These are the main slides for my talk at the Academic Practice and Technology conference (University of Greenwich), 2017, titled 'Keep Taking The Tablets'.

1. Space
?
?
Keep Taking The Tablets
@dompates #uogapt (04/07/17)
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2. AGC
AGC iPhone 7
Weight 31.75 kg 0.13 kg
Processor
speed
1 MHz 2.33 GHz
RAM size c. 4KB 2GB
vs iPhone 7

3. Humans vs Mobiles

4. City’s mobile usage
Blanket coverage =
around
700access points
across campus
2016 to date
405TB of downloads
2015 in total
327TB of downloads
At peak, around
7,500 devices are
connected to the
network
50-60% of
connected
devices are
iOS
30-40% of
connected
devices are
Android
Source: Paulo Leal, City‘s Network Manager (23/11/16)

5. How do your institutions support staff
and students to incorporate mobile
devices into teaching and learning?

6. Wireless Collaboration at City
To better facilitate
the affordances of
mobile technologies
for enhancing face-
to-face teaching
and learning
Market
research
Vendor
demos
Equipment
trials
Technology
shortlists
Staff
workshops
IT
negotiations
Engineering
pilot

8. Methodology
Observation
Pedagogy
Technolog
ySpace
extends
embeds
Pedagogy Space Technology
Engagement
Integration
with space
Support
required
Collaboration
Usage of
space
Maintenance
Pedagogy-Space-Technology Framework Observation Tool
Radcliffe, D; Wilson, H; Powell, D; Tibbetts, B (2009). Learning Spaces In Higher Education: Positive Outcomes By
Design. [PDF]. Proceedings Of The Next Generation Learning Spaces 2008 Colloquium. University of Queensland,
Brisbane.

9. Core findings
• Most activity
around
single table
• Teacher
close to
students;
inclusive
• Passed iPad
around for
student input
• Enabled addressing all
students collectively, rather
than one by one
• Easier to incorporate additional
material, relate lab to lecture
• Students more comfortable
contributing than when having
to leave seat
• Occasionally
lost
connection
with screen
• Remembering
to recharge
pencils
• Not all
teaching staff
saw
usefulness

10. Next steps
Test properly
on enterprise
network
Embed within
Civil
Engineering
Pilot with other
teaching
scenarios/
disciplines
Investigate
integration
with teaching
lectern
Look at
scalability

11. What other uses of a ‘wireless
collaboration device’ could you make
in HE teaching and learning?
Q&A

12. References
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
• https://www.quora.com/How-much-more-computing-power-does-an-
iPhone-6-have-than-Apollo-11-What-is-another-modern-object-I-can-
relate-the-same-computing-power-to
• https://igotoffer.com/blog/how-powerful-was-the-apollo-11-computer/
• http://history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch2-5.html
• http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/12/cpu-improvements-iphone-7-
apple-watch/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IPhone_7_Plus_Jet_Black.svg
• AGC simulator: http://svtsim.com/moonjs/agc.html
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/
• http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/there-
are-officially-more-mobile-devices-than-people-in-the-world-
9780518.html
• https://www.gsmaintelligence.com/
• http://www.census.gov/popclock/world
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/nycmedialab/14019756033/
Smartphone by George Agpoon from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0
iPad by Jason Schmitt from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0
iPad by Andreas Bjurenborg from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0
Tablet by Anthony Lui from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0
Tablet by Olaus Linn from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0
Smartphone by Nathan Grealish from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0
Tablet by Pham Thi Dieu Linh from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0
Smartphone by Ashley van Dyck from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0
iPhone by Marine Debeney from The Noun Project, CC-BY 3.0