Reviewing mobile apps for learning Quran

Omar Mubin; Bayan M. Alsharbi; Mauricio Novoa

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-60703-6_37

Reviewing mobile apps for learning Quran

Omar Mubin, Bayan M. Alsharbi, Mauricio Novoa

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

The Quran is the holy book for millions of Muslims around the world and is read and learnt in Arabic. We are witnessing a spawning of many mobile apps claiming to provide a digitised experience of Learning Quran. In our research we present a thorough review of 37 such apps from the Google Play Store and 85 apps from iOS Apple Store. Our results shows that while most apps provide tailored interaction, in general the main target group remains adult Arabic speaking users. Moreover, real time feedback remains a sought after feature, due to limitations in speech recognition. Accreditation and authentication of the sanctity of these apps remains a key worry for most users. In conclusion, we present design implications emerging from our results that could be applied to mobile apps for Quranic teaching.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HCI International 2020 - Late Breaking Posters: 22nd International Conference, HCII 2020 Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19-24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II
Publisher	Springer
Pages	289-296
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783030607029
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60703-6_37
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Duration: 19 Jul 2020 → …

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ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

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