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Mobile application to improve the learning of secondary school students

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DOI   10.25082/AMLER.2023.01.007

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Estiven Mayhuay De La Cruz
Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, Lima, Perú
Miguel Angel Trujillo Meza
Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, Lima, Perú
Laberiano Andrade-Arenas corresponding author
Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, Lima, Perú

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In recent years, there has been a low percentage of learning in all educational centres. This research aims to design a mobile application to improve learning and technical and soft skills in educational institutions in Peru. This way, it can be replicated in another country with a similar reality. Also, we used the Design Thinking methodology, which promotes innovation in each of its processes. Thanks to this, we focus not only on the application's development and deployment but also on users' experiences and feelings. During the methodology development process, the survey was used for data collection and analysis and the impact of the mobile application's development on education, having a population of 40 students, obtaining. As a result, a good acceptance of the mobile application, especially in public education.

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design thinking, education application, mobile application, soft skills

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De La Cruz, E. M., Trujillo Meza, M. A., & Andrade-Arenas, L. (2023). Mobile application to improve the learning of secondary school students. Advances in Mobile Learning Educational Research, 3(1), 586-595. https://doi.org/10.25082/AMLER.2023.01.007
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