Design of a Mobile Application for Access to the Remote Laboratory

Abstract

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have play an important role in education which has given way to new lines of work and research such as Mobile Learning (M-Learning). Nowadays, more and more applications are designed and developed for the M-Learning. Experimentation with remote laboratories (RL) has become a technological achievement that improves student’s autonomous and experimental learning activities. This paper shows the aspects considered for the design of a mobile application using Ionic framework that allow the access to a remote physics laboratory aimed to the students enrolled of a distance programs to carry out experimental practices. The methodology was applied in phases: analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation. As a result, an optimized and cross-platform mobile application was obtained, with a graphical user interface (GUI) with a responsive design capable of adapting to any mobile device such as iOS and Android based on resolution ranges. The functional testing of the application accomplishes the requirements for which it was required.