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  Development of Android-Based Yoruba Language Mobile E-Tutor  
  Authors : Oluyinka Omotosho; Ibrahim Adeyanju; Akindele Odeniran
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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.

 

Published In : IJCSN Journal Volume 4, Issue 4

Date of Publication : August 2015

Pages : 632 - 637

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Publication Link : Development of Android-Based Yoruba Language Mobile E-Tutor

 

 

 

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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