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Insight into Near Field CommunicationBlend IT, Mix IT, Flip IT!

Simon Wardman (Central College Nottingham) and Thomas Sweeney (LSRI)

www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

• What is NFC (Near Field Communication) smart-phone

• Background to our project• Vocabulary Scavenger Hunts• Student created posters and coding of NFC

tags• Final thoughts and Q and A

Content of session

Near Field Communication

• In the ‘chat’ area of the webinar could you indicate if you know of how Near Field communication is being used in any context. Please indicate no if you have not heard of any uses of this technology.

What about…?*Qr Codes

NFC vs QR CodesNFC• Can be hidden• Re-writable• Cost Money• Word on any (newish)

phone• Can store around 160 bytes

of information. Text message, Tweet.

QR Codes• They look rather ugly!• Can’t overwrite them

(although there are ways around this)

• Very cheap to create• Work on any phone• Can store >= 160 bytes

Background.

Spot the Problem?

Context.

Collect the word easily using NFC enabled devices

Groups of three: Scribe, Collector and Reader

Negotiating the best definition of the word

Video of Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt

Duration: 1.5 minutes • It will appear in in the ‘whiteboard area’ in a

few seconds• Link also in the Chat area if you prefer to

watch it in a separate browser window. https://vimeo.com/55162666

Studentscreation of smart posters

• Business English students were given the task of producing interactive marketing posters using Near Field Communication (NFC) tags. These students then displayed and presented their posters to students from other groups.

What makes a good advert? Clear objectives, text, images, colour…

Collaboration

Video of Business English students presentation their creations

Duration: 2.5 minutes • It will appear in in the ‘whiteboard area’ in a

few seconds• Link also in the Chat area if you prefer to

watch it in a separate browser window.

‘I got a lot of information two-way process’

A dental professional

‘I got good advice’‘I asked the questions I wanted’

‘We spoke naturally’

‘We weren’t sitting behind our desks’

Final Thoughts

• Final Thoughts• Questions for Tommy and Simon• What to expect from the face-to-face

workshop

MORE INSIGHT INTO NFC TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE LEARNING IS AVAILABLE FROM:

WWW.TEACHABILITY.EU (TOMMY AND SIMON’S COLLABORATIVE BLOG)WWW.NFCCENTRAL.CO.UK (A WEBLOG CONCERNED WITH NFC IN EDUCATION)TWITTER.COM/NOTTINGHAMCOLLE (PROJECT TWITTER PAGE)

Tommy Sweeney (LSRI)Simon Wardman (CCN)

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Insight into Near Field CommunicationBlend IT, Mix IT, Flip IT!

Simon Wardman and Thomas Sweeney

www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

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Insight 2013All the resources from the Insight series:

• Hosted on the RSC East Midlands Moodle platform

• Web address - bit.ly/insight-resources

• Will be constantly updated over the next week

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Insight 2013

Jisc Regional Support Centres work with more than 2,000 UK learning providers

helping them to improve performance and efficiency through the use of technology.

www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

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Insight 2013That’s it for this Insight webinar!

If you have any questions then please contact us:

• 01509 618110

• support@rsc-em.ac.uk

• www.jiscrsc.ac.uk