Susannah Diamond, Gladson Chikwa and Stuart Hepplestone

Technology Enhanced LearningQuality Enhancement and Student Success

Let’s Mobile-ise!

Outline

1. Sharing progress about a current project2. Over to you! Ideas-storm and poster session3. Discussion about impacts on our service

Orientation activity

1. Introduce yourself to your neighbours2. Do you have a favourite mobile app? 3. Why do you like it?

Student Expectations

60%of US students

had a smartphonein 2010

75%of SHU students

have smartphonein 2011

10% of SHU students

have a tabletin 2011

Irwin (2011)

Employability on the Move

Project context

University Services

StudentSkills

Employment Opportunities

Facilitating engagement withemployability opportunities

via mobile devices

Activity:

Working in small groups, your task is to:• Decide on a service which could be enhanced

through the use of mobile devices.• What is it that you are aiming to improve?• What would it look like?• What type of mobile functionality will be involved?• Would it change your role?• Present back your new application to everyone else

in a visual way, and within one minute.

Let’s Mobile-ise!

Proposals

Careers Events News Items

Events Calendar Booking Facility

SearchFor Jobs

and Placements

View FAQs +/or

Ask a Question

Careers Advisers Appointments

Bookings and Reminders

Key Service Information

Photo by nickobec on flickr

What do our students say?

" Help with finding relevant part-time jobsto fit around study"

“I think the most important thing for mewould be the ability to quickly find a page

that was genuinely relevantto my field of work”

"A mobile app would be extremely useful, but i dont think it should be overloaded

with too much information"

Mobile design options

• Do nothing• Adaptive Design• Responsive Design• Web app• Native app

"Everybody’s initial thought is that they want an iPhone app, but this might not be the right solution for you."

Borley, 2011

Outcomes

View FAQs and/or ask a question

Key Service Information

Careers advisers Book an appointment and receive reminders

Careers events View schedule News items Booking facility

Search for jobs and placements

Challenges - Discuss!

Joined up

• System dependencies• Multiple processes

Useful

• Meet needs and expectations

Usable

• Design• Relevance

Thank you for participating!

Susannah DiamondGladson Chikwa

Stuart Hepplestone

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