The implementation of mobile apps for visually impaired students’ mobility in undergraduate programme, Faculty of Education

Abstract

This study aims to test the results of mobile applications, namely social mobility and communication orientation models that can be used on android mobiles. This application is applied for problem-solving learning in understanding the concept of a campus environment for undergraduate visually impaired students majoring in special education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya. This research was conducted to measure the feasibility of a mobile application implemented through a questionnaire; then it was reviewed by a validation expert. Furthermore, performance test was conducted in order to be tested by the users. The application was deliberately created so that it can be operated via a cell phone. Based on the process of validity testing and practicality evaluation of the mobile application by the validator (electrical engineer) of all assessment items, the score obtained was 3.3 (good results). Meanwhile, the assessment to test application users as practitioners obtained a score of 3.2 (good results). Thus, it can be concluded that the application of the social mobility orientation model and mobile application-based communication to solve the problem of understanding the campus environment concept in the Special Education Department of undergraduate students for visually impaired students proved its worthiness.

Keywords: Social mobility and communication, mobile apps.