Authors : Faridah Yahya, Nur Syahirah Zainuddin and Adidah Lajis
Abstract: Teaching aids materials are widely used in the process of teaching and learning in the current century in order to stimulate the interest of students. Multimedia tools combined these materials improved student’s understanding of the subject. This project aimed at using technology by embedding it in the teaching tools. Prototype of the project built with the concept of interactive teaching aid for teachers to deliver information to student effectively. Biology subject chosen due to the complexity and many facts that need to be memorize. It is a form 4 subject under Malaysian education syllabus for science stream. Selected topic for the subject known as nutrition. Using MIT App inventor, online programming software, the interactive application developed with elements of multimedia and user interfaces. Android operating system used as the building platform. The prototype equipped with questions to test student knowledge. The prototype project successfully built and deployed as an application for android smartphone users. User acceptance test done randomly by selected students in form 4 and 5 of selected secondary school in Malaysia. Questionnaires given to 10 selected respondent to analyses on the usage of the prototype application. Tests done in the web browser and android-base phone. Selected users tested the application successfully.
Faridah Yahya, Nur Syahirah Zainuddin and Adidah Lajis, 2020. eBiology Interactive Learning for Biology in Secondary School. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 938-947.