Effect of Mobile Learning Application of Electric Motor Winding Tutor on Students’ Self-Belief and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

Abstract

Electrical/electronic students are unlikely to gain employment in industry after university education because of their incompetence in winding or rewinding electric motors. One of the ways for students to acquire winding/rewinding skills during their undergraduate studies is to use a mobile application tutor. This study examined the effect of the mobile learning application of electric motor winding tutors on students’ self-belief and technology acceptance model. The Mobile Learning Model (MLM) of electric motor winding was tested with a structural equation model with 308 undergraduate students from Nigerian universities via a questionnaire. The findings show that the variables from the TAM model factors (perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and attitude towards mobile) had a significant effect on students' self-belief (self-efficacy, self-esteem, and self-confidence). Findings also reveal that students' self-belief variables influence their success in using mobile application tutors and, as a result, they can wind electric motors without supervision.