Designing of Constructivist Mobile Application Learning Environments to Foster Creative Thinking on Basic Photography Skill for High School Students

Abstract

This research study aimed to synthesize a theoretical framework and design of a constructivist mobile application learning environment to foster creative thinking on basic photography skills for high school students. The target group consisted of 3 expert reviewers for content, instructional design, and constructivist mobile application learning environment design. The research methodology is developmental research; developmental research consisted of 3 processes: designing process, developing process, and evaluating process. The procedures were as follows: (1) to examine and analyze the principles and theories, (2) to synthesize a theoretical framework, and (3) to synthesize a designing framework. The result revealed that: 1) the synthesized theoretical framework comprises 6 components as follows: Contextual base, Psychological base, Pedagogies base, Creative Thinking base, and Technologies and media base. 2) The design framework of the mobile application learning environment to foster creative thinking consists of 6 components: (1) Problem base, (2) Resource, (3) Creative Thinking Photo Lab, (4) Collaboration, (5) Coaching, and (6) Scaffolding. The efficiency of this learning environment was evaluated by expert review. It was found that the learning environment is appropriate in 3 aspects: content, mobile application learning design, and learning environment design.