However, only a small number of studies have been conducted to explore educational affordances of WeChat. In summary, this study enriches research on mobile teaching and provides teachers with new perspectives in teaching digital mapping and other specialized courses to Surveying and Mapping Engineering majors.Īs one of the most widely adopted mobile and social media applications, Tencent WeChat ® (‘WeChat’) has been increasingly used in education at all levels in Asia, and in China in particular. Results suggest that the WeChat official account admin platform plays a positive role in attracting learners, spreading micro-content, promoting personalized learning, and evaluating real-time learning effects. Content analysis is combined with questionnaire survey to analyze the basic characteristics of learners, learning content, learning behavior, and learning effects. This study builds a mobile digital mapping teaching system to explore effective learning models for mobile terminals. Several mobile terminals have emerged, which strongly support the future of micro-learning of digital mapping. The continuous optimization of mobile techniques and the mobile environment has been witnessed in recent years.
The traditional teaching model, which is limited by classroom size, credit hours, and many other factors, can barely meet the teaching demands of a modern classroom. Digital mapping is a core and basic course for students who are majoring in Surveying and Mapping Engineering.