Supporting Mobile Learning with WhatsApp based on Media Richness

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olutayo K. Boyinbode ◽  
Oluwatoyin C. Agbonifo ◽  
Aderonke Ogundare
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Information Delivery ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Media Richness ◽  
Message Delivery ◽  
The Media ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Real Time Information

With the proliferation of mobile devices, mobile learning has become a learning paradigm in education. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the media richness of various message delivery methods in mobile learning (m-learning) environment. This study evaluates media richness in respect to content timeliness, content richness, content accuracy and content adaptability in WhatsApp, Email, SMS, Twitter and BBM. One-way ANOVA analysis and Post hoc analysis show that: (i) SMS has better performance than WhatsApp, Email, Twitter and BBM on content timeliness; this implies that SMS may be more appropriate for delivering real-time information such as notifying or reminding of some time-sensitive matters, (ii) WhatsApp has better performance than Email, SMS, Twitter and BBM on content richness and so may be applied in information delivery that is rich in images and videos, (iii) WhatsApp has better performance than Email, SMS, Twitter and BBM on content accuracy and content adaptability. WhatsApp due to its media richness is more appropriate for supporting learning activities in a mobile learning environment. This study suggests that developers and designers of an m-learning environment could adopt WhatsApp as a suitable information delivery medium to support corresponding learning activities in a mobile learning environment.

scholarly journals МЕТОДИКА ВИКОРИСТАННЯ МОБІЛЬНОГО НАВЧАЛЬНОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА У НАВЧАННІ ВИЩОЇ МАТЕМАТИКИ МАЙБУТНІХ ІНЖЕНЕРІВ-ЕЛЕКТРОМЕХАНІКІВ

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Mariia A. Kyslovа ◽  
Kateryna I. Slovak
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Electrical Engineers ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment ◽  
Automation Control ◽  
Mathematical Relationships ◽  
Independent Work

Relevance of the material presented in the article is determined by the need to find ways for improving the educational process of higher mathematics in future engineers and electrical engineers training. The paper highlights the process of organizing work in mobile learning environment in higher mathematics formed based on Google Apps Education Edition and the technique for use in the training of future engineers and electrical engineers. There are highlighted the main uses of mobile learning environment in higher mathematics (presentation of educational information, calculations and visualization of mathematical relationships, formation and skills training mathematical research, automation control and evaluation of academic achievements of students in higher mathematics, support for learning activities of students, organization of independent work students) and the means of their implementation.

Portals Supporting a Mobile Learning Environment

2011 ◽  
pp. 826-830
Author(s):  
Paul Crowther
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Mobile Computing ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Art Gallery ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment

Mobile computing gives a learner the ability to engage in learning activities when and where they wish. This may be formal learning, where the learner is a student enrolled on a course in an institution, or informal learning, where they may be engaged in activities such as a visit to an art gallery. This entry emphasises the importance of portals to this learning environment, using the MOBIlearn project as an example.

scholarly journals Towards a Mobile Learning Environment using Reference Architectures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Lydia Fioravanti ◽  
Nemésio Freitas Duarte Filho ◽  
Lucas Bortolini Fronza ◽  
Ellen Francine Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment

Work-Based Mobile Learning Environments

2012 ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Attwell
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Ecology ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Learning At Work ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment

This paper examines the idea of a Work Oriented Mobile Learning Environment (WOMBLE) and considers the potential affordances of mobile devices for supporting developmental and informal learning in the workplace. The authors look at the nature and pedagogy of work-based learning and how technologies are being used in the workplace for informal learning. The paper examines the nature of Work Process Knowledge and how individuals are shaping or appropriating technologies, often developed or designed for different purposes, for social learning at work. The paper goes on to describe three different use cases for a Work Oriented Mobile Learning Environment. The final section of the paper considers how the idea of the WOMBLE can contribute to a socio-cultural ecology for learning, and the interplay of agency, cultural practices, and structures within mobile work-based learning.

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