The readiness of students and faculties at King Saud University to integrate mobile learning

Traditionally, education was offered in classes only, whereas students would interact with their instructors directly and face to face. As a result, physical presence of students must be paramount and mandatory. However, the rising knowledge in technology has led to mobile learning. However, mobile learning has not laid a strong foundation. Therefore, it is only a few people using the concept of mobile learning. Simultaneously, many people have misconstrued the definition of mobile learning. By definition, mobile learning refers to a setup in which the learner and instructors enjoy learning opportunities without taking a fixed location (Turkle, 2011). The concept uses mobile devices and gadgets enabling them to learn from various positions. In other words, mobile learning uses portable devices to satisfy their learning. The devices include Smartphones, MP3 players, tablets, and mobile phones (Ahson, 2012). In this paper, we shall focus on students and faculties at King Saud University regarding the use of mobile learning. King Saud University has more than 4 thousands faculties and more than thirty thousand students. It has equipped with high speed internet connection and wireless access for both students and faculties all over the main campus in Deraiah.