doi: 10.4304/jsw.3.4.51-61
The effect of mobile phone screen size on video based learning
- University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of mobilephone screen size (1.65 inches - 2.75 inches) on videobased learning. It first examines the educationalbenefits of video as a teaching medium and surveysthe usage and issues related with video basedlearning. After which, it investigates the value ofvideo for mobile learning. It reports on an empiricalinvestigation that studied the effect that screen-sizehas on video-based m-learning. Findings indicatethat regardless of the screen size of a mobile phone,students tended to have a positive overall opinion ofm-learning and watching the video significantlyincreased their knowledge of the subject area.However, if an m-learning environment that reliesheavily on video based material is displayed on amobile device with a small screen, such as anaverage mobile phone, then the effectiveness of thelearning experience may be inhibited. Paperidentifies the underlying reasons why mobile phonescreen size may be a problem for video based mlearning.The implications of this finding arediscussed.
Keywords
- video based learning
- Video-basedlearnin
How to Cite
Nipan Maniar, Emily Bennett, Steve Hand, and George Allan, "The effect of mobile phone screen size on video based learning," Journal of Software, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 51-61, 2008. https://doi.org/ 10.4304/jsw.3.4.51-61
Copyright & License
Copyright © 2008 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).