Analysis, best practices, and content creation for mobile learning

Mathtoons Media, Inc. is a Kelowna, BC based company founded on the belief that students want to be engaged in learning through apps on their mobile devices, and therein lies a significant component of future education. The company has created the Practi app for personalized mobile practice, thus far focused mainly on the practice of mathematics. Spiteri’s research team used Practi in a second-year numerical analysis course from Jan-Apr, 2015. The proposed research project aims to analyze the data collected from its use in that course, attempt to distill best practices, and create new content for an upcoming version of the course in Jan 2016. The expected benefits to Mathtoons are an analysis of Practi’s performance in a real classroom setting, an enhancement of Practi’s course content capabilities, and increased practical exposure of Practi to a new cohort of students.

Faculty Supervisor:

Raymond Spiteri

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Partner:

Mathtoons Media Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Saskatchewan

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