This presentation was part of a workshop I led at the MobiLearnAsia 2013 Conference in Singapore, 2-3 October 2013.

1. BYOD in UK schools:
premise, promise,
precaution,
prediction
Terese Bird
Learning Technologist
and SCORE Research Fellow
Institute of Learning Innovation
MobiLearnAsia 2013
October 2 – 3, 2013 Singapore
www.le.ac.uk
Photo courtesy of Dave Lawler on Flickr

2. What shall we talk about?
• Premise
• Promise
• Case studies
• Precaution
– Environment
– Infrastructure
– Cyberbullying
Burbank Elementary School by MASCD on
Flickr

3. Premise:
Bring Your Own Device – what‟s the idea?
• Students have their own devices
• Students have their own devices with them
in every class
• Students‟ own devices are often better than
institutional equipment
• Students know how to use their own devices
• Schools can save money by relying on
students‟ devices

4. What stuff are we talking about?
Chronologically…
• Featurephones
• Cameras
• Smartphones
• Tablets
• Phablets
Enquiry-based learning task – Photo courtesy
of Ewan Macintosh on Flickr

5. Promise:
How many schools considering BYOD?
„Tablets and apps in schools‟ survey, May 2013
632 UK schools (327 primary, 305 secondary)
(British_Educational_Suppliers_Association, 2013)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
2012 - 52% 2013 - 67%
Percentage

6. Leicester schools
• “Some schools in Leicester are already supporting the
use of student owned mobile phones in lessons. There
are several drivers that make this a good time for
Leicester schools to investigate an expanded and
strategic approach to BYOD.”(Fraser, 2012)
• Building Schools for the Future Programme
• Network infrastructure
• Digital Literacy
http://lccdigilit.our.dmu.ac.uk
Photo Creative Commons
by Charles Rodstrom

7. How to do BYOD correctly
• Know why you‟re doing it
• Network infrastructure
• Digital citizenship
• Communicate expectations
• Empower teachers
• Autonomy, choice, commonality
(Bevacqua, 2012)
• http://figuringitouted.blogspot.co.uk

8. How BYOD is really happening
• Teachers notice that
students are using
mobiles for learning
• Teachers realise they
can leverage this
• Teachers individually
allow some mobile use in
class
• Management begins to
consider BYOD
• Network
infrastructure
• Policy

9. Common BYOD uses
• Internet search (Examples of QE1 College
and Wirral secondary school)
• Camera (can send to Flickr, Instagram or
keep personal)
• Sound recording (SoundCloud, AudioBoo)
• Voting
• Cross-platform learning apps
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/sep/10/mobile-phones-classroom-teaching

10. Field work
“Tools of the mobile journalism trade” photo by noodlepie, Flickr

11. QR Codes on field trips &practicals
Photo Tbird –
taken at Centre
for Alternative
Technology, Ma
chynlleth

12. Let‟s try it!
• Email me one BYOD good or bad point
• terese.bird.byod@blogger.com
• Now check http://byodbird.blogspot.co.uk

13. Reading
• Try epub instead of pdf
• Calibre
– Begin with a Word doc
– Save as htm
– Import into Calibre
– Convert to epub
– Email it or post on VLE/LMS

14. Social Media
• Twitter – students can follow
– Alex Bellos @alexbellos – maths
– National Geographic @NatGeo – geography
– Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield – astronaut
• YouTube – Kahn Academy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQMU-lsMb3U
“When they’re watching a
YouTube video, they don’t know
that they’re learning; they think
they’re just having fun!”

16. Precaution 1: Consider the environment
• Furniture
• Power sockets
• Wireless
network
• Special
charging
lockers
Georgia Institute of Technology; photo courtesy of
jisc_infonet on Flickr

17. Consider the environment
Cumbria University; photo
courtesy of jisc_infonet on Flickr
Photo by flickingerbrad on Flickr

18. Precaution 2: Network infrastructure
• 100mb/s
• Gigabit Ethernet switches
• 1 wireless access point per 20 students
(Tablets for Schools, 2013)
http://www.tabletsforschools.co.uk

19. Precaution 3:
Challenge Cyberbullying with Culture
• Encourage good digital citizenship
• Have an enforceable „acceptable use
policy‟ of mobile devices in school
• Must have a cyberbullying policy
(SouthWest_Grid_For_Learning, 2013)

20. What teachers are saying:
• “It‟s not stranger-danger anymore we
need to warn them about; they might
bully each other”
• “They probably have already made a
Facebook page for their form”
• “If you act responsibly, you can use your
mobiles”

21. “We lifted the ban on mobile phones last
term because we realised that the
students (some 1600) of them had all got
powerful computers in their pockets and
we just wouldn't be able to afford to
provide all of them with that level of
technology.”
-Graham Parker, Deputy Head and Head of
E-Learning, St. Julian‟s School, Newport

22. Prediction
2011
Provided tablets 2013Some provided
tablets, suggested
models for
purchase by
parents
2015
Students fully
bring their own
Photo by
Bjmcdonald on Flickr

23. Thank you!
Terese Bird tmb10@le.ac.uk
• Bevacqua, J. (2012). Figuring It Out: BYOD Leadership Implications. Figuring It Out Blog.
Retrieved September 25, 2013, from http://figuringitouted.blogspot.ca/2012/06/byod-
leadership-implications.html
• British_Educational_Suppliers_Association. (2013). BESA press release: An increasing
number of schools consider “BYOD” | BESA. BESA Website. Retrieved September 25,
2013, from http://www.besa.org.uk/news/besa-press-release-increasing-number-
schools-consider-byod
• Childnet_International. (2013). Are you a responsible digital citizen? Digizen Online
Game. Retrieved September 26, 2013, from
http://www.digizen.org/resources/cyberbullying/interactive/
• Fraser, J. (2012). Leicester City Schools Taking BYOD Forward | LCC SchoolTech. LCC
School Tech Weblog. Retrieved September 25, 2013, from
http://lccdigilit.our.dmu.ac.uk/2012/06/28/leicester-city-schools-taking-byod-
forward/
• SouthWest_Grid_For_Learning. (2013). South West Grid for Learning Trust -
Cyberbullying. South West Grid for Learning Website. Retrieved September 26, 2013,
from http://www.swgfl.org.uk/Staying-Safe/For-Schools/Advice/Cyberbullying
• Tablets_For_Schools. (2013). Choosing a Broadband Solution for School Tablet Schemes
| Tablets For Schools. Tablets for Schools Website. Retrieved September 26, 2013, from
http://www.tabletsforschools.co.uk/wifi-broadband-2/