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Mobile Virtual Laboratory in Nigeria

Authors: AWODELE Oludele , Ogundipe , Goga , & Omotosho Adewale

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of Engineering And Computer Science

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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 cross-platform Mobile Virtual Laboratory architectural framework was developed with the client side in Java and the server
side in PHP. This had four layers which were application server, database server, client (Mobile device) and the admin console
and the Rapid Application Development (RAD) model was used. Thereafter science laboratory practicals were uploaded and
one hundred and twenty students were purposively selected to evaluate its implementation.
A user evaluation of the mobile virtual laboratory developed was conducted to evaluate its usability, conceptual learning and
re-usability. Using the Fiedman’s test, a significant relationship was found between Mobile Virtual laboratories and
conceptual learning, and also with re-usability, whereas no significant relationship was observed with usability.
Analysis of this study indicates that while there is important evidence in Nigeria that there is an increase in the usage of mobile
devices, more research work needs to be carried out on how it can be used positively to impact educational outcomes. This
research demonstrated the superiority of the developed framework over other existing techniques for it being a cross-platform
solution. Though targeted at tertiary institutions it could be integrated into teaching science laboratory practicals at all levels.

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AWODELE,O. Ogundipe,O. Goga,N. Omotosho,A. . (2015). Mobile Virtual Laboratory in Nigeria, 4 (), 11417-11417.

AWODELE,O. Ogundipe,O. Goga,N. Omotosho,A. . "Mobile Virtual Laboratory in Nigeria" 4, no (), (2015): 11417-11417.

AWODELE,O. and Ogundipe,O. and Goga,N. and Omotosho,A. and . (2015). Mobile Virtual Laboratory in Nigeria, 4 (), pp11417-11417.

AWODELEO, OgundipeO, GogaN, OmotoshoA, . Mobile Virtual Laboratory in Nigeria. 2015, 4 ():11417-11417.

AWODELE,Oludele , Ogundipe,Oluwole , Goga,Nicolae , and Omotosho,Adewale . "Mobile Virtual Laboratory in Nigeria", 4 . (2015) : 11417-11417.

A.Oludele O.Oluwole G.Nicolae & O.Adewale , "Mobile Virtual Laboratory in Nigeria" vol.4, no., pp. 11417-11417, 2015.

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