Moblogging Type and its Relation with Usability and Development of Knowledge Management Skills for Blind Students

Akram Fathy Mostafa*
Associate Professor in Instructional Technology, South Valley University (Qena) & King Abdulaziz University (Jeddah).
Periodicity:July - September'2015
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.12.2.3611

Abstract

The aim of the research is to explore the relation of mobile Blogging (Moblogging -MB) on the usability and development of Knowledge Management skills for Blind Students. The research followed a pretest and posttest quasi experimental design .Participants were 17 blind students from the third semester of the academic year 2015 in the course of Computer Applications in Special Education. (SPED 507) - the High Diploma in Special Education ( Visual Impairment branch) at the Program of Educational Graduate Studies at King Abdel Aziz University. The independent variable was MB type on two different levels: The first level independent variable is Text moblogging (TMB) and the second level independent variable is Audio Moblogging (AMB). Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected, including Knowledge Management skills test and usability measurement scores. Findings indicated that AMB participants performed significantly better than TMB in Knowledge Management skills and there are no significant difference between the medium range degrees of student average scores for the first experimental group (TMB) and second experimental group (AMB) in the usability measurement for blind students related to MB type.

Keywords

Mobile Blogging (Moblogging), Knowledge Management Skills, Usability , Learning.

How to Cite this Article?

Mostafa, A. F. (2015). Moblogging Type and its Relation with Usability and Development of Knowledge Management Skills for Blind Students. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology,12(2), 7-18. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.12.2.3611

References

[1]. Allee, V. (1997). “Twelve principles of knowledge management”. Training & Development, Vol. 51(11), pp 71-75
[2]. Ally, M. & Prieto-Blzquez, J. (2014).” What is the future of mobile learning in education?”. RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal, Vol. 11(1), pp. 142-151. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, University of New England.
[3]. Ally, M. (2005). “Using learning theories to design instruction for mobile learning devices”. Learning and Skills Development Agency, Mobile learning anytime everywhere. A book of papers. from MLEARN Retrieved on 19 May, 2014 from http://stu.westga.edu/~bthibau1/MEDT%208484%20Baylen/mLearn04_papers.pdf#page=14
[5]. Avery, S. et all. (2000). “Knowledge Management: Framework for Integration and Partnerships”. Retrieved on 30May014from http://wwwmillikin.edu/KMS/KMSascue.html
[6]. Avery, S., Brooks, R., Brown, J., Dorsey, P., &OConner, M. (2001). “Knowledge Management : framework for integration and partnership”, ASCUE 2001 Conference Proceedings, North Myrtle Beach, SC. Retrieved April 9, 2014, from http://fits.depauw.edu/ascue/proceedings/2001/avery.html
[7]. Babu, R. (2011). “Developing an understanding of the accessibility and usability problems blind students face in web-enhanced instruction environments”. [Doctoral Dissertation]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. (Accession Order No. AAT 3473492).
[8]. Babu, R. (2013). “Understanding challenges in nonvisual interaction with travel sites: An exploratory field study with blind users”, Retrieved on 30 May, 2014 from: http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4808. [Accessed February 2, 2014].
[9]. Babu, R. (2014). “Can Blind People Use Social Media Effectively? A Qualitative Field Study of Facebook Usability”. American Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 2(2), pp 33-41.
[10]. Beale, Russell (22–27 April 2006). "Mobile Blogging: Experiences of Technologically Inspired Design". CHI 2006 Experience Report.
[11]. Beckman, T. (1997). “A methodology for knowledge management”. Paper presented at Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on AI and soft computing, Banff, Canada
[12]. Bevan, N. (2008). “Classifying and selecting UX and usability measures”. In the Proceedings of Meaningful Measures: Valid Useful User Experience Measurement (VUUM), 5th COST294-MAUSE Open Workshop, 18th June 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland.
[13]. Bevan, Nigel (2001). “International Standards for HCI and Usability.” International Journal of Human Computer Studies, October 2001; pp 533 - 552.
[14]. Boeckers, D. (2013). “Tooling Audio Accommodations in Spanish 1 for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities”. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (pp. 3584-3589). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
[15]. Catalin B., Mihai D., Paul (2013). “Impact of the Security Requirements on Mobile Applications Usability”. Economy Informatics, Vol. (13). pp. 64-72.
[16]. Cemerlang, P; Nanyang Technol. Univ.; Joo-Hwee Lim; Yilun You; Jun Zhang (9–12 July 2006). "Towards Automatic Mobile Blogging". Multimedia and Expo, 2006 IEEE International Conference; 2033–2036.
[17]. Chen, H.-R., & Huang, H.-L. (2010). “User Acceptance of Mobile Knowledge Management Learning System: Design and Analysis”. Educational Technology & Society, Vol. 13 (3), pp. 70–77.
[18]. Cheong, R.K.F & Tsui, E.( 2010). “The roles and values of Knowledge Management : an exploratory study”. Vine, Vol 40 (2), pp. 204 - 227.
[19]. Cochrane, T.D. (2010). “Exploring Mobile Learning Success Factors”. ALT-J: Research In Learning Technology, Vol. 18(2), pp. 133-148.
[20]. Dillon, A. (2001). “Beyond usability: process, outcome and affect in human computer interactions”. Canadian Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 26(4), pp. 57–69.
[22]. Gose, E. & Riddle, D. (2014). “Tablet Wars...The Tablet Strikes Back: Evaluating Tablet Use in E-Learning”. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, pp. 672. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
[23]. Gould, J.D., Lewis, C.(1985): "Designing for Usability: Key Principles and What Designers Think", Communications of the ACM, March 1985, Vol. 28(3).
[24]. Huang, Y., Jeng, Y., & Huang, T. (2009). “An Educational Mobile Blogging System for Supporting Collaborative Learning”. Educational Technology & Society, Vol. 12(2), pp 163-175.
[25]. Knudsen, Jonathan (October 2003). "A Life Pictured Online". Technical Articles and Tips. Sun Developer Network..
[26]. Mart, VJM & Enache, M. (2008). “Managing personal human capital for professional excellence: an attempt to design a practical methodology ” Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Vol. 6 (1), pp. 52-61.
[27]. Nielsen J. (2009). Mobile Usability, Alert box, July 20, 2009.
[28]. Peterson, D. (2013). “Usability Heuristics for e-Text and Digital Course Materials”. In. Jan Herrington et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2013, pp. 1116-1121. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
[29]. Priti,J. (2011). “Knowledge Management: the foundation of organizational knowledge management”, SA Jnl Libs & Info Sci 2011, Vol. 77(1).
[30]. Budiu and J. Nielsen,(2011). “Usability of Mobile Websites: 85 Design Guidelines for improving Access to Web-Based Content and Services through Mobile Devices”, Nielsen Norman Group, 2011.
[31]. Rigby, Ben (2008). “Mobilizing generation 2.0: a practical guide to using Web 2.0 technologies to recruit, organize, and engage youth”, San Francisco : Jossey-Bass.
[32]. Siemens, G. (2004). “Connectives: A learning theory for a digital age”, E-learningspace.org, 12 December. Retrieved on 30 May 2014 from : http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivis.htm
[33]. Tutty, J. I. & Martin, F. (2014). “Effects of practice type in the Here and Now learning environment.” i-manager's Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 11(2), Jul-Sep 2014, Print ISSN 0973-0559, E-ISSN 2230-7125, pp. 17-27.
[34]. Wichansky, A. (2000). “Usability test in 2000 and beyond”. Ergonomic, Vol. 43(7), pp 998-1006
If you have access to this article please login to view the article or kindly login to purchase the article

Purchase Instant Access

Single Article

North Americas,UK,
Middle East,Europe
India Rest of world
USD EUR INR USD-ROW
Pdf 35 35 200 20
Online 35 35 200 15
Pdf & Online 35 35 400 25

Options for accessing this content:
  • If you would like institutional access to this content, please recommend the title to your librarian.
    Library Recommendation Form
  • If you already have i-manager's user account: Login above and proceed to purchase the article.
  • New Users: Please register, then proceed to purchase the article.