information Technology
摘要：Many African countries have greatly improved their Education systems; however, enormous challenges still exist that are yet to overcome. Africa is the fastest growing mobile devices market in the world, with over 640 million subscribers. In some countries (Botswana, Gabon and Namibia), there are more subscriptions than the total population. The mobile workforce's demand for connectivity is driving change in the way Educationists in Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) use mobile devices. On the other side, mobile devices' manufacturers are also expected to release and support robust and functional mobile device friendly applications for their customers. Research in this area has mainly focussed on application of mobile devices in mobile money transfers such as m-banking, the case in point being MPESA, ZAP and YuCash systems and e-Agriculture. The actual adoption and inclusions of mobile devices in teaching and learning in HLIs remain undetermined. This study seeks to find out the effects of Mobile Operating Systems (MOS) on actual adoption of Mobile Devices in Education in Africa. Descriptive Survey Design will be used in three local Private Universities in Kenya to collect data about students and lecturers on actual adoption of Mobile Devices in Education. It is hoped that the findings of this study serve as a basis for educational administrators and mobile devices' manufactures to develop devices that are cost effective, user friendly and convenient.
关键词：Mobile devices; Mobile Operating Systems (MOS); ; Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs)
