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Abstract

Mobile learning (M-learning) is considered as a development process of Electronic learning
(E-Learning) that used to meet some of issues in E-learning such as wireless environment and
accessibility. In spite of having many benefits and advantages for using M-learning, many challenges
and issues still facing mobile learning technology to become a part of most of the Higher Education
Institutions (HEIs) strategies. This paper aims to examine the barriers to M-learning adoption by HEIs
in Malaysia. To do so, a quantitative research methodology was used in data collection. Online
questionnaire was distributed by e-mail to 150 respondents in three universities. The result analysis
brought out that mobile storage size, limitation of mobile memory and mobile battery life are the main
barriers of using mobile in learning process.