MATTS – a tool for change

Jason HaslamMoLeNET Academy Manager, the Sheffield Collegejason.haslam@sheffcol.ac.uk

Dave PickersgillMoLeNET Project Manager, the Sheffield Collegedave.pickersgill@sheffcol.ac.uk

JISC RSC e-learning Conference 2010‘Stimulating and Supporting Innovation in Learning’

Leeds - 10th.June 2010Workshop 1F – 10:25-11:20

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• mobile learning in Sheffield• key concerns & their alleviation• 2008/09 – MoLeNET2• 2009/10 – MoLeNET3 and the MoLeNET Academy• engagement of students ...• reaction from users - management, employers, colleagues ...• Connectivity, wi-fi & the future

jason.haslam@sheffcol.ac.ukdave.pickersgill@sheffcol.ac.uk

JISC RSC e-learning Conference 2010Stimulating and Supporting Innovation in Learning

Leeds - 10th.June 2010

“exploitation of handheld hardware, wireless networking and mobile telephony for teaching and learning,

enabling interaction between learners’ personal technology and institutional networks and resources.”

http://www.molenet.org.ukMoLeNET video

mobile-learning ??

• Learning using mobile devices• Learning while mobile• Learning using mobile web technologies

=> All about the mobility of the learner

“exploitation of handheld hardware, wireless networking and mobile telephony for teaching and learning, enabling interaction between learners’ personal technology and institutional networks and resources.”

http://www.molenet.org.ukMoLeNET video

Talk to the person sitting next to you

Write on (three) post-its:

(i) their name, place of work & Job Role

(ii) their experience of mobile learning

* extensive/some/minimal *

(iii) if possible, an example, from their place of work, of using mobile devices for teaching and learning

=> post-its onto flip chart paper

Introductions -

How? - MoLeNET

• MoLeNET is the UK’s, and probably the world’s, largest and most diverse implementation of mobile learning

• 115 colleges and 29 schools involved in MoLeNET – 2007/09• approx. 10,000 learners involved in 2007/08 • around 20,000 learners involved by the end of the 2008/09 together

with more than 4,000 staff• the Learning and Skills Council (LSN) and consortia led by Further

Education colleges have together invested over £12 million in MoLeNET

• first phase included 32 projects, involving 136 partner organisations• MoLeNET2 (08/09) included 30 new projects (including Sheffield)• third phase (09/10) now in progress

The Sheffield College achieved £300,000 capital for mobile learning (m-learning) hardware from January – June 2009, as part of MoleNET2

e-Learning and m-Learning…..

The vision (2006):

All learning isdelivered byblended learning.

Informal spaces throughout the campus are wireless enabled and contribute to our learning Society

• Flexible• Bold• Future-proofed• Creative• Supportive

June 2009

November 2008

MoleNET2 focussed on Sheffield City CollegeWebcam image

May 2010

• Motivators (sticks & carrots):– New build– New kit– Training– Peer support– Technical & management support

Implications for teachers and teaching

• staff very keen to get hands on devices – much keener than anticipated

• wanted training, but were happy to have a go even without a lot of assistance

MoleNET award: November 2008

Purchase: Dec 2008, January – May 2009

Deployment: January - May 2009

Use: January - June 2009 …

MoleNET – a vital catalyst

£300,000 capital for m-learning220 smart phones, 200 Nintendo DS, 31 head cameras, 91 digital video cameras, 50 Sony PSPs with camera, 3 PSP Go50 Wacom graphics pads, 70 notebook pc’s, 100 usb headphone/microphone, 4 digital pens, Braille Sense plus, cables etc

483 learners aged 14-19195 learners aged 20+132 staff including,92 teaching staff84 Moodle participants

27 curriculum areas :Access to HEAdditional Support Animal Management Apprenticeship – Dental NursesAviation AcademyBrickworkBTEC National Construction BTEC National Engineering BTEC National IT PractitionersBusiness Administration

Catering & HospitalityCommunicationsEarly Years and Childcare e-communications online Fn.Dg.ESOLFoundation Studies Hair and BeautyHospital Apprentices

IELTS onlineiMediaITQKey Skills & MathsNEETSScienceTeaching AssistantsTimber tradesVisually Impaired

http://www.molenet.org.uk/

Animal Husbandry – Claire Wilson

• On MoleTV

• £250k collaborative bid led by the Sheffield College• aim to facilitate work based learning and the employability agenda, through the work

schools are carrying out in the development of the Diploma• also looking for examples of innovation and creativity • partners include the Sheffield Diploma Consortium and six local schools

The Sheffield College led partnership bid for MoleNet3 was awarded £237,500 as part of the overall £2.5M MoLeNET3 allocation.

{ nb. due to the number of applications, all bids were reduced by 5% by the LSN}

MoLeNET3 – 2009/10

100+ bids32 shortlisted & interviewed => 9.5% to Sheffield

• aim to facilitate work based learning and the employability agenda, including the Diploma

• want innovation and creativity• partners include the Sheffield

Diploma Consortium - six local schools

• targeting Hillsborough and Norton Colleges

MoLeNET3 2009/10 - bid led by the Sheffield College

More staff and curriculum areas involved:

Hillsborough College:

Additional SupportAdvice and GuidanceArt and DesignBasic SkillsCommunicationsESOLFoundation StudiesHealth and Social CareHorticultureLearning Resource CentreScienceSports, Leisure and Public ServicesTravel and Tourism

Norton & Peaks:

Dance ITLearning Resource CentreMediaMusicPhotographyPublic ServicesScienceSports Science

Over 300 staff involved

8 MoLeNET Academies nationwide:

Ashton 6th. form College Aylesbury CollegeEaling Hammersmith & West London Gloucestershire CollegeKingston CollegeNorthampton CollegeSheffield CollegeStoke on Trent College

• Provide training

• Provide support

• Promote the sharing of good practice• Continue to raise the profile of MATTS,

MoLeNET and CAMEL

• Jason Haslam – Academy Manager

Aims of the Academy

What is CAMEL? - Community of Practice

Image of f2f CAMEL Session?

'the top five barriers to increased use of mobile devices in your place of work’ ???

comments on post-it notes please

Myth busting – fears/assumptions found to be unfounded or exaggerated

• mobile technologies inappropriate/too difficult for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities

• all young people automatically understand new technology and require no training

• Allowing mobile technologies (especially phones) in colleges/schools = difficult for teachers to control classes and inappropriate behaviour

• Giving expensive, portable kit to young or disadvantaged learners will = damage, loss & theft

nationally <2% lost/stolen/broken in Phase one

nationally <1% lost/stolen/broken in Phase two

Trust + clear rules and expectations + interesting lessons the keys to behaviour management success

October 2009

a Bangkok-based web

portal - market focus is

Indians living in

Thailand.

Accessing unsuitable material

If students:

• use our filtered wi-fi connection, they are as safe as on a college computer

• want to use their 3G or GPRS connection there isn’t much we can do, other than if we find out they are in breach of the AUP

Digital divide - is it fair?• not all students have mobile devices, and the quantity

and quality of devices varies• we don’t set bringing a device as an expectation just

an option• there are enough devices in student ownership not to

ignore them• Paul Haigh, Assistant Headteacher at Notre Dame

estimates a potential £750,000 worth of student -owned hardware is in his school on a daily basis ……. for a College sum is higher …… Sheffield College has over 22,000 learners (over 36,000 enrolments)…… if 20,000 have a mobile phone, costing an average £100 => £2,000,000 worth of hardware ……

is this radical? - No

• shifting the emphasis from outlawing the devices students own to outlawing the way a minority of students use them

• Schools/Colleges are falling behind what is normal use of technology for everyone - we deal with the future of people, we should be leading the way

• about opening the door to allow Teaching and Learning to evolve in a 21st C environment

'the top five changes you want in order to increase the use of mobile devices in your place of work’ ???

comments on post-it notes please

The ‘top five’ changes – wi-fi !

Sheffield College

ILT Strategy 2010 – 2013

4.2.2 - By July 2012, the College will have:

‘Allowed 100% wireless access in all college main sites for student and staff’s own devices’

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Number of College provided devices (IT Systems) – initially increasing, but then decreasing

Number of student owned devices used for learning within the College – increasing

Cross-over point – 2012?

The future???College becomes more of a provider of connectivity

College owned fixed device

College owned mobile device

Learner OwnedDevices

College Internet Services

Internet

No restriction from college

regarding access Some control in place

Log-on process occurs to gain

both System and Internet access. Internet access

may be restricted.

Possibility of some restriction if device

is controlledin some way

Connectivity Issues

Possibly through: ‘free’ wi-fi access (eg.Starbucks)

‘home’ Internet Service provider (ISP)3G connection via phone network

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Integral part of the College Interim Strategic Plan 2009-2012

‘1.2.2 To encourage the use of digital technology in teaching and learning, including the use of mobile devices’

The way forward

MATTS/ILT Gateway finalist in UK e-government awards 2009 – only College in 74 finalists

2010 JISC-RSC Evolution Awards

Winner : ‘Enabling Resources’Finalist : ‘Bringing Fun to Learning’

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‘The Future of Learning is Mobile’

Jason HaslamMoLeNET Academy Manager, the Sheffield Collegejason.haslam@sheffcol.ac.uk

Dave PickersgillMoLeNET Project Manager, the Sheffield Collegedave.pickersgill@sheffcol.ac.uk

LSN MoLeNET Project Manager of the Year 2009