The study was carried out to determine the perception of teachers on the m-learning process, the research was done on the assumption that successful integration of mobile learning in education primarily demands that the teacher’s perception of such technologies be evaluated as they are of immense importance. The study was carried out on a sample population in Cyprus. The purpose was to develop a Likert-type scale to determine the perception of m-learning of teachers in secondary schools.
For this purpose, the study looked into the following four research questions: one was if the Mobile Learning Perception Scale (MLPS) which had been developed was valid and reliable? Two, what were the teachers’ perceptions to m-learning? Three did the teachers’ perceptions of m-learning differs according to gender? And did their perceptions differ in accordance to their branches or their areas of specialty in teaching.
The study group of this research consisted of teachers from state schools, stratified random sampling method was used whereby the groups selected for the sample is the same proportion as in the population. (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2006). This sampling method was deemed to be the most convenient as the population was known thus it was easy for it to be stratified and as such the results would be highly credible and reliable.
The study is different from the survey done by Peachey as it is more of a qualitative research which is interested in the individual perceptions of teachers in the usage of m-learning tools, while the latter’s survey involved the investigation of the awareness of the teachers to apply m-learning together with the traditional classroom teaching setting.
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