M-learning Course Development and Practice Based on Tutor-Directed Online Teaching

Because the mobile devices, such as mobile phone and tablet PC, are sold at a cheaper price but performance better and better with the development of ICTs, more and more Chinese learners can afford these devices and use them to learn. This project explore a course framework to integrate m-learning technology into online courses, which are used in School of Continue Education, Peking University. This framework provides learners blended learning environment, in which learners can learn a course through PC, mobile phone and tablet PC without conflict, and get smooth learning experience among different devices. Through application in instruction for one term, the researchers find that the learners are satisfied with the interface design, tutor-directed function design and cross-platform learning experience. But the learners also propound some suggestion, such as give learners freedom to adjust calendar, optimizing app performance.