Influence of Mobile Virtual Laboratory on Mobile Learning: Case Study of a Higher Institution in Nigeria
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Many studies have worked on virtual laboratory for desktop computers, yet the development of virtual laboratories for mobile devices is still at a developing stage because of its interface peculiarities and the assessment for its evaluation is yet to be established. This research has explored the use of Mobile Virtual Laboratory (MVL) for laboratory practicals in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria by designing, implementing and evaluating the developed MVL cross-platform application that works on different mobile operating systems, contrary to previous research works that deployed virtual laboratories for only specific mobile operating systems.A user evaluation of the mobile virtual laboratory developed was conducted wherebyasignificant relationship was found between conceptual learning, re-usability,mobile and virtual laboratories, whereas no significant relationship was observed with usability. Keywords-Cross-platform;e-Learning; Learning Objects;mLearning; Mobile Virtual Laboratory;Virtual Laboratory
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