Dr. Farizuwana Akma Zulkifle
Fakulti Sains Komputer dan Matematik
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Kampus Kuala Pilah
farizuwana@uitm.edu.my
How mobile app influence childhood education?
As mobile devices march towards ubiquity, theyβre Βfinding their way into hands of our children. Thus, the quality of the content in mobile apps were questioned among the educators and parents. Frequent question can be asked will be on the quality of mobile device content aimed for the children.
Does the mobile device suitable as the educational tools?
Mobile devices allow students to improve the way they acquire knowledge [1]. The use of mobile learning is recognized as a tool that can foster the knowledge and the experiences for this age and the support of specific areas according to the educational perspective [2].
Mobile devices have operating systems that are purpose built for media consumption and native, user-friendly user interfaces.
Mobile devices can entertain and educate children with supervision by parent or educator :
to plan daily chores, like to do list
to search information for assignment or homework
to play educational games
Mobile apps new norms learning vs conventional learning
Students don't need to bring books anymore. They just have to rely on tablet or laptop to seek for the related information in their studies.
Saving trees! Student can access mobile apps and complete their homework and assignment online. This will help us to reduce time, workspace, money and conserve the environment.
Mobile learning applications are engaging and interactive. There were also gaming features that may create an enjoyable learning environment. These features allow students to fully immerse themselves in the learning process through incredible visualization.
eBook and online study are generally very fond to be used. These applications make it useful for students to search the appropriate study material through the mobile application.
References
[1] Criollo-C, S.; Guerrero-Arias, A.; Jaramillo-AlcΓ‘zar, Γ.; LujΓ‘n-Mora, S. Mobile Learning Technologies for Education: Benets and Pending Issues. Appl. Sci. (2021). 11, 4111.
[2] Drigas, Athanasios & Kokkalia, Georgia & Economou, Alexandra. (2016). Mobile Learning For Preschool Education. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM). 10. 57. 10.3991/ijim.v10i4.6021.