Code puzzle: ActionScript 2.0 learning application based on problem based learning approach

Learning programming is difficult especially for novice programmers. The rapid development of mobile technology capabilities generates a new way of teaching called mobile learning. Thus, the purpose of this research was to develop a mobile game on the topic ActionScript 2.0 based on the Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach. The development of this Android mobile application uses ADDIE model as the reference model and Adobe Flash CS6 as the programming software. The respondents were 10 postgraduate students enrolled in an Authoring System course, one of the compulsory courses for the Master of Educational Technology program at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) where this study took place. The data analysis was conducted using the quantitative study approach and involved a motivational survey. The motivational survey comprising 16 items in the questionnaire adopted the ARCS Model of Motivation by [14]. This study found that through the implementation of PBL in the mobile game, students agreed that mobile games motivate them in learning programming, with mean value of 4.28 and standard deviation of 0.649.