Superstar Learning System
Superstar Company was established in 1993. There are more than 40 branches and offices in China and the United States. The business scope of the company includes technology development, technology promotion, technical consultation and technical services, computer technology training, data processing, etc. Superstar Company (http://www.chaoxing.com/) has launched a mobile app learning platform, namely Superstar Learning System, which is a convenient app to learn whenever or wherever. Teachers can upload all the teaching resources on the app through computers or smartphones. Students may have an easy access to mass learning resources and learn collaboratively with peers.
Superstar Learning System, designed and developed by Superstar Company, is a professional mobile learning platform for smart phones, tablets and other mobile terminals. Users can borrow books, inquire about information, collect data from the library, search electronic resources, download learning resources, search and browse information from the library, learn a course, conduct peer or group discussion, read electronic books or journals, view the information of organizations, have access to various kinds of newspapers, articles, or books in many languages. It can also provide a learning platform to provide users with convenient and fast mobile learning services. Students can also implement collaborative learning through Superstar Learning System.
Compared with other learning technologies, e.g. Rain Classroom and Kahoot!, Superstar Learning System realizes the whole process of student learning and teacher-student interaction, data recording, analysis, and application, which allows learners to view the details of any activity. Superstar Learning System can also encourage student participation, and assist teachers to carry out data analysis and make timely teaching adjustments (Kang, 2017). It realizes a mixed teaching model, stimulates the student-centered teaching, breaks through the traditional teacher-centered pedagogical model, and improves students' learning autonomy (Wang, Liu, & Gu, 2019). However, very few researchers have been committed to the Task-Technology Fit (TTF) Model of this mobile learning device. It is thus meaningful to explore the TTF Model of Superstar Learning System.
The e-collaborative learning style indicates the learning model where students collaborate with peers or teachers in form of teams or groups to achieve learning goals (Jaime et al., 2013), through which learners could share opinions and learning resources through an online platform (Szewkis et al., 2011). During this special COVID-19 pandemic, the teaching model is changing and the traditional teaching model can no longer cater to the needs of learners and teachers. The type of pedagogical reform makes the information exchange between teachers and students faster and more convenient. In today's education model of network popularization, Superstar Learning System integrated into mobile phone comes into being, conducive to an e-collaborative English learning style.
An e-collaborative English language learning style was constructed based on the use of Superstar Learning System (Figure 1). The e-collaborative style was implemented through both students and teachers. On one hand, Superstar Learning System could provide a sea of learning resources on the online platform, where students could download and share them with peers. They could watch videos to learn English language knowledge either with their peers or on their own. They can share opinions with an aim to solving difficult problems. Through group work, students could continue to learn and have access to the online platform of Superstar Learning System. On the other hand, teachers could deliver knowledge through the platform. Students could acquire the knowledge through group discussion and peer collaboration. Teachers could provide timely feedback to any issue raised by the students. Teachers could then adjust the teaching progress based on students’ learning outcomes.