Adoption of Mobile Technology in Higher Education, an Introduction

Abstract

With the evolution and upgrade of telecommunication infrastructure and end user’s devices, more and more students in higher education now possess their own Internet-connected mobile devices with moderate computing power. Mobile teaching and learning have flourished, allowing people to study anywhere at any time. Since 2000, the percentage of the world’s population covered by a mobile cellular signal has increased dramatically, and the number of users keeps growing at a fast rate. The capabilities of mobile devices have also been greatly enhanced. In January 2013, education apps accounted for 10.55% of all active apps on the Apple App Store, with 40 billion apps downloaded in early 2013. As of January 2017, 2.2 million mobile apps were available to download for various iOS devices, and 180 billion apps had been downloaded from Apple store (https://www.statista.com/statistics/263795/number-of-available-apps-in-the-apple-app-store/).