• Aminath Adhala Rasheed
• Ahmad Alabattat
• S.M. Ferdous Azam

In the light of Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), and Professional Learning Models, educational leaders are challenged to rethink and redesign the adaption of mobile technologies in the teaching and learning processes in schools. The study examined the integration of mobile phones in to the continuous professional learning communities (PLC). The determinant factors of mobile phone applications and their influences on the efficiency of mobile professional learning communities were investigated with a semi-structured questionnaire retorted by 450 Maldivian teachers. The result depicted the indispensable role of mobile phones in navigating individual and professional learning communities (PLC) through Performance Expectancy (PE), Effort Expectancy (EE), Social Influence (SI), and Facilitating Conditions (FC) of the mobile phone applications. The research may contribute to the theories especially in the ground of mobile-professional learning communities with concrete evidence to extend the theories with relevance to the fast pace development across the globe. The study would also contribute novelty to the education system by offering support to the Maldivian National Educational framework in designing mobile learning communities (m-PLC) with mobile media intervened education. The study focused on a unique aspect of PLC and mobile phones to constructed an integrated m-PLC framework which is an under researched area especially in the context of developing countries such as Maldives.

Professional Learning Communities; Mobile Professional Learning Communities; Virtual Professional Learning Communities; Education; Maldives

"The Influence of Mobile Phones on the Efficiency of Mobile Professional Learning Communities in the Maldivian Schools", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no.b620-b629, January-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301184.pdf

"The Influence of Mobile Phones on the Efficiency of Mobile Professional Learning Communities in the Maldivian Schools", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no. ppb620-b629, January-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301184.pdf