Abstract
Since the use of smartphones among students is usual, the introduction of mobile technologies in teaching and learning processes (m-learning) is becoming more and more frequent. Indeed, there are an important number of m-learning experiences using general purpose apps such as Dropbox, Facebook, apps provided by the mobile OS, etc. However, there are situations where it could be convenient to develop a customized app. The aim of this paper is making an analysis of the different open-source tools for creating m-learning apps that do not require prior knowledge of programming and choose the most mature for this purpose. Thus, the creation of these apps could be made by any teacher. We evaluate the usefulness of this tool, its accessibility for teachers without previous knowledge in programming apps, and the utility for students. Our choice was App Inventor.
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Ortega-García, A., Ruiz-Martínez, A., Valencia-García, R. (2016). An M-Learning Open-Source Tool Comparation for Easy Creation of Educational Apps. In: Valencia-García, R., Lagos-Ortiz, K., Alcaraz-Mármol, G., del Cioppo, J., Vera-Lucio, N. (eds) Technologies and Innovation. CITI 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 658. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48024-4_9
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