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SWC student bags key award for mobile courseware
SHARJAH- A member of the Sharjah Women’s College’s IT faculty has won an award for developing a mobile courseware (course software) to help students learn the lessons.
According to a press release, Ali Farhat won the Nikai 2008 Award for Innovation in Teaching because he came up with the idea of using the students’ most favourite technological device, the mobile phone, to create applications that promote learning in an innovative and fun manner.
The courseware has different topics that students are currently learning, including fractions, time and salary calculations, ratios and rates, linear equations and it generates infinite random problems which students could answer and get immediate results.
After a learning activity is completed, students can view the results and have the option of saving it so that their teachers can check it. The applications include learning activities and materials from the textbooks.
The applications that were produced were installed on students’ mobiles for practice and review. The courseware became a hit, according to a survey conducted among students.
This is the highest award that is granted by the Higher Colleges of Technology to a teacher who develops the most innovative project to enhance teaching and learning.
Farhat said, “Choosing mobile devices to develop learning applications has many advantages over more traditional computer applications. It is readily available at hand everywhere - be it waiting for the class to begin, travelling to the college or relaxing on a couch. All of these situations could be utilised for learning if students are given the right tools on their mobile telephones.”
He added putting study material and random exercises on mobile phones gives students the ability to practise and review information anywhere at any time.
“Geographical boundaries and schedule constraints have no effect on the learning process because mobiles are always with students,” he said.
A student said, “I have found it very useful. It allows me to practise solving mathematical problems anywhere and anytime and it gives me immediate feedback on how well I am doing. It is great fun.”
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