Writing on the Go:

the What,

Why & How

Rochelle (Shelley) RodrigoCarolinas Writing Program AdministratorsSeptember 17, 2012

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This Presentation…

What IS in this presentation• Ownership & usage data

about mobile devices• Reasons for

implementing mobile learning in FYC classes

• Issues related to supporting mobile learning

• Mobile learning activity

What is NOT in this presentation• Twitter hashtag to prompt

backchannel discussion• PollEverywhere poll to

promote mobile interaction.

• Instant publishing and sharing of the activity.

• Instant sharing of the presentation

Mobile Device

Ownership & Usage:

What, Why

& How

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What are mobile devices?

• full-sized laptop computer

• lightweight netbook or tablet computer

• dedicated e-book reader• Handheld device

• cell/mobile vs. smartphone

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Why do we care now?

Who Owns Smartphones? Source: Pew Research Center’s

Internet & American Life Project, Summer Tracking Survey, August

7-September 6, 2012. N=3,014 adults ages 18 and older.

Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish and on

landline and cell phones (1,206 cell calls were completed).

Margin of error is +/- 2 percentage points.

Why do we

care now?

Why do we care now?

Mobile Internet use, by demographics

Source: The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project’s August Tracking Survey

conducted July 25-August 26, 2011. N=2,260 adults age 18 and

older, including 916 interviews conducted by cell phone.

Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish.

Why do we care now?

Smartphone ownership demographics

Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project April 26-May 22,

2011 and January 20-February 19, 2012 tracking surveys. For 2011 data, n=2,277

adults ages 18 and older, including 755 interviews conducted on respondent’s

cell phone. For 2012 data, n=2,253 adults and survey includes 901 cell phone

interviews. Both 2011 and 2012 data include Spanish-language interviews.

Why do we care now?

Source: The Pew Research Center's Internet & American

Life Project, April 26 – May 22, 2011 Spring Tracking Survey. n=2,277 adult internet users

ages 18 and older, including 755 cell phone interviews.

Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish.

Which cell internet users go online

mostly using their phones?

Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet &

American Life Project, March 15-April 3, 2012

Tracking survey. N=2,254 adults ages 18 and older, including 903 interviews

conducted on respondent’s cell phone. Margin of error is +/-3.7 percentage points based

on those who use the internet or email on their

cell phone (n=929). *Represents significant

difference compared with non-starred rows in group.

**Represents significant difference compared with

all other rows in group.

Why do we care now?

Why do we care now?

Source: ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and

Information Technology, 2011

Do YOU care now?

How are they being used?

2011 Horizon ReportTime-to-Adoption

One Year or Less• Electronic Books• MobilesTwo to Three Years• Augmented Reality• Game-Based LearningFour to Five Years• Gesture-Based Computing• Learning Analytics

2012 Horizon ReportTime-to-Adoption

One Year or Less• Mobile Apps• Tablet ComputingTwo to Three Years• Game-Based Learning• Learning AnalyticsFour to Five Years• Gesture-Based Computing• Internet of Things

How are they being used?

Source: ECAR

National Study of

Undergraduate

Students and

Information

Technology, 2010

How are they being used?

*indicates statistically significant differences compared with whites.

Source: The Pew Research Center's

Internet & American Life Project, April 26 –

May 22, 2011 Spring Tracking Survey.

n=2,277 adults ages 18 and older,

including 755 cell phone interviews.

Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish.

Mobile Device

Teaching & Learning:

What, Why

& How

What is mobile learning?

Mobile Teaching vs. Mobile Learning• Higher education historically has focused on instructors

teaching rather than students learning, an ineffective approach that could seriously hamper the promise of mobile learning.

• Successful student learning emerges from active engagement, connection to the students' prior knowledge, and simulation of real world experiences — all facilitated by engaging learners' senses through multimedia.

• Higher education should stop thinking about these powerful mobile multimedia devices as only consumption devices — to live up to the promise of mobile learning, students should use them as production devices.

“Individuals have had access to ‘portable learning devices’ since the advent of the printing press; we call them books.”

Why mobile learning?

“Given students’ ownership of and preference for small, mobile devices, institutions and instructors may have an opportunity to make more effective use of mobile technologies to communicate with, educate, and support students. Many students seem eager to communicate more with their instructors online, to use their mobile devices for coursework, and to reach out for help when they need it.”ECAR 2011, page. 30

Students• are unconfident that they

have the technology skills to meet their needs.

• want/need for instructors to model incorporating technology into teaching, learning, and research.

Why mobile learning?

Source: ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2011

How mobile composition?

Process: Emphasis on Invention Multimodal Production

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Mobile Device

Support & Implementation:

What, Why

& How

What will students be doing?

• Course/Project Management (LMS apps, WordPress, Google Apps)s

• Multimodal note taking (Evernote)

• Audio recording (SoundCloud & Google Voice)

• Image & Video Capture & Editing

What will students be doing?

Evernote• Text, audio, & images• Cross platform• Organization• Sharing/publishing

What will students be doing?

What will students be doing?

How will we support it?

Instructors & WPAs• Access:

BYOD• Support:

Hacking• Collaboration

is key!

How will we support it?CIOs & Institutions

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How will we support it?CIOs & InstitutionsAlthough…“In general, IT organizations believe they are reasonably well prepared to meet the expected demands for mobile computing across the four areas of general communication, instruction, administration, and research.” • More than 1/3, no spending on mobile-enablement • Varied staffing levels dedicated to mobile• 40% did not mobile-enable any service• More services geared towards students

ECAR Report: Mobile IT in Higher Education, 2011

Why is worth the legal issues?

• Copyright • Privacy &

Human Subjects

• FERPA • Accessibility

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Mobile Device

Hands-on Activity:

What, Why

& How

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• iOS: make a video in Videolicious or collect data/make multimodal report in Evernote

• Android: collect data/make multimodal report in Evernote

The Activity…

What surprised and intrigued you about mobile device ownership & usage?

Why might teaching and learning with mobile devices by important to your program (or not)?

How might you start discussions about, or implementation of, mobile composition classes in your program?

Make a multimodal object (or take multimodal notes) based on your mobile device’s functionality. Focus on one of the questions below.