DESIGN OF A MOBILE LEARNING SYSTEM

AIM OF STUDY

The real value of Mobile learning lies not in accessing knowledge at any time, any placeand for anyone, but helping the right students to acquire the right skills and knowledge atthe   right   time   in   order   to   function   as   active   and   collaborative   participants   in   theinformation based society. Thus, the aim of this project is to design a web-based learningsystem,   which   would   provide   the   right   students   with   the   flexibility   and   motivation.

SCOPE OF STUDY

This project is focused on the creation of s fully functional, user friendly, Mobile based learning system for the Department of Computer Technology, which would allow for a level of user control in the sense that the application users have the option of selecting the best   available   method   they   can   learn   or  study   with.   The   application   would   have   an administrative section, managed by a super user which is the main administrator of the application.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE       …………………………………………………………….I

CERTIFICATION    …………………………………………………………II

DEDICATION     ……………………………………………………………III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT   …………………………………………………IV

ABSTRACT    ……………………………………………………………….V

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1   OVERVIEW OF THE CASE STUDY ………………………………....3

1.2    INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE LEARNING….……………………..4

1.3    STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM...……………………………........5

1.4    AIM OF THE STUDY….……………………………………………...5

1.5    OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY….……………………………………..6

1.6    SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW SYSTEM.……………………….......6

1.7    SCOPE OF THE NEW SYSTEM ……………………………………...7

1.8    CONSTRAINTS ON THE NEW SYSTEM …………………………...7

1.9    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ……………………………………...8

1.10  DEFINITION OF TERMS …………………………………………….9

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1   HISTORY OF INTERNET BASED LEARNING SYSTEM…………..10

2.2   OVERVIEW OF THE MOBILE LEARNING SYSTEM……………...13

2.3   REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE…………………………….. .18 

2.4   PEDAGOGICAL CONSIDERATION IN M-LEARNING SYSTEM....21

2.5   CURRENT TRENDS IN MOBILE BASED LEARNING……………. .22

CHAPTER THREE: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

3.1   ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM…………………………… 26

3.2   ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED SYSTEM………………………….  26

3.3   SYSTEM DESIGN……………………………………………................27     

3.3.1    INPUT DESIGN……………………………........................................27

3.3.2   OUTOUT DESIGN................................................................................27

3.3.3    DATABASE DESIGN..........................................................................28

3.4   SYSTEM PERFORMANCE DIAGRAM.................................................32

CHAPTER FOUR: SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION

4.1   SYSTEM REQUIREMENT.....................................................................33

4.2   SYSTEM CHANGE OVER PROCEDURE.............................................33

4.3 IMPLEMENTATION.................................................................................35

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY,CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1   SUMMARY.............................................................................................43

5.2   CONCLUSION........................................................................................43

5.3   RECOMMENDATION...........................................................................44

REFERENCES...............................................................................................45

APPENDICES................................................................................................47