Investigation And Study On The Using Of Educational Application In The Informal Learning Of College Students

With the rapid development of mobile devices, from the 1980s the hand cranked telephone and IC card public telephone to 90’s "big brother", "BB machine", and then to the 20th century black and white screen mobile phone, mobile phone screen, until today’s smart phones, laptops, tablet PCs, we honestly feel technology development in work and life bring convenience, the development of information technology to provide a solid foundation for the development of online education. In 2012, the Ministry of education of the people’s Republic of China released the ten year plan for development of informatization of education proposed that governments at all levels in education funding by not less than 8%the proportion of funding for education informationization charged, according to the estimation of informatization of education in our country exist billion market space, online education industry is considered to the most development potential. With the rise of the mobile Internet, online education gradually shift the to the end of the phone, many mobile phone users downloaded app education classes, and educational app to its flexible, to operate anywhere, anytime, interactive strong advantage in the capture of the large number of users and development trend. Posted on Sina China education grand ceremony education class in the app assessment report showed that as of November 2014. The total number of China’s educational app has more than 7 million, accounted for about 10% of APP market share, in the Apple App store after game app, which ranked second.Nowadays, the college students as the indigenous peoples of the digital age, growth in the mobile Internet era, learning to walk, talk also learn how to use smart phones, tablet PCs and other mobile terminal equipment, university stage is an important period of transition from one kind of learning, by supervised learning change for autonomous learning, by formal learning change for both regular students and informal learning, even in informal learning based, teaching content by little and shallow into instead, teaching speed by explain less discussed less to explain more thinking and more discussion and learning tasks by University clear objectives for learning knowledge skills. And educational application undoubtedly provides a wider world of informal learning for college students, college students can through educational application in their favorite good field to seek more and more knowledge, find study partners, for its using spare time learning provides a convenient, make learning everywhere.This research mainly through the literature research, questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews, to understand education class APP in the application of college students’ informal learning situation, the problems existing in the analysis of various aspects, and puts forward some countermeasures for its effective application, in the hope of developers to develop the learners really helpful, in learning have promoting effect of products, for users to improve educational application in the informal learning efficiency provide certain guidance and advice.Paper is divided into seventh parts:The first part introduces the research background, research status, research purpose, significance and research contents and methods.The second part introduced the connotation of educational application, characteristics, classification, informal learning is outlined, and related theoretical basis. APP and educational application are classified. According to the characteristics of the user points to preschool education classes, language classes, primary and secondary school classes, exams and other classes, on the education of college students to use the app according to the learning objectives for language learning, professional counseling, skill to broaden the class, examination training, integrated platform class, according to the learning content is divided into classroom, question library, dictionary and tools.The third part is educational application in informal learning for college students in the application status of research design, first of all is questionnaire design, implementation of the questionnaire to conduct a feasibility analysis, and then design the questionnaire, questionnaire variables selected. After the questionnaire to test and modify, formed the formal questionnaire, from six dimensions in the investigation. Then the implementation of empirical research, for the sample selection, questionnaire, through depth interviews in various ways, then the questionnaire data collection of entry and statistical analysis, the validity and reliability of the questionnaire in inspection.The fourth part for educational application in informal learning for college students in the application of survey data analysis and conclusion, through the statistics of the questionnaire, analyzes the basic situation of the sample of the questionnaire, from learning resources, learning behavior, learning environment, learning attitude of college students use educational application for informal learning analysis, and from the gender, grade, age, professional four different angles, analyze the difference, for failure to install educational application classes students in-depth analysis by the analysis on the contents of the interview, come to the conclusion of the investigation.The fifth part summarizes the problems and reasons existed in informal learning for college students towards educational application, educational application in informal learning for college students in the existing problems from mobile devices, network, educational application, students, school and the society were summarized, and dig the reason.The sixth part puts forward some related countermeasures for the problems of APP in college students’ informal learning, and puts forward the feedback of the survey object, and gives examples to the corresponding countermeasures.The seventh part of the conclusion and deficiencies are summarized, and put forward the idea of further research, educational application development road resistance and long, I hope this research for the future educational application has a foreshadowing, exploring the role.