Student Perspectives About Using Mobile Devices in their Studies in the King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The widespread use of mobile devices, particularly by young people, offer new and exciting possibilities for learning. The mobility and pervasiveness factors inherent in mobile technologies allow learning at any time and at any place. This had led to some new developments in educational pedagogy based on the advancement that mobile technology brings to learning. This is a pilot study that aims to investigate the introduction of mobile learning (m-learning) to higher education student in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The result of this survey study has shown that students are ready to use new technological opportunities in higher education because they offer a different and more flexible scenario of learning.