Bridging the mobile divide : using mobile devices to engage the X and Y generationsPhil Cheeseman and Faye Jackson

IntroductionRoehampton University London Campus University – green field Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research 8500+ FTE Students Range of disciplines with strengths in Education, Dance, Psychology

Campus University – green field

Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research

8500+ FTE Students

Range of disciplines with strengths in Education, Dance, Psychology

LibraryUniversity Library At the heart of the campus Shared home for Library, eLearning, IT and Media Fully wireless enabled Variety of study spaces Increasingly making use of electronic resources

At the heart of the campus

Shared home for Library, eLearning, IT and Media

Fully wireless enabled

Variety of study spaces

Increasingly making use of electronic resources

Schools surveyWe used an audience response system, digital audio recorders and Flip video cameras to capture school children’s views on study environments.

Schools survey“Well this is our like learning place and we have like the rest room to do what you want like relax. Then you have like the leisure room and then you have like the learning place with the MyPod and the TV.” “We’ve got the MyPod, its like your bed, you fall asleep in it and in your sleep learning flows in to your brain and its only £15 milllion.”

Green RoomThe Green Room two rooms, strawberry and green comfortable, flexible furniture tea and coffee a social space for exploring, collaborating, informal training and fun open access for all staff with a range of classroom and mobile technologies

two rooms, strawberry and green

comfortable, flexible furniture

tea and coffee

a social space for exploring, collaborating, informal training and fun

open access for all staff

with a range of classroom and mobile technologies

Mobile and associated technologiesChargers and battery packsMobile interactive whiteboardWebcamsMini notebooksMultimedia PCPower MacHDD camcordersAudience response systemSmart phonesWireless digital picture frameseBook readerFlip video recordersDigital audio recordersDS lite games consoleWireless presenter

Projects Images and Identity Classroom technology toolkit Second Life development Mobile technologies in primary education Languages resource repositoryFisahara film festival workshop Auschwitz visit

Images and Identity

Classroom technology toolkit

Second Life development

Mobile technologies in primary education

Languages resource repository

Fisahara film festival workshop

Auschwitz visit

Tony McLeodWidening Participation TeamFeedback:“Returned voting system – students loved them!! Thanks”“Great space – valuable tools for brainstorming and group meeting.”“Creative writing woz here – we think its great! Buzzing with ideas and applications”

ContactsFaye JacksonHead of Library User Servicesf.jackson@roehampton.ac.ukPhil CheesemanHead of Academic Liaison Servicesp.cheeseman@roehampton.ac.uk