This paper discusses the development of a
Yoruba language E-Tutor for mobile phones on the android
platform. The developed e-learning application is a simple
light-weight mobile based software that can tutor both kids
and adults on the basics of Yoruba language, the native
indigenous language of people in south western Nigeria.
Evaluation of the developed mobile app was carried out by
distributing questionnaires to 40 participants who installed
and explored the app and then rated it based on three
criteria (extensibility, ease of use and learning speed).
Results showed that 32 out of the 40 respondents (80%)
rated the app as above average (excellent or very good)
based on extensibility criterion. Similarly 87.5% (35 users)
and 77.5% (31 users) rated the ease of use and learning
speed above average respectively. We intend to make the
app available on the android market and to extend the app
to other mobile platforms.
Oluyinka Iyabo OMOTOSHO : is a Lecturer at the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Nigeria where she teaches
undergraduate and postgraduate students, supervises students'
project/thesis and does research in the area of Databases and
information Systems. Oluyinka obtained a Bachelor degree (B.Sc.
with Honours) in Computer Science from University of Ilorin, Kwara
state, Nigeria and her Masters (MSc.) and PhD degrees in Computer
Science from LAUTECH. Dr (Mrs) Omotosho has many peer
reviewed journal & conference papers across different research
areas of Computer Science including Database management and
Information Systems.
Ibrahim Adepoju ADEYANJU : is a Senior Lecturer at the
Department of Computer Engineering, Federal University Oye-Ekiti,
Nigeria where he teaches undergraduate students, supervises
students' project/thesis and does research in the area of Machine
Learning, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. Ibrahim
obtained a Bachelor degree (B.Tech. with Honours) in Computer
Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,
Ogbomoso, Nigeria and his Masters (MSc.) and Doctorate (PhD)
degrees from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK. Dr.
Adeyanju has several peer reviewed journal articles and conference
papers across different research areas of Computer Science and
Engineering including Pattern Recognition, Distributed Constraints
Satisfaction, Artificial Intelligence, Information Retrieval, Information
Systems and Machine Learning.
Akindele ODENIRAN : is a graduate of Computer Engineering at the
department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. This work presented in
this paper was part of his final year project report.
E-learning
E-tutor
Yoruba Language
Android
platform
Mobile app
The paper has discussed the development of an android
based mobile application for teaching Yoruba language. The implementation of the work was carried out in two
phases. The first phase was the design of the application
user interface while the second phase was the coding of
required functionalities. The application was developed
using XML and Java with SQLite database. The
application has been built to cater for different classes of
people that are interested in learning the basics of Yoruba
language for simple communication.
We intend to make the app available on the android
market (Play store). The application will also be extended
to other mobile platforms such as Windows and IOS to
reach a wider audience.
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