THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL USER INTERFACE IN DESIGNING MOBILE LEARNING APPS
THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL USER INTERFACE IN DESIGNING MOBILE LEARNING APPS
Author(s): Mircea Radu Georgescu, Roxana-Marina Popa StrăinuSubject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Natural user interface; mobile learning; technology enhanced learning;
Summary/Abstract: Mobile learning is a very wide term which encompasses not only learning principles, but also in most cases a bunch of smart devices, from smartphone to tablet or wearable devices. Any device that allows learning anywhere and anytime is a channel to information, a channel that helps gain knowledge and apply it, and this is the main goal of mobile learning. It is not so simple to develop such a system in practice. One of the most important question is how an app can be designed to support learning and to help the user and not to tangle him or her in mobile apps that are too sophisticated and difficult to be handled. In this purpose the Natural User Interface (NUI) principles help, and with this article we want to prove that the university students are interested in applications that are easy to use, fun and help learning in a natural way, without barriers like the dimension of the screen or the lack of features.
Journal: Conference proceedings of »eLearning and Software for Education« (eLSE)
- Issue Year: 12/2016
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 83-89
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English