GeoNaija: Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of Geography through Mobile Applications

Recently, researchers have identified several challenges attendant to the teaching and learning of Geography in Nigerian secondary schools. Consequently, in order to address these issues we propose GeoNaija – an educational mobile application platform that aid the teaching and learning of Geography. For the development of the application, we employed the cyclical ever-evolving analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) instructional design method. This method was chosen due to the fact that it is popular, easy to apply, allows for rapid prototyping, saves times and provides continual feedback. The newly developed mobile app will make the teaching and learning of Geography concepts easier, captivating and delightful for both the students and the teachers. The significance and value of the research was made clearly evident through a survey that elicited students’ responses on questions relating to the app’s presentation, visual, navigation and accessibility design. 90 secondary students was used for the survey. The study affirmed that developed mobile application will positively change the perspectives of the students and help eliminate the gap between the conventional and other informal forms of education.