Mobile App to Support Teaching in Distance Mode at Fiji National University

Abstract

In order to assist in delivering of courses in distance mode at Fiji National University a mobile learning app was designed and evaluated. The main objective of this app was to provide learning support to learners who are studying in distance mode. The app was designed for android based smart phones and usability study was conducted to evaluate the app. The evaluation was conducted using twenty students who examined the system for ease of use, usefulness and user satisfaction. The results highlighted minor usability problems hence recommendations were derived to improve the app.

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“…The use of computer technologies in schools has become widely established for the last 20 years, for a recent review see Sung, Chang and Liu (2016) and Kumar and Chand (2019). Most recently, the development of powerful mobile devices and fast Internet connection has resulted in what some describe as a revolution in teaching and learning (Carvalho and Ferreira, 2018;Erbes, Lesky, & Myers, 2016;Geer, White, Zeegers, Au, & Barnes, 2017;Kumar and Chand, 2018;Luo and Murray, 2018;Retalis et al, 2018;Sung, Chang, & Liu, 2016;Young, 2016). This revolution is a reference to the way in which personal technology is being integrated into schools.…”