Learning and Collaboration App Development..

The client needed an Android application for Tablets to encourage creative learning approach in schools, colleges and other educational institutions. They wanted to create a centralized control over the learning process, equipping teachers with a great process to educate students using latest technologies. This App needed to have two modules – Teacher’s Module and Student’s Module – to be installed on their individual Tablets. The teachers would then control the application on student tablets and teach students.

• Creating an engaging Application Design

• Implementing three-tier working

• Centralized control of application (from Teacher’s module)

• Creating two different modules (for students and teachers)

• Prohibiting students control over App during the instruction process

• Compatibility with different versions of Android OS

Core Java, C, Android SDK, Flex, SQLite

To provide the desired functionality to the Android application, a three-layered approach was used as specified.

Therefore, the final app has a three-layered structure:

• Flash (Uppermost Layer)

• Flex (Middle Layer)

• Android (Basic Layer)

User interface was developed in Flash. All the content used for education was flash based. Flex acted as a container to display the Flash-based content and was also responsible for providing communication between Android (Basic Layer) and Flash (Uppermost Layer). Basic Layer was implemented as server/ client model which was responsible for device to device communication. This server/ client prototype was implemented via Android. It has been developed in Android 2.3 but supports higher versions too.

The end result was a wonderful learning and collaborative application for Tablets. It made the learning process fun for students and reduced the worries of teachers, as they got a technology-backed process to educate students. Its compatibility with multiple versions of Android OS helped in making it device-friendly and popular among educational institutions.