Title :
Developing an M-Learning Pilot for Qur´an and Its Sciences
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Prince Sultan Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
In this project we use the technologies of virtual reality, conversional interfaces, animated touch screens, metro-style navigation to allow users to immerse inside Qur\´an and some of its related sciences. The goal is to build a small scale implementation of only Part 30 "ÌÒÁ Úã" of a Conversional, Animated Qur\´an Memorizer application. The implementation is ported on major smart phones and here w describe the system model and design decisions. Major features of the application are demonstrated and explained. The animated conversional interface is described with its options to change view and customize its drop down menus locations and contents. The flexible indexing of both Qur\´an, its narrators, types of recitation, links to Tafseers and glossaries along with the metro-style touch screen navigation and book marking are demonstrated. The search capability of both text and audio has been demonstrated. Tracking of what one has memorized from each Surah so far with ability to change text display through the Qur\´an viewer (e.g. display movement characters (ÇáÊÔßíá)) are demonstrated. The bi-lingual display of Qur\´an Tafseers and glossaries are also demonstrated. Changing setting and getting help are also demonstrated. Audi recording is implemented but audio voice recognition, correction and teach exams have not been implemented completely yet in the current small scale implementation. In fact the usability of the conversional, animated, immersive interface screens allows easy interaction with the application. Also on-line help is extensive and allow easy navigation among various interface screens.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer animation; glossaries; humanities; indexing; information retrieval; mobile computing; natural language processing; smart phones; speech recognition; teaching; touch sensitive screens; user interfaces; virtual reality; Qur´an viewer; Surah; Tafseers; animated conversional interface; animated touch screens; audio recording; audio voice recognition; bilingual display; book marking; conversional animated Qur´an memorizer application; conversional interfaces; design decisions; drop down menus contents; drop down menus locations; glossaries; indexing; interface screens; m-learning; metro-style touch screen navigation; online help; sciences; search capability; smart phones; system model; teach exams; text display; virtual reality; Continents; Earth; Navigation; Orbits; Satellites; Speech; Speech recognition; Animation; Conversional Interface; Metro-Style Navigation; Mobile Application; Quran; Virtual Reality;
Conference_Titel :
e-Learning "Best Practices in Management, Design and Development of e-Courses: Standards of Excellence and Creativity" , 2013 Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manama
DOI :
10.1109/ECONF.2013.14