M-learning programming platform: Evaluation in elementary schools

Abstract

Mobile learning has invaded the everyday life and therefore evaluation methodology and reporting  should be used so that mobile technologies are tested out in a variety of learning contexts. Το this direction, a mobile learning platform, named m-AFOL, was designed for elementary school students so that they are taught basic programming principles. The platform is a sophisticated learning tool that incorporates affective interaction among learners and tutoring agents in order to maximize educational gains. The paper presents a two-level evaluation study of m-AFOL, estimating its effectiveness and acceptance rate. The evaluation concludes that the mobile facilities of the resulting intelligent tutoring system are highly acceptable (over 80%) from young learners, being keen on using mobile devices while learning. Concluding. the mobile platform is evaluated in comparison with a desktop version of resulting system.

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Authors

  • Efthimios Alepis Department of Informatics University of Piraeus
  • Christos Troussas Department of Informatics University of Piraeus

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07/07/2017

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Alepis, E., & Troussas, C. (2017). M-learning programming platform: Evaluation in elementary schools. Informatica, 41(4). Retrieved from https://www.informatica.si/index.php/informatica/article/view/1496

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Vol. 41 No. 4 (2017)

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