A Context-aware Mobile Application for Cultural Learning

Abstract

The rapid development of emerging technologies for mobile devices makes them able to contribute strongly to the creation of new paths for learning. In this paper, a novel context aware mobile application (YouGuide) is proposed to encourage and promote the cultural learning. Prophetic narrations (Hadith) texts are considered as a very important source of Islamic culture. This application uses prophetic narrations texts as a cultural learning resource. A new way of learning is proposed for Islamic legislation sources. Besides, the proposed system puts into consideration the technical and pedagogical issues to enhance the learning process. YouGuide is tested on 20 users. Two questionnaires are conducted with test users. The results of both questionnaires show that our application doesn't have any serious usability problems and the proposed system can be used to promote cultural learning with increasing the progress of Hadith learning.