1) Mobile device usage for accessing online content is growing rapidly, with over 95% of Blackboard hits at UIS now coming from mobile devices like phones and tablets. 2) Many free and low-cost tools are available to facilitate mobile learning and participation, such as polling apps, Twitter for backchannels, and eText for digital textbooks. 3) UIS provides resources like Camtasia Relay for recording lectures, Kaltura for media storage and sharing, and Box for document storage, to help faculty create and deliver mobile-friendly content and courses.

1. ONLINE AND ON THE
MOVE
Center for Online Learning,
Research and Service

2. IT’S WHAT
STUDENTS
WANT.

3. NUMBER, MOBILE DEVICES
CONNECTING TO UIS
BLACKBOARD
2390
635
1
iOS
Android
Blackberry

4. BLACKBOARD ACCESS (#
HITS)
SEPTEMBER 2013
3.6%
Mobile App
All Other Access
96.4%

5. EDUCAUSE RESEARCH

6. ECAR 2

7. ECAR 3

8. ECAR 4
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/Eig1302.pdf

9. CELL PHONE USE
WORLDWIDE - 2013
1.1 billion are mobile
broadband capable
6 billion active cell phones
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mobile-phone-world-population-2014/

10. BILLION
PREDICTED NUMBER OF
ACTIVE DEVICES 2014
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mobile-phone-world-population2014/

11. IDEAS FOR YOUR
CLASSROOM

12. TEXT ‘EM
Poll Everywhere – Free for limited use.
www.polleverywhere.com
Remind101 – Free. www.remind101.com
gText – Free. www.gtext.com
ClassPager – 25 students/unlimited texting.
www.classpager.com
Celly – Free. cel.ly
BroadTexter – Free. www.broadtexter.com

13. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
Autocorrect
Device Support
Flash

14. http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/pyU1x7MUiEx9caU

15. TWITTER BACK CHANNEL
Back channel – informal communication
Pick a hash tag for users to follow (#UISfdo)
MS Lync sessions
Pre-recorded lectures or readings
Twitterfall - http://twitterfall.com/
Twitter search - https://twitter.com/search?q=%23uisfdo&src=typd&f=realtime

16. ETEXT@ILLINOIS
UIS can publish content to eText
Anyone with a NetID and web browser can access the texts
Available on any computer or mobile device
Accessible for all visual abilities
https://etext.illinois.edu/

17. TABLET COMPUTERS – ARE
THEY EQUAL?

18. ASSURE
Evaluate
and
Revise
Require
Learner
Participatio
n
Utilize
Media and
Materials
Analyze
Learners
State
Objectives
Select
Method, M
edia, Mate
rials

20. INFOGRAPHICS FOR
PRESENTATIONS
Mobile-friendly presentation tool
Project instructions
Content lectures
Course overview
Student projects
Infographic about Creating
Infographics
Piktochart - http://piktochart.com/
Infogram - http://infogr.am/

21. TOOLS AVAILABLE
ON CAMPUS

22. CAMTASIA RELAY
Record Lectures, How-to videos, feedback for students
Use for student presentations
Mobile-friendly format
http://www.uis.edu/informationtechnologyservices/iss/camtasiar/

23. KALTURA
Media (audio and video) Storage and Distribution
 Camtasia Relay recordings are sent here
 MS Lync recordings should be uploaded here
Mobile-friendly
Link or Embed your media in Blackboard and websites
Kaltura is accessed through Blackboard.

24. BOX.COM
Document storage
5GB for campus users
Easily link to documents in Blackboard
Mobile-friendly distribution & upload (mobile app)
Warning: the document embed feature requires Flash
http://go.uis.edu/box