Developing An eLearning App with Mobile-Optimized software and Native mobile apps
There is of course a difference between Mobile LMS and Mobile-optimized E-Learning technologies. These differences are significant to make you understand why you want to choose mobile LMS and Mobile-optimized. Both of the technologies have their own advantages. So, what are the factors to consider for developing an E-Learning app with mobile-optimized software and native mobile app?
Usually, E-learners prefer mobile over laptop and desktop learning due to ease of access and carrying. This might not be the case with their laptop and desktop. Mobile is always available and easily accessible. Instant information is always accessible on mobile phones rather than laptops and desktops.
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But to make it easier to understand, here are the factors you need to consider to choose from both technologies. These are some important advantages related to the E-Learning market and technology.
1. Internet connectivity
There must be apps on your phone which you have noticed, that they have some features which work even if there is no internet. For example games, offline books, offline songs, etc. You only need to connect to the internet when you need to use specific features. For example, download new books, browse new songs, play online multiplayer games, share wins, gather extra points, etc.
If we use this feature in eLearning, one can study while being offline. This is the feature we can find in a mobile LMS or a native mobile app.
But with optimized web software, which is not exclusively made for mobile phones, this is not the case. One has to make use of the internet for everything they do on the app and for every action they perform on the app. This means one can’t learn without being constantly connected to the internet. This is a headache for people living in areas having poor connectivity. Think about people living in remote and rural areas, who suffer greatly in this case.
2. Fast accessibility
In a web app, optimized for mobile, it is a task to adjust it to your screen. It might not even work well and lack some features. It also requires more bandwidth and RAM. This implies that it could be longer for the site or app features and pages to load properly. This is a turnoff for online learners and those few seconds matter a lot. It is more annoying if someone has a slow internet connection to add to it. E-Learners are usually seeking to learn quickly, perform multi-tasking, and so on. They might also consider micro-learning. Someone is in emergency information or needs some instant information, mobile-optimized web apps prove to be a bummer but the mobile LMS or native apps save the day. Native mobile eLearning apps load faster and one can view things appropriately on the app made especially for mobiles.
3. Compatibility and Testing
Cost
Mobile-optimized E-Learning web courses/software need to be aggressively tested across multiple mobile platforms and UIs, screen types, and their multiple browsers. For example iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry, MIUI, Samsung UI, Mozilla, Opera, Chrome, Edge, Safari, etc. But this testing and compatibility process is way much easier and less lengthy in native mobile E-Learning apps. This is due to the fact that their code is already exclusively made for mobile phone learning. They just need to be designed for some specific Operating Systems, majorly iOS, Android, Windows, and Blackberry.
4. Learning experience
E-Learners cannot access all the features of the web software in your mobile-optimized version. This is because, Mobile web works as a function of trimming the content according to mobile usage, rather than fully optimized for a native app feel. This means that the mobile-optimized web software can’t let the E-Learners utilize the full learning experience and course features and functionalities. Learners don’t even realize what important features or functions are missing from this mobile-optimized web software version.
It also happens, that Learners are not able to start studying from where they left off, once they open the version on their laptop to pick it up again.
Also, in the smartphone version, the administrator functions are very limited. The professor, trainer or the administer always needs to be on their desk to perform admin functions and activities or to train and educate. But this facility is fully functional in native mobile apps, which are made exclusively for E-Learning. Admins are able to access every function and feature through their mobile phones, including important tasks like evaluations, editing, etc.
So, a native mobile app proves to provide a very easy and advantageous mobile learning experience as well as upgrading the accessibility for both, the front-end users and back-end users of the app.
5. Preferences and
customization
In a native eLearning mobile app, Learners get the functionality of setting their personal preferences according to their own needs. Based on their location, the native mobile app enables the E-Learners to view the most suitable and relevant version of the course content. This is possible due to the GPS functionality. It also covers their area language and provides relevant material. There are many profile settings available to help for further personalization of users’ accounts.
Tracking of information is also possible. One can the stay and interaction time on the app, the functions, features, activities, and interests they involve with, along with the mobile device they are accessing the app on. This information is important and can be tapped by the content developers and analysts to develop relevant content which can further benefit the E-Learners and other users.
If we talk about the E-Learners, app users, and app inverters, they might not dig this deep into the technicalities, compatibility, and functionality of the web software and mobile app.
You can now definitely see, that a native mobile app offers a better E-learning experience, to all kinds of users. A mobile-optimized web software provides a slow and limited experience with lesser satisfaction and E-Learning possibilities on smartphones. It compromises compatibility, functionality, and ease of use with a quite lower user experience than a native mobile app specially designed to provide E-Learning. The mobile app makes it easier for all kinds of users’ say, E-Learners, Educators, Investors, app Developers, security and quality checkers to do their job. All this ease of development, efficiency, and effectiveness of the app and better learning experience come with a reduced price too.
So, is it not a better choice to develop an eLearning mobile app Development natively than optimizing the web software according to mobile phones?
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