Analysis of Challenges and solutions of Using Mobile Learning in Providing Educational Services to Farmers from the Perspective of Jihad Agriculture Experts of East Azerbaijan Province

The main objective of this research is to analyze the challenges and solutions of Using mobile learning in providing educational services to farmers.The methodology of this study is quantitative and it is an applied research. The statistical population of the study was agriculture experts in East Azerbaijan province (N = 429). Based on the Cochran Formula, a sample size of 202 was estimated by cluster sampling method. Formal validity and convergent validity were used to assess the validity of the questionnaire. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the mean of variance extracted was acceptable for the studied structures (AVE≥0.550). Also, the combined reliability value was suitable for all structures (CR≥0.802). Data were analyzed using by SPSS20 and AMOS21 soft wares. The results showed that the most important challenge is the non-recognition of the mobile learning system by agricultural training centers. Also, infrastructure, skills and participation, psychological, technical (hardware and software), knowledge and information, costs and lack of economic power, 62% of the variance of the challenges of using mobile learning in presentation Explained educational services to farmers. Finally, supportive, infrastructural, managerial, attitudinal and educational strategies were developed as solutions to meet the challenges of applying mobile learning in agricultural education, respectively.