Usability testing and evaluation of a mobile software solution: A case study

Abstract

Learning through mobile devices such as PDAs, mobile phones, laptops with wireless capabilities, today is integrated within education systems to deliver electronic contents and to support real-time communications. It is used as a tool to engage learners in collaborative, communicative, constructive and supportive activities. It is unique in ensuring ubiquity and mobility in learning without time, place and technical limitations. In the research literature, a number of successful m-learning systems are reviewed. Still there is lack of research about efficiency, effectiveness and usability of mobile learning systems. In this paper, we discuss the usability of a learning environment and propose a strategy how to implement a successful usable m-learning environment. MobileView is mobile application developed as a prototype for testing purposes as well as for developing a strategy for designing a usable m-learning environment.

Mobile Learning in the Institution of Higher Learning for Malaysia students : Culture Perspectives

“…Using design guidelines are important and crucial to ensure users satisfaction. Furthermore, the most important thing here is to get the design tested by several users, at four to five users [12]. As a result, the system should comply with the usability guidelines.…”

“…On the contrary, the cultural dimension factors needs to be argued, as people are not all uniform in thinking and executing their jobs and tasks. The quantitative approach in testing the application is also recommended [12]. Similarly, the qualitative research has also been conducted using 'Grounded Theory' with the 'Cultural Dimensions' model of Hofstede [5].…”

Solving of Lectures Timetabling Problem and Automatic Timetable Generation using Genetic Algorithm

“…Scheduling is defined as "allocation of resources over time to perform a collection of tasks, while taking all constraints into account, so that input demands are met in a timely and cost-effective manner" [1]. There are a lot of categories of scheduling inside educational institutions, such as teaching, exam and student scheduling.…”

Comparing developed MLUAT (mobile learning usability attribute testing) methodology with qualitative user testing method and heuristics evaluation

“…Hereby, the goal of this research is to compare the results of two usability testing methods aimed for e-learning and applied in m-learning and the one proposed MLUAT usability testing methodology for m-learning [2]. A similar study to e-learning applications is done by [4] for web-based e-learning applications.…”

“…It is a great challenge for the m-learning researchers and developers. Even though there are researches conducted regarding to best usability testing method for elearning applications, it still can not be applied in m-learning concerning the above mentioned arguments.Hereby, the goal of this research is to compare the results of two usability testing methods aimed for e-learning and applied in m-learning and the one proposed MLUAT usability testing methodology for m-learning [2]. A similar study to e-learning applications is done by [4] for web-based e-learning applications.…”