Open Educational Resources Influence Self-Management Learning, Behavioral Intention and Mobile Learning Technology

Abstract

The main aim of the study was to measure the relationship between learning expectancy and open educational resources at higher education level. The current study used positivist paradigm of research which purely promotes quantitative research approach. The deep emphasis of quantitative design is to know objective reality and express this reality into numerical data. Target population was comprised of BS, M. Phil and PhD students in public and private sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used, and sample size of the study was (N=400). Data was collected through structured questionnaires. Furthermore, data was analyzed through Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version-23. The main finding of the study revealed that 54 of variation in the dependent variable transformative is explained by social influence, facilitating consideration, self-management learning technology, behavioral intention to use m-learning technology. This model is a good fit and has significant predictors of transformative. In a nut shell, educational materials are opened in all domains increase the learning expectancy among students. The study recommended that students should develop proper seminars for the awareness of open educational resources for students at universities.