Information Literacy gets Mobile

Peter GodwinUniversity of Bedfordshire

June 2009

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Information Literacy meets the Mobile Web

The world is going mobile But what does this mean for us? Meeting them where they are What is Information Literacy? How Information Literacy could

become mobile Future challenges

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4.1 billion mobile subscriptions in the world by end of 2008 That’s 61.1% of the global population.

By end of 2008 335m mobile broadband subscribers.14% in developed world, and 1% in developing world.

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23% of 6.7 billion use the internet

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ECAR Study 2008

66.1% have internet capable cellphones of whom 25.9% access internet once a week or more often

Held back by cost, speed, difficulty of use

“I remember when the Internet first arrived in schools how sceptical some of my teachers were. I dare some of them said: "It'll never catch on". Well, it did. Big time. It's about time schools sharpened their focus on how they can help students power up their learning with their mobile devices, rather than have them power down at the school door.”

(Ewan MacIntosh National Adviser: Learning and

Technology Futures,Learning and Teaching, Scotland)

Ubiquitous information A report by Toni Twiss,

eFellow programme, New Zealand Ministry of Education, 2009

Using mobiles to help build student information literacy

1 Primary and 2 Secondary school classes surveyed using Vodafone 3G phones.Used OperaMini browser to view Web.

Able to use unfiltered Web and YouTube videos.

Some lessons “The potential for mobile

phone use in classrooms is exciting”

Mobiles best used for small guided tasks in the lessons

Many students struggled with the navigation

Problems with speed, screen size and ease of use

Primary class the most enthusiastic

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But what does this mean for us in libraries?

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What is Information Literacy?

“Information literacy is the adoption of appropriate information behaviour to identify through whatever channel or medium, information well fitted to information needs, leading to wise and ethical use of information in society.”

(Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston)

SCONUL Seven Pillars framework

SCONUL 7 Pillars Recognising need for information Distinguishing sources and access Constructing search strategies Locating and accessing Comparing & evaluating Organising, applying and communicating Synthesising and adding new knowledge

The MEGO effect! “Most instructors have

stood in front of a class only to wonder if their only purpose on that day was to serve as a sedative for the majority of the class.”

Payne, et al (2006)

My eyes glaze over

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Somebody has been telling her “about” the Library!

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What’s next? But…..

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Blackberry

CellphoneiPodTouch iPhone

Pda

Mobile Web challenges Special mobile pages? Lack of additional

windows Poor navigation No Javascript or

cookies Some sites

inaccessible eg video sites, pdfs

Slow speed to load Pages broken up Compressed pages Cost of access

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WiFi hotspots

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Bluetooth is an open wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating Personal area networks (PANs).

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”It will herald a whole generation of advanced Web-capable mobile devices…

it’s the Web but not as we know it! “(Dan Appelquist)

Google Search, Maps and YouTube in a Palm Pre

(Mobiles Technology 5 June 2009)

Question

Is it good idea to do fixed term projects for high end phones? Most students don’t have these.

What about lower end?

Where do we start?

“Forget the whole bit about one laptop per child. It hasn’t worked …. By the time concerned administrations are done locking down the machines, they’re little more than electric pencils… So I say we turn from this idea and go for a plan that can really work—an iPhone, or at least an iPod Touch, for every student.”

(Christopher Harris, School Library Journal ,11/1/2008)

How Information Literacy could become mobile

1.Library Web site

Make your site viewable on a cell phone or other device

Mobilib at NCSU Library

2. Tours

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3. Database access Special mobile

version or Standard version?

PubMed on Tap

OCLC WorldCat

PubMed on tap

Twitter

MobileSocial Current awareness

Information flow (t for libs Joe Murphy)Use for ref , instruction, outreach

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5. SMS Reference desk

6. Handhelds for reference services at Penn State University

Emily Rimland Penn State University Used Sony Viai UX-490, OQO, Futitsu Lifebook

and Nokia N-810

Outcomes of trial at Penn State

Each device had good and bad points

Each one involved a learning curve to get used to

Sustainability of wireless access was an issue

Screen size made it hard to see all options available

Lifebook considered overall best

“Handheld devices significantly extend the services that can be offered to patrons by allowing rovers to go to the user and assist with a variety of online tasks.”

7.Screencasting, podcasting and vodcasting

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8. Polls Different instruments for

separate skill levels Can use on proprietory

clicker, web browser or cell phone

Poll Everywhere is good example of software available. (Used in the Toni Twiss project in New Zealand)

9. For evaluation Kathy Weise used Palm

handhelds in a school in New Hampshire loaded with evaluation criteria that students could apply and add to when looking at material on the web and then data was uploaded to a database.

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10. QR codes

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Using Neo Reader which is free on the iPhone.1. Scan the QR Code2. Accept the image taken3. Neo Reader automatically delivers an action. In this case to open my Flickr stream. 

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2D barcode usage in Aftonbladet

Watch and consider potential for libraries

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11. Use RefWorks on your mobile with RefMobile

12. Youtube

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But cell phones are hard

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Limitations

Variations and capabilities of types of devices Speed Cost Need for Bluetooth and more joined up Wi-Fi

access

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OCLS Mobile for iPhone and iTouch

“The nature of search in this new world of mobile Internet devices will shift. This is because the journey that Generation Y is taking on the Internet is more concerned with social expression than finding information”

(Taptu White paper Feb 2008 “Making search social for the mobile generation”)

This is just the beginning!Mobiles foster active learning techniques catering for varied learning stylesDon’t underestimate the speed of changeSo be among the trend setters and experiment!

Librarians go wild

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