‘CLASSKICK’ an interactive online app to Support Students’ Learning: A case study on Mandarin as a foreign learning

Abstract

Abstract Technology evolution now allows for many things. However, it is hard to keep students engaged without a teacher’s physical presence contact. Educators may use interactive virtual applications to track students’ progress and giving feedback to keep them engaged. Due to the rise of online learning tools; students have an opportunity for personalised instruction and tailored to their specific needs. Thus, this article presents Classkick, an interactive web and mobile app supporting differentiated Mandarin instruction in higher education. A quasi-experiment was used to examine how influences students’ knowledge and the teacher’s teaching practice. Classkick enhanced the quality of Classkick learning and changed the way students learn. Classkick is a potential app for differentiated instruction. It helps teachers to differentiate instruction for individual need. However, students and teacher need to adjust self-concept to be more effective. The study found that Classkick which can be used to render integrated instruction that can minimise distraction. It showed that technology integrated lessons have a higher impact on student learning than traditional methods.