Development of an M-Learning application for early childhood education in emotional consciousness

Abstract

Mobile Learning (M-Learning) is an educational innovation strategy with the potential to contribute to the development of emotional awareness competencies in early childhood. For this reason, an application prototype was built with gamification elements aimed at preschool students, in four vulnerable educational contexts in the city of Popayan (Colombia). The design methodology followed an iterative process in four phases – Analysis, Design, Testing, and Delivery – and resulted in the validation of the visual design of the application by the end users, as well as a registration of the software. Additionally, the validation tests allowed us to conclude that the application in development facilitates the reflection, recognition, and management of their own emotions for infants.

Adaptation to the Context in M-Learning Application Using Mobile Design Patterns

“…In my analysis of literature presented in this section, I observed that the adaptation concept traited by several methods. For exemple, in [5], the adaptation is attained by the constraction of models based an iterative process. The author in [6] propose a procedure of adaptation that used a set of predefined profiles.…”

“…In this article [5], the authors developed an application prototype founded on "Gamification" foundations intended in preschool students, in four vulnerable educational contexts in Popayan city (Colombia). Design Methods studied an iterative process in four phases -Analysis, Design, Testing, Delivery -and resulted in end-user validation of the app's visual design, as well as software registration.…”

Ludificación digital en el aprendizaje en edad preescolar: una revisión sistemática de la literatura

“…(Nicolaidou et al, 2022) No Las aplicaciones de ludificación pueden constituir tecnologías eficaces de intervención conductual. (Torres-Rojas et al, 2022) No Los emoticonos y avatares son útiles para identificar emociones.…”

“…El foco principal de los estudios ha sido el aprendizaje. En menor medida, otros autores se enfocaron en mejorar ciertas habilidades sociales de los niños (Nicolaidou et al, 2022;Riska et al, 2021;Torres-Rojas et al, 2022).…”