Using content on mobile devices

2. Module 4:
Finding, Using &
Designing Content for
Mobile Devices
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3. Finding, Using & Designing
Content for Mobile Devices
“...we need to be designing learning
experiences. And those experiences
should be - and we’ve known this for a
long time - should be varied
experiences.”
- Seann Dikkers, Ohio University
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4. Ways to Find Content
- Find Pre-Built Content
- Design Your Own
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5. Sources of Pre-Built
Content
App Stores -
ADVANTAGES
- Easy to Use
- Lots of Variety in Various Content Areas
- Some Content is Free (at least to begin with)
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6. Sources of Pre-Built
Content
App Stores-DISADVANTAGES
- Huge Variety Can Be Confusing
-Buying Content for Each Student is Costly
- Concerns About Student Privacy with Some
Commercial Apps (see Federal Trade Commission’s
Report:
“Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade.
”
(www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/12/kidsapp.shtm)
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7. Sources of Pre-Built
Content
App Stores-Importance of
Finding Reviews by Educators
Review Sites:
- I Education Apps Review (www.iear.org )
- The Mobile Native (www.themobilenative.org)
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8. Sources of Pre-Built
Content
Web-based Content that is Open for
Use - ADVANTAGES
- Available for free on the Web
- Often from highly reputable sources, such as universities
- Examples:
- Ted Ed http://ed.ted.com/tour
- WikiEducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org
- MIT Open CourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
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9. Sources of Pre-Built
Content
Web-based Content that is Open for
Use - DISADVANTAGES
- Hard to search by grade level, content area
- Content often is not originally designed for K-12
- Content may not display correctly on mobile
devices
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10. Sources of Pre-Built
Content
Content Repositories - ADVANTAGES
- Easy to search by grade level, content area
Examples:
- PBS LearningMedia
(www.pbslearningmedia.org/)
- Merlot (www.merlot.org)
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11. Sources of Pre-Built Content
Content Repositories - ADVANTAGES
- Some collections, such as Merlot below,
are searchable for specific mobile devices
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12. Sources of Pre-Built Content
Content Repositories -
DISADVANTAGES
- Limited number of collections and topics
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13. Designing Your Own
Content
Making Content Accessible for
Students with Disabilities
-Add subtitles or transcripts for all video
- Add descriptions of all image files
- Take advantage of built-in accessibility features
of mobile devices (e.g., VoiceOver text-to-speech
playback ability on all iPads)
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14. Designing Your Own
Content
Strategies for Designing Content for Bring
Your Own Device (BYOD)
- The Course Management System (CMS) Strategy
•Use the mobile options available for Blackboard, Moodle, other
course management systems
•SEE example for Moodle: M-Touch
(http://www.pragmasql.com/moodletouch/home.asp
x)
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15. Designing Your Own
Content
Strategies for Designing Content for Bring
Your Own Device (BYOD)
- The Mobile Web Strategy
•Build your course web site to support a variety of
mobile devices
•SEE: Smashing Magazine article on the Mobile
Web
(www.smashingmagazine.com/guidelines-for-mobile-
web-development)
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