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The purpose of this study was to describe preservice teachers’ perceptions about educational mobile applications based on The Technology Acceptance Model qualitatively in terms of their experience and understanding of mobile applications in the learning-teaching process. This study was designed with the phenomology approach from qualitative research methods. Participants of the study consisted of 26 computer and instructional technology pre service teachers who took the course of Project Development and Management I in 2016-2017 academic year. In the study, the mobile applications used by the preservice teachers were selected by reviewing the related literature from the most common and popular applications which have educational potential for instructors. In the study, semi-structured interview forms were used to determine the perceptions of preservice teachers regarding educational mobile applications. Qualitative data obtained from the semi-structured interview form were analyzed by content analysis. Pre-service teachers think that mobile applications are useful at different stages of the course for many purposes with the components of these applications. In addition, interface design of mobile applications can affect ease of use that preservice teachers perceive. Preservice teachers participating in this study noted that their attitudes towards mobile applications usage were positive because of the advantages offered by these applications and they would use mobile applications in teaching professions. However, some preservice teachers were concerned about mobile application use in teaching and learning for that reason students perceived mobile devices as gaming devices and infrastructure or internet access problems.

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