Validity and Reliability of Tablet Supported Education Attitude and Usability Scale

Huseyin Uzunboylu (Near East University, Cyprus)

Vasfi Tugun (Near East University, Cyprus)

Abstract: The use of mobile technologies in education has begun due to the increase in the use of mobile technologies. The attitudes of students, teachers and parents towards mobile learning and their opinions about the usability of mobile learning should be received in order to achieve mobile supported education in the schools. The aim of this study is to develop a scale about the attitudes of students in a private college towards usability of mobile supported education. This study was conducted with 150 students. Firstly, the students wrote composition about the issue, made a literature search and the statements were prepared and presented to expert opinion. The last version of the data collection tool was administered to 150 students and necessary analysis was made. Based on the obtained results, the scale was decided to have two dimensions. Besides, the results showed that the reliability and validity of the scale is high. Recommendations for future research were also provided.

Keywords: mobile learning, reliability, tablet supported learning, validity

Categories: K.3.1, L.1.2, L.2.0, L.2.1, L.2.2, L.2.5, L.2.7, L.3.0, L.3.1, L.3.2, L.3.4, L.3.5, L.3.6, L.3.8