The Effectiveness of “Mandarinstories” Mobile LMS in Supporting Online-Merge-Offline (OMO) Learning

Online-Merge-Offline (OMO) learning as a hybrid learning model can be the answer to post-pandemic learning. Sharing between online and offline learning requires a media platform that bridges between students and learning content. The research objectives in this study are: (1) designing “Mandarinstories”, a mobile learning management system (LMS) that can meet the needs according to a needs survey, (2) testing the effectiveness of the mobile LMS developed through classroom experiments, (3) comparing learning outcomes in the group that only uses the mobile LMS and the group that uses the LMS developed by the university. This mobile LMS was developed using the Waterfall Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) method. Through testing the results of pre-test and post-test in an experimental group, it is known that using “Mandarinstories” mobile LMS in learning Mandarin can improve learning performance, which is indicated by increased learning outcomes. The results also show that there is an increase in learning outcomes in the experimental group using this mobile LMS.