A study of design principles and requirements for the m-learning application development

Impacts of Different Mobile User Interfaces on Students’ Satisfaction for Learning Dijkstra’s Shortest Path Algorithm

“…Designing an effective user interface for a mobile-based application is strongly emphasized by various mobile learning studies [9], [10], [13]. As such, usability of a mobile-based application is one of the most important attributes that should be considered when designing and developing a mobile-based learning application [9], [10].…”

“…Usability can be measured by the quality of learner experience during the interactions with the user interface of an application [11]. The advantages of usability are: (i) reducing the time and cost of training, (ii) reducing the errors that the user encounters during their interaction with the system, (iii) increasing learning performance and user satisfaction, and (iv) improving the quality of interaction with the interface [6], [13], [14], [15]. Thus, a set of design principles should be followed to provide an acceptable mobile-based learning application in terms of usability.…”

“…Four mobile-based course content learning applications have been developed by [9], [13], [19], [20].…”

“…INTRODUCTION Mobile-based learning technology is a new generation of e-learning technology that permits learners to carry out learning activities and practice course content more frequently, anytime and anywhere, through mobile devices using smart phones, tablet PCs and PDAs [13], [16], [17]. Although previous research has provided findings with regards to the capabilities of mobile devices in learning and teaching, research is still required to investigate the impacts of small screen devices on user satisfaction when used in mobile-based instructional applications, in view of the different screen sizes of mobile devices [12].…”

“…The prototype was developed for two different touch-based mobile devices, the Apple iPhone 4 and the Acer Inconia Tab. The computer science students generally need to fully comprehend this topic in order to master the theoretical concept and practice of the subject [13]. When the Dijkstra´s shortest path algorithm is presented on small screen devices with different processing capacities such as limited storage and performance restrictions, designers and developers need to incorporate an appropriate design strategy to assist students learn this complex concept [3], [4], [7].…”