This is the workshop presentation I use in a rapid idea generation workshop. Participants work in pairs and use A5 paper forms that require each person to capture the idea in the form of a scenario description. After the workshop the forms are transcribed (use Dragon Dictate app!) and sent back to the people named on each form to invite them to think about it further and write up the cases/ideas in more detail.

1. 100 Great Ideas for
Smart Device Learning
Andrew Middleton, Sheffield Hallam University
Media-Enhanced Learning SIG
University of Huddersfield, 6th September 2013

2. Aim
Write a book together in 1 hour
by generating 100 ideas for
Smart Device Learning

3. What is Smart Device Learning?
Formal or informal learning enabled by
the student or staff use of smart
technologies, usually their own, including
smart phones and tablets.
Smart Device Learning exploits the
apps, media, connectivity, storage and
pervasive nature of the technology.

4. Characteristics of Smart Device Learning
• Personal and User-centred – managed according to the
preferences of the user(s) and producers (not institutional)
• Social and connected – ideas, questions and knowledge
shared
• Media – social and digital media (e.g.
audio, video, PDFs, web, etc.)
• Access - people, content, knowledge
• Flexible (time) – synchronous or 'just-in-time', any time
• Device neutral – across devices (mobile/fixed)
• Authentic and ubiquitous – location neutral
• Disruptive and Changing - personal innovation

5. What is Smart Device Learning?
Related to
• Mobile Learning
• Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD)
• Informal learning
• User-Generated Media
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6. How
Everybody here will come up with 3+ ideas
• Activity 1 – what we know about already
• Activity 2 - a creativity exercise
• Activity 3 – take another look
• Activity 4 – feedback, listen and construct)
• Use the supplied form
• Write clearly please!
• (Refine and sign off by email later)

7. Activity 1 – just 3 minutes
• Work alone
• Use the form to describe something you or
a colleague is already doing or an idea
that has already started to form for you.
• Each person needs to produce at least 1
idea each in this activity
• More ideas are better
• Come up with wacky but descriptive Titles
• Don't worry about spelling, etc! Just get
the ideas down on the form

8. Activity 1b – 5 minutes each
• Cryptically, start to tell the person next to
you about 1 or more of your ideas
• Listen and try to guess the idea before it
is all explained
• Make a note of what you thought they
were going to say
• Develop this as a new, separate idea
together

9. Activity 2 – Each pick a word
Perspective
Tutor
Optional
Emotion
Public
Change
Memory
Professional
Voice
Share
Repeat
Irregular
Moving
Collaborate
Formal
Alternative
Informal
Future
Expert
Habit
Real
Current
Authority
Timely
Subject
Anxiety
Access
Place
Immediate
Trust
Formulate
Store
... develop an idea based upon these words

10. Activity 3
• Write down 3 numbers between 1 and 32
• Give these numbers to the person sitting
next to you

11. Activity 3
These are your keywords
1. Perspective
2. Tutor
3. Optional
4. Emotion
5. Public
6. Change
7.Memory
8. Professional
9. Voice
10. Share
11. Repeat
12. Irregular
13. Moving
14. Collaborate
15. Formal
16. Alternative
17. Informal
18. Future
19.Expert
20. Habit
21. Real
22. Current
23. Authority
24. Timely
25. Subject
26. Anxiety
27. Access
28. Place
29. Immediate
30. Trust
31. Formulate
32. Store
... develop an idea based upon the words you have kept
Put 1 keyword aside for later

12. Activity 4 – listening back
• Listen back to some of the ideas
generated
• Listen and try to guess the idea
• Make a note of what you thought the idea
was going to be
• Develop this new idea together