Personalized Blended Mobile Learning Framework for the Koran Memorization Process

Abstract

Increased interest in memorization of the Koran in Indonesia is not yet supported by appropriate educational services. A number of tahfidz schools and communities provide solutions by opening memorization and learning services through telephone communications. However, this solution is not very effective. In addition to high cost, the level of flexibility of teaching-learning is still not good considering the diversity of backgrounds, activities, and ages of the learners. This solution is also very prone to dropouts (learners quitting the program), because there is no commitment to study face to face so that learners are less motivated. This research aims to develop a framework and a software system of blended mobile learning that is able to accommodate the needs of learners in order to obtain an efficient memorization process. ADDIE and context aware framework are adopted as methods for prototype development. Evaluations are performed on the prototype through formative and summative tests. The summative testing uses statistical tests (independent t-test) and formative testing uses UAT (user acceptance test). Statistical test results obtained the significance value of 0.007 (<0.05), which means that there is a difference in improvement scores between experimental group and traditional group. Further results of UAT show that 77.87% of learners declare conformity, and 83.76% of learners declare high satisfaction with the learning model featured in the prototype.