Using a Mobile Vocabulary Application to Enhance L2 Learners’ Vocabulary Acquisition:  Possibilities and Challenges

Qian Xu; Jennifer Richardson; Zhuo Zhang; Zui Cheng; Fengping Guo

doi:10.24059/olj.v29i3.4918

Smooze Pro 2.0.24 Apr 2026

The app requires an active internet connection for some licensing features and official documentation is available on the Smooze official website .

Users can disable smooth scrolling for specific applications (like games or CAD software) or change scroll directions individually. Smooze PRO 2.0.24

It is widely used by trackball and ergonomic mouse enthusiasts to enable scrolling without a physical scroll wheel by using "ball-to-scroll" logic. The app requires an active internet connection for

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Zhuo Zhang, Qian Xu, Adrie Koehler, Timothy Newby, Comparing Blended and Online Learners’ Self-Efficacy, Self-Regulation, and Actual Learning in the context of Educational Technology , Online Learning: Vol. 27 No. 4 (2023)
Adrie A Koehler, Zui Cheng, Holly Fiock, Shamila Janakiraman, Huanhuan Wang, Asynchronous Online Discussions During Case-Based Learning: A Problem-Solving Process , Online Learning: Vol. 24 No. 4 (2020)
Wally Boston, Sebastián R. Díaz, Angela M. Gibson, Phil Ice, Jennifer Richardson, Karen Swan, AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDICATORS OF THE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY FRAMEWORK AND RETENTION IN ONLINE PROGRAMS , Online Learning: Vol. 13 No. 3 (2009)
Qian Xu, Jennifer Richardson, The impact of social media and gamification of a mobile vocabulary learning app: Self-regulation and learning persistence , Online Learning: Vol. 28 No. 4 (2024): Online Learning
Karen Swan, Jennifer Richardson, INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE SPOTLIGHTING PAPERS FROM THE AERA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING , Online Learning: Vol. 21 No. 4 (2017)
Karen Swan, Jennifer Richardson, Tadd Farmer, Introduction to the Special Issue: Highlighting the Best Papers from the OTL SIG AERA 2019 , Online Learning: Vol. 23 No. 4 (2019)
Wally Boston, Sebastián R. Díaz, Angela M. Gibson, Phil Ice, Jennifer Richardson, Karen Swan, AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDICATORS OF THE COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY FRAMEWORK AND RETENTION IN ONLINE PROGRAMS , Online Learning: Vol. 14 No. 1 (2010)
Tadd Farmer, Jennifer Richardson, Karen Swan, Introduction to Special Issue: AERA 2018 OTL SIG , Online Learning: Vol. 22 No. 4 (2018)
Qian Xu, Jennifer Richardson, Patrick Lowenthal, AERA OTL 2022 Special Issue Introduction , Online Learning: Vol. 26 No. 4 (2022)
Luke Bennett, Julie Smart, Daphne Wiles, Anna Morrison, Zhuo Zhang, Alexander Bowman, Yukiko Maeda, Braiden Doane, Development and Validation of the Pre-Service Teacher Online Teaching Motivation Scale (PST-OTMS) , Online Learning: Vol. 28 No. 3 (2024): Online Learning

1 2 > >>

Smooze Pro 2.0.24 Apr 2026

Most read articles by the same author(s)

scopus

DOAJ seal

OLC Membership

Information

For Peer Reviewers