Mobile learning application website for educators

PDA’s, mobile phone and smart phone are the example of personal mobile devices that is has the ability to provide educational content. Followed by the transactional distance theory is relevant to the template design in mobile learning application for education through a website. The idea suggested t...

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Main Authors: Zakaria, Nur Hazwani, Abu Samah, Norazrena
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61722/1/NorazrenaAbuSamah2015_MobileLearningApplicationWebsiteforEducators.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61722/
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:PDA’s, mobile phone and smart phone are the example of personal mobile devices that is has the ability to provide educational content. Followed by the transactional distance theory is relevant to the template design in mobile learning application for education through a website. The idea suggested that the transactional distance includes the psychological rather than geographical distance among the educators and students which it is link to the balance of the dialogue, structure (course design), and autonomy of learner (Moore & Kearsley, 2005). This study addresses the suitable design patterns layout for mobile learning application based on the student preferences in the terms of navigation menu, learning contents view, searching method and sorting method, enhance a mobile learning application model and test. The objective of this research was to help the educators creating the mobile learning application through a website. The study of design patterns for mobile learning application template is, by analyze the student preferences with quantitative method survey. Generic design templates for mobile learning application will be develop with the ADDIE model concepts. A working prototype system website will be develop after the findings of the design patterns based on the preferences of students in UTMs' postgraduate master student will be discussed and evaluated.