The design of persuasive learning pills for m-learning application to induce enthusiastic learning habits among learners

摘要

The current teaching and learning (T&L) activities should exploit the benefits and advancement of mobile learning (m-Learning) technology in providing better learning environment for learners and instructors. Meantime, persuasive computing is the next area that should be coined together in developing m-learning applications. Persuasive computing as an interactive application aims to specifically change people's behaviour in a specific manner. Nevertheless, the objective of this paper is to propose the customised-design of learning pills that can be applied in T&L activities, as an alternative method to promote persuasion strategies in m-Learning environment. The learning pills are designed contextually using the Foggs' persuasion message categories, thus this paper involves students from the Requirement Engineering (RE) coursework. As initial results, it is found that the persuasive learning pills were successfully designed for m-Learning platform. At the same time the persuasive learning pills are expected to encourage learners to become more motivated in their studies by inducing enthusiastic learning habits and behaviour.