INFLUENCE OF MOBILE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF ILLORIN)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The impact of mobile learning technologies is increasingly dominating the current educational system as the impact of technology continuously dominates our day to day activities worldwide (Bass 2006).
Especially governments of developing countries like Nigeria are convinced that their journey towards educational development is mainly dependent on
technological support (MoE, 2005; Serbessa, 2006). For this, science and technology education is the primary target in which case tertiary education will come to the front. Electronic learning which is one regarded as the fundamental tool for education is then the basic primary element which needs a very serious support during the teaching-learning process in Nigerian tertiary institutions. This shows that the chain of interdependent relationships between development, technology, education and tertiary institutions in bringing the issue of the conceptual change in teaching and learning methodologies in other to improve students’ academic performances and achievement. This interdependent chain is cyclic such that education supports the growth of technology,
while in return, technological facilities support educational system and by extension students academic performances.
