Designing A Mobile Learning Application Based On The MOBIlearn Task Model

Summary

In the past few years, there are an increasing number of higher educational institutions offer courses using mobile technologies as a supplementary to traditional learning. However, there is a challenge to set guidelines for appropriate use and to provide tools and resources for personal learning activities across contexts. The purposes of this research study therefore are to provide guidelines for appropriate use of a mobile learning application and design it as tools based on MOBIlearn task model to support personal learning activities in formal, informal and non-formal educational contexts. The study begins by conducting a systematic review to synthesize pedagogical requirements from the task model. In the next part, the study adopts multiplecase study as a methodology to evaluate learners' experiences of using the application designed based on the requirements. At the end, a cross-case analysis is conducted in effort to find emerged patterns of data from all the case studies. This study successfully produces guidelines for appropriate use of mobile learning application based on learning contexts and finds that different priority needs to be considered for each context in order to provide it as personal learning tools for mobile learners. In addition, the study generates a series of implementation steps to employ a mobile learning application into a blended or hybrid learning and finds that the task model should be enhanced to provide better understanding and to keep it relevant for future reference. Importantly, this study contributes a new deep understanding and insight on the task model and provides guidelines for appropriate use and designing a pedagogically sound mobile learning application to support learning activities. Furthermore, the study significantly expands research into how mobile learning applications are actually used by students to support their personal learning in educational contexts.

Keywords:	Learning application, mobile learning, pedagogical requirements, task model, techno-pedagogical tool
Creators:	Jamil, Abdurrahman
Academic units:	Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts (STA) > Research Centres > Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute (C3RI) > Communication and Computing Research Centre (CCRC)
Funders:	Funder Name Grant Number Funder ID Sheffield Hallam University UNSPECIFIED
Publisher of the data:	SHU Research Data Archive (SHURDA)
Publication date:	15 August 2018
Data last accessed:	1 December 2018
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.17032/shu-180004
SHURDA URI:	http://shurda.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/86
Additional details Additional details Types of data: Audiovisual, Text Collection period: From To November 2014 September 2016 Data collection method: This research project used multiple-holistic design for the case study methodology to set up three different case studies that represents formal, informal and non-formal learning contexts. The multiple-case study uses nonprobability sampling procedure that represents a group of sampling techniques that help researchers to select units from population that they are interested in studying. In particular, the first case study adopts purposive sampling technique whilst the second and third case study adopt snowball sampling technique. A total number of 33 students took part in the all of the case studies. They were from all levels of students (undergraduate, Master and PhD) with different background of courses from Sheffield Hallam University. They were identified and recruited based on the following criteria: 1. Studying at Sheffield Hallam University 2. Agree to install MOBIlearn2 prototype on their own Android-based mobile devices OR agree to borrow researcher's Android-based mobile devices to use MOBIlearn2 prototype Data were collected using qualitative survey and semi-structured interview for case study of formal learning context. While in case studies of informal and nonformal learning contexts, data were collected through semi-structured interview, focus group interview and field observation. Data processing and preparation activities: To analyse the data, this research project used thematic analysis as demonstrated by Braun and Clarke (2006) and Marshall and Rossman (1999) where textual accounts of qualitative survey, interviews and observational field notes are searched and coded for common themes and regularities. Statement on legal, ethical and access issues: Ethical clearance was granted by the Faculty of ACES Resource language: English Metadata language: English Depositing User: Peter Smith Date Deposited: 15 Aug 2018 08:31 Last Modified: 10 Sep 2018 12:48