Producing and Introducing Mobile Books, as A New Model of Providing Learning Content in Medical Sciences

Mobile technology has provided valuable opportunity for continuous processes of learning. M-books are sources of e-learning content installed on mobile phones and may work as educational assistance for learners. This study aimed to introduce m-books as a novel e-learning content resource to university students and measure their attitudes towards it.Using Java-based software, e-contents of four medical courses were converted into m-books and installed optionally on mobile phones of interested students. The other students in the same classes did not install m-books on their mobile devices. The attitude of both groups towards m-learning was obtained by pre-test and post-test and analyzed by t-test.The use of m-books significantly changed the enthusiasm of students towards m-learning and increased their motivation to study course contents during dead time and in motion (p<0.005). This investigation introduced m- books as a highly welcomed educational assistance in medical sciences for the first time in Iran.