Examining the banking sector employees' attitudes and readiness for mobile learning

In today's world, where the usage rates of mobile devices are increasing, turning these devices into learning objects has become one of the important issues. In addition, revealing the learner's attitudes towards mobile learning plays an important role in guiding developers while designing learning objects for mobile learning environments. The study, which was prepared with this perspective, examined the attitudes and readiness of employees in the banking sector towards mobile learning according to various variables. A correlational survey model was used in the research. Two hundred twenty-nine employees of a private bank, reached through convenient sampling, participated in the study. To collect data, "Attitude towards Mobile Learning" developed by Demir and Akpınar and "Readiness towards Mobile Learning" scales adapted into Turkish by Gökçearslan and others were used. As a result of the research, it was found that the attitudes of banking employees are at a high level; it did not differ according to gender, daily internet usage time, or taking a course/training in mobile learning environments; It has been determined that there are differences according to age and banking experience. It has been revealed that mobile learning readiness is moderate and does not differ depending on any variable. In addition, it has been determined that there is no significant relationship between banking employees' attitudes toward mobile learning and their readiness. KEYWORDS: Mobile Learning, Mobile Learning Attitudes, Mobile Learning Readiness, Banking Sector