AUTHOR=Wang Zhiwei , Qadir Alia , Asmat Alia , Aslam Mian Muhammad Sheeraz , Luo Xiaoli 

TITLE=The Advent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Impact of Mobile Learning on Student Learning Performance: The Mediating Role of Student Learning Behavior

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.796298

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.796298

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The recent COVID-19 pandemic pushed almost all institutions to adopt online and virtual education. The uncertainty of this situation produced various questions that perplexed educationists regarding what implications the pandemic would have on educational institutions, especially regarding how the switch to online education would impact the behaviour and performance of students. The vast importance of this matter attracted the researcher’s attention and served as the motivation for this research, which aims to resolve this confusion by studying students’ use of mobile learning for educational purposes during the COVID-19 period. This study also examines how this situation has affected student learning behaviour and performance in the higher education setting. This research is based on collaborative learning theory, sociocultural learning theory, and mobile learning theory. This quantitative research employed the convenient sampling technique to collect data through structured questionnaires distributed to 396 students of higher education institutions who carry a mobile device. This study used descriptive and inferential statistics to make the data more meaningful. Structural equation modelling (SEM) with AMOS software was used for hypothesis testing. The results showed that mobile learning was a significant and positive predictor of students’ performance and learning behaviour. Moreover, student learning behaviour partially mediated the relationship between mobile learning and student performance. The findings suggest that students’ academic performance can be enhanced by building a mobile learning environment that aligns with students’ learning behaviour. Nevertheless, content suitable for mobile learning must be developed, and future research should be conducted on this topic.