Abstract
One of the most significant recent developments in education is the use of mobile learning applications ('Smartphone Apps'). This paper explores the reality of the use of Smartphone Apps for learning purposes in universities, with a focus on Saudi Arabia. These are increasingly becoming an important aspect of the faculty members' and students' lives. Therefore, researching the reality of using Smartphone Apps for learning and teaching is a rapidly evolving area. Many applications have been developed for use by smartphone users. The applications are designed to help the student and instructors improve and develop educational processes.
This paper highlights the use of Smartphone Apps in the case study university as discussed with the study sample during the interviews. This includes deans, faculty members and students at their normal place of work. The results are presented in the form of four themes: smartphones applications and information searching, usage in and out of the classroom, smartphone successes, and smartphone problems and difficulties. These findings arose from answers given to the interview questions and are linked with the literature review. Approval was obtained for this study. All the interviewees in the study were staff or students in the University.