DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF MOBILE LEARNING-APP ON SELECTED BASIC TECHNOLOGY CONCEPTS IN ILORIN METROLIS

Abstract

The Integration of mobile technologies into instruction has a great potential to stimulate learning, engage students and improve classroom and outdoor teaching. In spite of the enormous benefits of mobile devices for instruction, mobile devices have not yet been deployed for learning in Nigeria secondary school, thus the objective of this study was to develop and evaluate mobile learning-App on selected Basic Technology Concepts in Ilorin Metropolis. This study is a research design and development of the Model type. Five (5) Educational Technology experts, five (5) Basic Technology experts and three (3) computer science expert were randomly selected for the study. Basic technology Learning-App, Educational Technology expert rating guide, basic technology expert rating guide computer science expert rating guide were employed. Mean rating and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The results of the findings indicated that ;(i) Educational technology experts rate the developed basic technology mobile learning-App as suitable for instruction with mean value 3.42> 2.5 (ii) Basic technology experts rate the developed basic technology mobile learning-App suitable for instruction with mean value 3.43 > 2.5 among others. The study concluded that the developed basic technology learning App is suitable for teaching and learning basic technology. The implication of these findings is that the learning App will create an effective teaching and learning experience of basic technology in upper basic secondary school. It was therefore recommended that; secondary school teachers should be trained on how to develop learning Apps irrespective of their area of specialization.