USE OF MOBILE PHONE FOR DATA COLLECTION DURING TEACHING PRACTICE ASSESSMENT: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

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ABSTRACT Considering the ubiquitous influence of mobile phones on modern society with continuous improvement in their functionalities, and decrease in related acquisition and operating costs, it is not surprising that mobile phones have been employed in a variety of ways to aid data collection efforts around the world. This paper critically x-rays the use of Mobile Phone for Teaching Practice (TP) Data Collection and assessment, to popularize its application towards resolving ambiguous challenges in TP data analysis. It discusses quantification of effective teaching as mean for evaluating teaching practice exercise, identifies several benefits associated with use of mobile devices for data recording and transmission during Teaching practice exercise. Initial cost of designing and launching of assessment form to the database, technology specification for application software built for such purpose among other challenges were identified. Training and retraining workshop is necessary to help users understand detailed procedure of assessment and method of data transmission were advocated.

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