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Exploring mobile technologies to improve student learning
1. Exploring mobile technologies to
improve student learning
Tanya Joosten, @tjoosten
Director (Interim), Learning Technology Center
Dylan Barth, @dylanbarth
Consultant, Learning Technology Center
Lecturer, Department of English
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
2. • 95 percent of 18–29-year-olds use their
mobile phones to send and receive text
messages.
• 95 percent of 18–34-year-olds have a mobile
phone.
15. RFP
• How would using mobile technologies change or
reinforce student learning in your course?
• If you are already using mobile devices, how will
your use of this technology evolve to achieve the
new course goals?
• How would you assess your outcomes?
• Why would your course be a good opportunity to
make use of mobile technologies?
• Why are you a good candidate to participate in
this grant project?
16. Participants & Courses
• Sara Baker: Clinical Laboratory Sciences
• Dylan Barth: English
• Rachel Baum: Jewish Studies
• Vicki Callahan: Art
• Jacques du Plessis: Information Studies
• Jason Jones: Foreign Languages & Literature
• Andrew Olson: Foreign Languages & Literature
• Matt Russell: Comparative Literature
• Leah Schreiber: Art and Design
http://uwmmobilelearning.wikispaces.com/Accepted+mLearning+Proposals
35. Best practices
• Identify your goals, pedagogical tasks
• Develop group projects to overcome lack of
mobile devices and tech support
• Require an icebreaker or scavenger hunt
requiring students to demonstrate the skills
needed to complete the activity
• Bring the outside of the classroom into the
classroom; provide a link to the real world
36. • Look to identify mobile apps that provide new
functionality not available using current
technologies
• Take advantage of the “mobility”
• Focus on higher order learning when possible
37. The Study
• Device agnostic
• Quantitative data
– Instructor surveys
– Student surveys
• Qualitative data
– Open-ended questions
– Informal feedback
– Project updates
42. Satisfaction
Strongly Strongly
Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Agree
I would recommend this course to
others. 1.47% 1.47% 19.12% 22.06% 42.65%
Overall, I am happy with using a mobile
device. 0.00% 2.90% 17.39% 27.54% 40.58%
Using the mobile device for the course
was fun. 4.41% 5.88% 16.18% 32.35% 25.00%
43. Ease of Use
Strongly Strongly
Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Agree
Technical support was available when I
needed it. 0.00% 2.94%38.24%23.53% 5.88%
Using my mobile device was simple. 2.94% 5.88%22.06%32.35%19.12%
I had no problems using my mobile device
for the course. 4.35% 8.70%15.94%27.54%28.99%
44. Learning
Strongly Strongly
Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Agree
The mobile device has been beneficial to
my learning. 5.80% 7.25% 17.39% 26.09% 30.43%
Mobile devices made it easy to connect
ideas together. 4.29% 8.57% 25.71% 30.00% 17.14%
Mobile devices helped me understand the
course material. 4.48% 10.45% 25.37% 29.85% 11.94%
45. Student comments
• “Downloading apps helped me study in my free
time at work. Something I would not have been
able to do without [my] mobile device.”
• “It helps with the flexibility of receiving a good
grade. I was all over the place: airport, doctor's
office, work, home, community pool, a friend's
house, and I was still able to complete my work.”
• “I love practical applications in classwork because
it is education in ‘real time’. Technology changes
so fast and this class encompassed all the new
technology and tools.”
46. Findings: Instructors
• Apple users
• Apps
• Student engagement
– Mobile device experience
– Unenthusiastic students dislike technology
“…the main advantage was giving the students
the opportunity to have knowledge at their
fingertips.”