Learners' experiences of innovative 'flipped' and open curricula
Learners experience of mobile
1. The developing mobile landscape –
implications for learner’s expectations.
Rob Howe
The University of Northampton
Presentation at ELESIG Symposium 11th March
2013
2. 3-years of trend data
Growth in 2012 compared to (2011)
•Laptop ownership 88.2% (86%)
•Smartphone 83.4% (58%)
•Tablets 37.5% (21%)
•E-Book reader 27.3% (18%)
Technology ownership Dec 2012
(N=938)
100
80
60
40
20
Planning to own
0
Portable Media… Already own
Standard…
Handheld…
Assistive…
Gaming device
Smartphone
Tablet device
Laptop
ebook reader
Digital camera
Audio Recorder
3. Learner Considerations
1. Inclusion (device and
connectivity)
2. Accessibility (choice,
personalisation, control)
3. Usability and training
See the Learntech blog for more on this
4. Developing a supportive infrastructure
Different audiences (students, staff, prospects)
What’s possible? Learner’s will expect support
Services rated 'useful'
100
80
60
40
20
0
5. Need to join up University approaches
CIS (Timetabling) Marketing
Course info Mobile web page Jpg files Flickr Youtube
Web Library
Staff directory
team Systems
Talis integration
Events listings
LearnTech
News feeds Blackboard Learn
6. Creating mobile learning opportunities
• Introducing Mobile Learn to staff
– course design considerations
– support resources
– inspiration / case studies:
http://bit.ly/uonmobileart
Mobile for fieldwork
7. Is it working? Feedback from users
Being able to post
via a mobile means • Twitter Bloody good idea!
work in progress can (#iNorthampton)
be recorded in situ • Email
and shared • Blog
spontaneously. @UniNorthants now
• Spot surveys have their own app.
• Focus groups Snazzy.
• Pilots
Can access NILE when ever I
need to and if I need to Am not tryna gas but
check something quickly I thank God for the
can do. Also comes in handy Northampton app because
if can’t see properly in now I left my timetable at
lectures as can bring them home, I would have been
up on my phone. lost.
8. Top five tips
1. Identify needs (and decide which ones you can meet)
2. Develop a supportive infrastructure
3. Plan provision for mobile devices
4. Ensure inclusiveness
5. Stay in the loop.....
10. References etc.
Useful links
• More about the iNorthampton project:
http://www.northampton.ac.uk/mobile
• Guidelines on accessibility for the mobile web:
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
• TechDis on mobile learning:
http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/investinyourself/freeresources/accessiblemobile
learning
• Traxler, J. (2010) “Students and mobile devices.” ALT-J Research in Learning
Technology [online] 18.2, p149-160. Available from:
http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10759
[Accessed 10th February 2012]
• More info on JADU MyAPI (presentation by Steve Martin):
http://speakerdeck.com/u/s2martin/p/inorthampton-and-jadu
Image credits
• Photography by Rob Farmer, University of Northampton
• 3d characters from http://www.canstockphoto.com/3pod
Notes de l'éditeur
Welcome and introductions
As indicated in Dec 2012, laptop – 88.2% (86%) and smartphone 83.4% (58%) ownership now dominate. The rapid rise in smartphone ownership over the previous year and the increase in tablet ownership 37.5% (21%) is indicating a preference to move to these sorts of devices. 23.5% of respondents are planning to purchase a tablet device in the next 6 months.E-book reader ownership continues to rise 27.3% (18%) but it should be noted that many of the tablets and smartphones may also have E-book reader functionality.Staff and student ownership of smartphones are indicating a preference for IOS 43.6% (45%) and Android 35.8% (33%) devices. Blackberry represents 12% (16%). Other devices accounted for 7% which included Windows 3% (3%).Accessing email 96.5% and accessing NILE 81.8% represent the normal weekly activity of staff and students - 92.7% are accessing email daily. General social networks such as Facebook were being accessed at least once a week by 75% of the sample – this dropped for professional networks to 40.9%.With all types of technology use (personal and work related), a computer / laptop was mostly preferred over a mobile device - however the gap was close with regards to use of Facebook (60% used desktops compared to 58.5% using mobiles). Twitter was the only technology which was used more often on mobile devices (34%) than on desktops (26%). More detailed research is needed to establish whether this preference is simply related to usability (screen size), or whether it reflects the limited provision of ‘mobile-friendly’ services. With regards to patterns of use of mobile devices, 90.8%(80%) use texts and voice calls regularly; 78.7% (56%) regularly use their device to browse the web; 71% use their device to read emails; and 67% (44%) regularly use mobile apps.
- BYOD model, but also loan devices, campus wireless and portable wifi hotspots-Traxler’s paper on student devices- Accesibility – alternatives/adjustments Google search for ‘university provide ipads’
Logical progression - the needs determined the team (data sources), then needed a delivery platform (the supplier)
- informal feedback- focus groups (incl URB@N)- mobile learning pilots 85% of students rate Mobile Learn as ‘useful’ / ‘very useful’Library, Directory and Timetables score over 70%
Needs – not just data but platforms (Blackberry)Team – project manager, data experts, buy in and branding/consistency (Computing, NBS). Note time difference.