The findings from the Mobile Futures Project 2012. An iPad trial developed for the Library, Financial Planning, Accounting, ESOL and Library studies students. Class set were purchased to share across teaching sections and finding documented in this presentation.

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Gihan Lahoud – Sydney Institute

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Mobile Futures – (research project) objectives
/ Technologies and trends in the mobile
space
/ Recommendations and risk analysis
/ Mobile compatibility of our existing
VLE platforms
/ eBooks
/ Best National and internal practice in
mobile learning
/ Implications for Higher Education
delivery in Sydney Institute

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Mobile learning - characteristic
/supporting the mobility of the learner (anywhere, anytime) with
contemporary mobile devices
/On-demand learning
/With the expectation to continue on other devices (cloud e.g. Dropbox)
/Tablets, and particularly the iPad, has accelerated the growth and
demand for mobile learning
/Ubiquitous wireless (Philip, Uys, 2012 CSU)
By 2015 80% of ppl will access the Internet from a mobile device (Horizon
Report 2011, 2012)

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Project Outcomes ~ Key Findings

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Benefits
/ learn anytime, anywhere,
/ classroom is not primary learning
space.
/ Student centred - teacher being no
longer the main source of information
students - research, discover and
create more independently.
/ Portability
/ Higher retention reduce demand on
pc lab
/ Continuous learning in class
/ Personalised – user centric
/ Situated not simulated learning

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Issues
/ Catering for different operating systems
/ Infrastructure – wireless access – ubiquitous/fast enough
/ Bandwidth is key
/ Viewing content – not mobile compatible, clunky apps,
/ Distraction
/ Unless BYOD – difficult to clear usernames and passwords
/ PD/Tech support (staff & students)
/ Selecting the right course for mobile computing

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T&L - Models

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Android access at TAFE SI Unsuccessful

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It’s not about the tool...
• Its not the device that impacts learning it is how it is used
• Teachers pedagogical framework that determines
successful implementation
• Content creation - App that promote - Higher order thinking
• Student centred – personalised learning
• Teacher training on how to transform learning tasks that
promote higher intellectual quality
• Flip learning

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Designing Content for Multiple Devices; Brandon Carson, Michelle Lentz
Create and
collaborate

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-a mobile learning strategy has four variables: the ICAP model
Prof Philip Uys, CSU, 2012

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Managing Class Sets - iPads

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Preparation of mlearning
• Teacher Training Needed (f2f, 1:1 and adobe
connect)
• PLN
• Apps rubric – to get started
• iTunesU
• Showcase – snapshot / taster to see capabilities
• Support on how to integrate in meaningful T/L
• How to guides/resources
• Develop content in format that can be read on the
device pdf/epub
• Install appstart on a iPads for teachers
• Group sharing

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Accessories

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Valuable Apps
/ Dropbox/Sugarsync
/ Notability
/ Explain Everything
/ Keynote
/ Pages
/ GoDocs
/ Quickoffice/Docstogo
/ Skype
/ Goodreader
/ iAnnotate

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Managing Multiple – class set iPads
set up ...a long process 
/ iTunes account , email and iTunes library
/ Google +1
/ App purchase – giftcards
- Purchase app for each device- DEC network
- With a mac can sync station can be used to make all iPads the same
/ Docking trolley to charge/sync class sets
/ VPP not available in Aus yet

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Issues with iPad class sets
• not suitable for a shared environment –
- issues – with saving and sharing work
• Recommendations
– cloud storage (dropbox/google doc/sugar sync).
- email finished work to student,
• Incomplete work – can be a problem if the app is going to be wiped
clean and the project unfinished
• Wireless access –
- Recommendation – booster or 3g as backup
• Off campus – may need 3g of app requires internet
• Security of teacher/student (multiple users) account

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Mobile futures project space
/ wiki
/ http://mobilefutures.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/
/ Flickr - set
/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/49276412@N03/sets/72157629992124220/
/ #simobilefutures