MILAGE LEARN+: A Mobile Learning App to Aid the Students in the Study of Organic Chemistry
Custódia Fonseca, Marielba Zacarias, Mauro Figueiredo
Abstract
Interactive learning is one of the approaches that is very important to explore in higher education. Chemistry students own smartphones, laptops, and tablets and could use appropriate apps to complement traditional forms of learning. Here we introduce a new app, MILAGE LEARN+, which integrates several teaching strategies, such as mobile learning, autonomous learning, peer review, blended learning, and gamification. These strategies were evaluated by the student users through an electronic survey form containing 15 statements with responses graded on a Likert-type scale. Students rate the usage of novel teaching/learning strategies in the MILAGE LEARN+ app as something very positive. There is a positive correlation between the relative grades obtained using MILAGE LEARN+ and the final exam grades. Thus, in this experience, students with better results in MILAGE LEARN+ also had better results in the final exam.