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Miami University Mobile Learning Center

A joint venture between SEAS, AIMS, and ITS

Dr. Jerry Gannodhttp://elgg.csi.muohio.edu/mlc

Twitter: @miami_mlearning

Miami M-Learning Center 2

“You Will” (1993)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8

Miami Mobile Learning Center 3

Ownership of Internet Enabled Handheld Device Among US College Student Internet

Users11.3

24.6

1.3

62.7

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Source: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2010.


Technology in the classroom?

• iPad initiatives– http://nyti.ms/eIN2Dp

– http://bit.ly/fOVW2J

• New Media Consortium’s Horizon Report calls for adoption of mobile technology in the education for both K-12 and Higher Ed

• How about the corporate world?

http://nyti.ms/eIN2Dp

http://nyti.ms/eIN2Dp

http://bit.ly/fOVW2J

http://bit.ly/fOVW2J

http://bit.ly/hQsDYS


Get out your phones!http://bit.ly/eUHiOk

http://bit.ly/eUHiOk

http://bit.ly/eUHiOk


What is M-Learning?• M-Learning provides

an experience that is:– Personalized

– Authentic

– Situated

• 24/7 Learning– Anytime

– Anything

– Anywhere

• Trying to meet students where they are and in a context that allows us to engage them anywhere and anytime

• Facilitate active learning

• Leverages mobile platform

• Creates new opportunities


Examples

• iPad Adoption

• Science Ed

• Purdue – Hotseat

• UW Madison – ARIS

• University of Oxford – Molly

• University of Utah

• ACU

http://www.teach42.com/2010/07/07/an-ipad-for-everyone-is-the-ipad-ready-for-11/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+teach42/weblog+(teach42)

http://thewildlab.org/

http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/hotseat/

http://arisgames.org/demo/

http://mollyproject.sourceforge.net/

http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=092409-2

http://www.acu.edu/technology/mobilelearning/



More Examples

• Higher Ed – Listing

• Best(?) Apps For Higher Ed

• Horizon Report – Report

– Delicious Bookmarks

http://www.dmolsen.com/mobile-in-higher-ed/?page_id=43

http://accreditedonlinedegrees.org/100-best-iphone-apps-for-academic-types/

http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2010/chapters/mobile-computing/

http://www.delicious.com/tag/hz10+mobile



Resources

• 50 m-Learning Resources

• What Is Mobile Learning

• Mobile Learning Examples from the UK

• Mobile Learning Overview

http://www.slideshare.net/UpsideLearning/top-50mlearningmobilelearningresources

http://www.slideshare.net/UpsideLearning/the-advent-of-mobile-learning-technology

http://www.slideshare.net/Dannno/mobile-learning-exchange

http://www.slideshare.net/Dannno/mobile-learning-exchange

http://www.slideshare.net/leogaggl/mobile-learning-2010



Tools

• 20 M-Learning Tools

• Mobile Tools for Teaching

http://www.slideshare.net/bjschone/20-mlearning-tools-in-60-minutes-mlearncon-2010

http://www.slideshare.net/jymbrittain/mobile-tools-for-teaching-and-learning



Trends

• Mobile Trends for 2020

http://www.slideshare.net/rudydw/mobile-trends-2020



M-Learning Center Overview

• Miami has established an M-Learning Center devoted to supporting faculty, staff, and students in the use of mobile technology for education

• Multi-disciplinary effort involving SEAS, AIMS, and IT Services


Mission• To capture and distribute best practices that utilize mobile technologies in support of learning

• To provide coordination and leadership that establishes linkages between existing development expertise and educators interested in applying mobile technologies for learning

• To provide faculty, staff, students and practitioners with support on the use and development of mobile applications through coordination of research and educational activities



Motivation

• Unify efforts in mobile space on the campus

• Provide faculty, staff, and students a resource for mobile learning and mobile computing

• Support faculty by providing software development expertise



Activities of the center

• Educational Support– Disseminate knowledge about best

practices in M-Learning

• Software Development Support– Create software for mobile devices

• Service and Research– Support research and outreach activities



Outreach and Community• Mobile Learning Summit (Fall 2010)

– 1.5 day event– Over 80 attendees– Speakers from Cisco, Apple, IIT, Kent St.,

St. Mary’s, eTech Ohio

• NSF CPATH Workshop (Fall 2010)– 20 attendees in small workshop format

– Attendees both in-state and out of state



Outreach and Community• KnowledgeWorks Collaboration (Fall 2010

– Present)– Assisting in the creation of a

recommendation for digital learning in Ohio

• Presentation @ 2010 Lilly Conference on Mobile Learning

• On-line presence– Recent article in Chronicle of Higher

Education– Twitter



Outreach and Community

• Future– Continued engagement with

KnowledgeWorks on the policy project

– Planned Mobile Learning Summit for Oct 2011

– Professional Development workshops and K-12 Summer Camps



Outreach and Community

• Impact– Collaboration as a result of Mobile

Learning Summit• Ohio Commission on Fatherhood

• Zoo Academy

– Increased visibility



Courses

• CSE 470 Mobile Application Development– Summer 2011 (Pilot)

• CSE 451/551 Service Oriented Computing– Spring 2012

• CSE 448/449 Senior Capstone– Two projects AY10-11 (See Projects Section)



Courses

• CSE 610 Graduate Seminar– F’10 M-Learning Seminar; Project with

Knowledgeworks

– Sp’10 Mobile Computing seminar

• IMS 440 IMS Practicum– One project AY10-11 with Procter &

Gamble



Course

• Impact– Built capacity to build iOS applications in

order to support software development activities• Research

• Software Projects



Research• “App Development in the Miami Mobile Learning Center”,

Gerald C. Gannod, Kristen M. Bachman, Glenn Platt, Jim Kiper, Robert Howard, and Micah Cooper, in Proceedings of the 2011 SMACK Workshop, May 2011.

• “An Evaluation Framework for M-Learning”, Gerald C. Gannod and Kristen M. Bachman, in Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Computer Supported Education, May 2011.

• “Integrating M-Learning into a Broad Context: Issues and Recommendations”, Gerald C. Gannod and Kristen M. Bachman, in Proceedings of the 2011 Mobile Learning Conference, March 2011.

• “A Critical Analysis of M-Learning Initiatives”, Gerald C. Gannod and Kristen M. Bachman, in Proceedings of the 2011 Mobile Learning Conference, March 2011.



Research

• External Grants– Research Buddy: Revolutionizing

Undergraduate Student Research using Mobile Technology. (PI: G. Gannod, co-PI: G. Platt, Procter & Gamble, 2011, $10,000 total). This project is funded by a Procter & Gamble Higher Education Grant.



Research

• Future Plans– Graduate Student Research• PhD student in EHS

– Establish connection with Google AppInventor team

– Seek external funding



Software Projects• Miami University iPhone

Application– Funding provided by Student

Tech Fee (65%), and University Communications (35%)

– First Released on Nov. 30th

• 3,711 New users

• 6,647 Total downloads (includes updates)

– Student Developers• SEAS, SFA

– Collaboration with ITS and University Communications

– Videos

http://seasnews.eas.muohio.edu/2010/12/mu-app-just-released/


HEARTifacts• App supports finding

Automated External Defibrillators using Augmented Reality

• Created for an external customer

• Students part of capstone team consisting of:– Computer Science/Software

Engineering

– Graphic Design

– Marketing

– MIS

• http://seasnews.eas.muohio.edu/2010/08/automated-external-defibrillator-aed-app/

http://seasnews.eas.muohio.edu/2010/08/automated-external-defibrillator-aed-app/




Software Projects• Smart or Smashed

– Alcohol abuse prevention / intervention app

– Research project in collaboration with R.M. Ward in EHS

– Work supported by EHS Dean

– In-progress (slated for Early March pre-release)

– Student Developers• SEAS, SFA


Software Projects• my Metro

– MUITDC Finalist

– Interdisciplinary project with students from disciplines across the university

– Real-time tracking of Miami Metro buses

– Eventual integration into the Miami App

– In need of long-term funding to deploy to full bus system


Software Projects

• Alumni Networking App– Supports alumni events on iPad (think

modified “speed dating” format)

– Supported by alumni office

– In-progress (slated for Mid March pre-release, final pilot in Chicago in Late April)

– Student Developers• CSE Capstone



Software Projects

• Other’s in progress– Research Buddy• Proctor and Gamble

• Using Cincinnati Zoo Academy as a testbed

– The Everyday Dad• Ohio Commission on Fatherhood



Plans for upcoming year

• Governance– Internal and external board for center

–Miami App (mobile external) steering committee

• Funding– Development / Sponsorship

• Personnel– Establish stronger bond with EHS faculty



Interested in Contributing?

• We are looking for:– Projects

– External Advisory Board Members

– Funding


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