{"title":"Mobile App to Support Teaching in Distance Mode at Fiji National University: Design and Evaluation","authors":"B. Kumar, S. Chand","doi":"10.4018/IJVPLE.2018010102","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"InordertoassistindeliveringofcoursesindistancemodeatFijiNationalUniversityamobilelearning appwasdesignedandevaluated.Themainobjectiveofthisappwastoprovidelearningsupportto learnerswhoarestudyingindistancemode.Theappwasdesignedforandroidbasedsmartphones andusabilitystudywasconductedtoevaluatetheapp.Theevaluationwasconductedusingtwenty students who examined the system for ease of use, usefulness and user satisfaction. The results highlightedminorusabilityproblemshencerecommendationswerederivedtoimprovetheapp. KEywoRDS Distance Learning, Mobile App, Mobile Computing, Mobile Learning","PeriodicalId":53545,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments","volume":"7 1","pages":"25-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJVPLE.2018010102","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
InordertoassistindeliveringofcoursesindistancemodeatFijiNationalUniversityamobilelearning appwasdesignedandevaluated.Themainobjectiveofthisappwastoprovidelearningsupportto learnerswhoarestudyingindistancemode.Theappwasdesignedforandroidbasedsmartphones andusabilitystudywasconductedtoevaluatetheapp.Theevaluationwasconductedusingtwenty students who examined the system for ease of use, usefulness and user satisfaction. The results highlightedminorusabilityproblemshencerecommendationswerederivedtoimprovetheapp. KEywoRDS Distance Learning, Mobile App, Mobile Computing, Mobile Learning