Pedagogical Issues in Designing Mobile Learning Application: A Review Study
Ayoade, Olusola Bamidele
Department of Computer Science
Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Email: Ayoadebamidele2014@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Mobile technologies are more powerful and portable nowadays because, it embedded with varieties of useful tools which assist peoples in handling their daily life. Mobile learning provides unique learning experiences for learners in both formal and informal environments, supporting various pedagogies with the unique characteristics that are afforded by mobile technology. Mobile learning, as a growing topic of interest, brings challenges of design for teachers and course designers alike. Current research on mobile learning covered various aspects such as personalization, context sensitivity, ubiquity and pedagogy. With the advance of mobile technology, the issue of mobile learning has been widely investigated in e-learning research. Many researchers suggested that it is important to integrate pedagogical and technical strengths of mobile technology into learning environments. This review study focuses on the definition of mobile learning. The study surveyed recent researches on pedagogical strategy of designing mobile learning. Through this review study, essential steps to create and developed effective mobile learning strategy and guidelines to create interactive and engaging mobile learning courses were identified and discussed.
Keywords: Educational apps, Drill and Practice, I pad, LMS, Mobile Learning, Social Networks
