Paper Info
Title
A Method for Developing Mobile Virtual Laboratories
Abstract
Virtual laboratories offer access to virtual science experiments and they are recognized as pedagogically effective in increasing students' interest in science, as well as students' motivation and engagement. Moreover, the proliferation of mobile devices has created a growing trend for developing mobile virtual labs. However, the process of designing and developing such mobile apps should be based on specific guidelines towards addressing the technical restrictions of mobile devices and improving end-user experience. Existing guidelines that aim to facilitate this process are the App Quality Alliance (AQuA) guidelines. In this paper, we identify common functionalities of existing mobile virtual labs and we exploit AQuA guidelines towards proposing a method for developing mobile virtual labs. Additionally, we apply this method for developing a mobile virtual lab, namely ASK Mobile Virtual Laboratory (ASK-MVL) and we perform an initial evaluation in terms of user experience.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ICALT.2014.12
Advanced Learning Technologies
Keywords
Field
DocType
computer aided instruction,graphical user interfaces,laboratories,mobile computing,virtual instrumentation,AQuA guidelines,ASK Mobile Virtual Laboratory development,ASK-MVL,App Quality Alliance guidelines,end-user experience improvement,mobile application design,mobile application development,mobile device proliferation,student engagement,student interest,student motivation,technical restrictions,virtual science experiments,Virtual laboratory,mobile app,mobile device,science education
Mobile computing,Mobile technology,Virtual Laboratory,User experience design,Computer science,Mobile business development,Mobile device,Human–computer interaction,Mobile Web,Multimedia,Mobile telephony
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2161-3761
0
0.34
References 
Authors
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Panagiotis Zervas19919.96
Ioannis Kalimeris200.34
Demetrios G. Sampson31310247.68