Taha, AMY (2018) Investigating an Interactive Technological Self Study Conceptual Framework for On-board Maritime Education and Training. Doctoral thesis, Liverpool John Moores University.

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Abstract

Merchant marine officers have multiple specific duties and responsibilities to perform. Moreover, there is a need for a well-trained workforce to operate modern ships. In this era, the development of technological tools to assist in the delivery of the syllabus, and develop the marine cadets’ practical knowledge during training on-board is highly required. This study reviewed literature concerning Maritime Education and Training, in addition to personalised learning and online mobile learning. The research proposes the creation, assessment and validation of generic Interactive Maritime Education and Training (iMET) application, that is utilising Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, as a personalised interactive self-study mobile tool, with respect to cadets’ different learning preferences. The main aim of this research is to test the hypothesis that, the iMET tool has a direct positive impact on the Maritime Education and Training process on-board the training ship, and it is an accepted technology, hence will be actually used by the cadets on-board. In order to evaluate the research hypothesis, the researcher developed a generic prototype of iMET handheld application, as a proof of concept. Moreover, the researcher adapted a Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), from the existing TAM models, that had been used in previous research, in order to asses cadets’ acceptance to the proposed iMET application. Data collection in this research was based on triangulation, in order to measure the perception and expectations of the different maritime stakeholders affiliated with the iMET tool implementation. Accordingly, a questionnaire survey, a semi-structured interview and a quiz for cadets’ assessment was conducted. Data collection and surveys were conducted twice, in the pre iMET intervention development phase and post iMET intervention validation phase, in order to support justifying and validating the proposed technological tool in the current study. This research philosophy is a pragmatic research approach that applied a mixed methodology, to measure the cadets’ technology acceptance of iMET and their behavioural intention towards its actual usage. Finally, the research will discuss in detail the outcomes and finding.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Maritime Education; Maritime Training; Maritime Education and Training; MET; On-board Training; On board Training; Shipboard Training; Maritime Technology Enhanced Learning; Maritime Virtual Learning Environment; Maritime elearning; Maritime mlearning; Maritime ilearning; Interactive Maritime Education and Training; Intelligent Maritime Education and Training
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
Divisions:	Maritime & Mechanical Engineering (merged with Engineering 10 Aug 20)
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2018 08:00
Last Modified:	05 Oct 2022 11:28
DOI or ID number:	10.24377/researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk.00009149
Supervisors:	Wall, A, Frances, T and Kelly, B
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9149

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