Developing Mobile Collaborative Learning Applications for Mobile Users

• Main Author: Kwang B Lee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE) 2011-10-01
• Series: International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies
• Subjects: mobile; learning; collaborative; usability; test; factors
• Online Access: http://online-journals.org/i-jim/article/view/1823

With the rapid growth wireless communication technologies, the number of mobile applications have been developing. One of them is approached for mobile learning area since it is unique in its own way and offers learning opportunities anywhere and anytime. Mobile collaborative learning (MCL) is a small group learning application based on mobile devices. MCL is a new exciting research area in which students can earn knowledge about a topic and concept via communicating with others by a mobile device. This paper introduces describes the theoretical and technical foundations for designing and developing an effective MCL environment. Also, the paper describes a new approach for building the MCL application towards mobile technology. The prototype will be constructed using Android operating system with suggesting necessary infrastructure and middleware. Finally, the paper include the result of a usability test to find valuable hidden facilitating issues to efficiently access and obtain the class contents in collaborative learning environment.