This document discusses using SQLite to create mobile language learning applications. SQLite allows creating responsive materials through a lightweight relational database that can present interactive content and feedback on mobile devices. The proposal is to organize traditional learning materials into a SQLite database for use on Android devices. This would allow lookup of terms through a dictionary and practice of multiple choice questions. The multiple choice questions could provide immediate feedback to users and incorporate gaming elements to motivate learning. Such applications could enhance mobile learning by making materials conveniently accessible anywhere and through responsive, personalized interactions.
2. Vision of all
• Learner autonomy
• To forge independent,
autonomous & self-
directed learners
3. Special importance
• For a bachelor’s degree
120 credits per annum
8 hr x 40 weeks = 320 hr
< 1 class hr daily
• Most learning has to
happen out of the
lecture room
• Autonomous learning is
a must-have skill for
tertiary students
• How? Tech knows.
4. 1. Convenient access
• On-demand, stand-by
• Not restricted by physical
locations and equipment
• Both formal and informal
• Mobile tech, more powerful,
deep penetration
5. Mobile learning
• New behaviours
• Portable: anytime,
anywhere, at the point
of need;
• Personal: in and beyond
the classroom, self-
directed
• New trend:
• in the U.S., over 50% of
middle school students use
smartphones and tablets
for in-class and at-home
study; for high school
students, the percentage is
above 60%
(Harris Interactive, 2013).
6. 2. Responsive materials
• Traditional but interactive:
• Can present appropriate content to address queries
• May give feedback to their performance (automatic,
immediate; probably yes/no)
• Structured and interrelated data
7. SQLite
• Standard Query Language
• A light, fast and compatible
relational database
management system
• Easy to build and maintain
(Excel medium)
8. My proposal
• Synergy: traditional materials on static paper
reorganized in the form of database on Android
• Two levels of data manipulation:
Simple – dictionary reference
Sophisticated - multiple-choice questions (MCQ)
11. MCQ
Features:
• Knowledge-based (largely recalling or reproduction)
• Flexible (suitable for various disciplines)
• Easy to use, esp. large-scale
Widely used in language testing and beyond
Able to provide immediate feedback
MCQ on mobile?
16. Five grades
• Motivation
• Progress and
performance records
• May share no. of
solved problems and
rating on social media
17. For other disciplines
• Esp. for study of medicine and law
• Multiple choice questions in haematology
• Echocardiography Board Review: 400 Multiple Choice
Questions With Discussion
• Cardiovascular MRI: 150 Multiple-Choice Questions
and Answers
• Anatomy. 1800 Multiple Choice Questions
• …
18. Demo 3
• Questions &
answers: Evidence
• Long text body, detailed
explanations
• A 10-inch tablet
19. Further development
• Go web
• Island hopping:
Sequential & progressive
MCQ; May leap to
advanced levels with
outstanding performance
20. Summary
• Interactive response, although yes/no dichotomy;
• Enhance fingers-on learning from pocket to palm;
• Facilitate informal and fragmented learning;
• Only suitable for discrete-point MCQ