Top mobile apps for Higher Education

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Courtney Mlinar, HPD Library Nova Southeastern University Handheld Librarian Conference 2012

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Courtney Mlinar, HPD Library

Nova Southeastern University

Handheld Librarian Conference 2012

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How I got started… Medicine is Mobile Initiative Fall 2009

Morphed into iPad Initiative Fall 2010

LibGuides created Summer 2010

Faculty Development Spring 2011

New leadership in OIT Spring 2011

Emerging Technologies Librarian Spring 2011

HPD Library purchased iPad2s Summer 2011

Macs in Library Information Commons Fall 2011

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Holiday card 2011

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Poll #1

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Preparations Pilot projects at other medical schools

Other HE projects: SHUmobile webinar http://blogs.shu.edu/mobile/

UC Irvine- what we learned webinar http://www.imeded.uci.edu/

Medical, HE blogs, Twitter

Collaboration with HPD faculty, students

Mac OS training with OIT Spring 2011

Collaboration within ALA, ACRL, MLA

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Suggested Reading iMed Initiative UC Irvine http://www.uci.edu/features/2011/01/feature_imed_110118.php

SHUmobile Initiative http://blogs.shu.edu/mobile/about/

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

Apple in Education http://www.apple.com/education/resources/

HPD Library mobile tab http://nova.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=104950&sid=835769

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Observations… Pedagogy, curriculum changes HPD, other medical

schools

Problems with LMS flexibility: mobile solutions?

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Poll #2

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Poll #3

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Big change in library instruction: Jamaica Medical Mission December 2010

Added apps to devices for Pharmacy students

Result: between 300-500 interventions per day

Faculty requested adding apps to instruction

Faculty requesting more instruction for both students, themselves

Library became center for Inter-professional Learning

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New library instruction building blocks: Orientation

Basic Library instruction: searching medical literature

Advanced searching, evidence-based medicine

Training for citation software (EndNote)

Clinical databases, evaluating web resources

Medical apps- recommended apps, how to evaluate apps

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Poll #4

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App Development evolves… Platform specific to cross-platform expectation

Library database app authentication

Database apps- abridged versions?

Some database apps affiliate with app aggregators

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4 Types of Apps emerge 2011… Abridged versions of databases

Native apps: use device features such as camera, GPS

Hybrid apps: combo native app and mobile-optimized web site

Pure mobile-optimized web site with app portal

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Mobile-optimized databases… Library databases: updated by vendor

Hybrid apps- native app platform plus mobile-optimized database

Journal apps: read abstract only, link to full text

Combination journal app and web site

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Poll #5

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Ebook platform apps- Some ebook platforms require app to read (CHMate

LITE)

Some ebooks download directly to device to read offline

Ebooks with web site type features: videos, audio, supplementary materials

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McGraw-Hill Access Medicine

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Poll #6

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How to Evaluate? Similar to web site evaluation:

CRAAP (University of California Chico State)Meriam Library, U. o. C., Chico. (2010). Evaluating Information - Applying the CRAAP Test, from

http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf

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Web Site: C = Currency

R = Relevance

A = Authority

A = Accuracy

P = Purpose

Meriam Library, U. o. C., Chico. (2010). Evaluating Information - Applying the CRAAP Test, from http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf

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CRAPPIES for Apps

C = Currency

R = Relevance

A = Authority

P = Purpose

P = Proven to be Accurate and Useful

I = Intuitive*

E = Easy to find what user wants

S = Stable interface* Spool, J. M. (2005). What makes a Design seem ‘Intuitive’? Retrieved Jan. 20, 2012, from

http://www.uie.com/articles/design_intuitive/

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Current App Gaps Compliance for users with disabilities

Cross-Platform availability

Usefulness

Unreliable reviews

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How do I start? Access to devices

Talk to database vendors about their apps

Anticipate apps for major journals, databases, ebook platforms

Identify best apps for your users

Learn how to use apps

Add app evaluation and key apps to instruction

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Test Driven Apps

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1. Database AppsApps available through institutional licensing

Authentication:

Some require you to create an account on database search page

Some require an access code

Some require a password from database help or mobile web page

Ask vendor if statistics are available

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Possible issues: App usage may take a seat if you have a database that is

limited to a certain number of simultaneous users

App password / access code may expire periodically

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EBSCO- emails access code

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Download app, use access code-

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Search EBSCO using app-similar to My Folder

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Relevance or Date ordered results

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PDF opens- save in different apps…

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PDF apps-

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Gale: Access My Libraryhttp://www.gale.cengage.com/apps/

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Setup Gale Resources using email address

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They email authentication code-Call Gale technical support if you have issues

Remember to Update My Resources often

Hybrid app: part native app, part mobile site portal

Allows Power Search all Gale databases or all Gale Ebooks

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Gale Databases

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Authentication screen opens-

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Results-

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PDF- must read on screen

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Science Direct

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Sciverse Applications Portal

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Medical Library Database Apps Clinical Pharmacology

DynaMed

FirstConsult

Micromedex Drug Information

Micromedex Drug Interactions

Micromedex IV Compatibility

Natural Standard

Skyscape

Stat!Ref

Visual Dx

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2. Journal Apps Emerald

JSTOR beta

Also search the App store by journal name

(NEJM, Chest…)

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3. Ebook AppsFor textbook entire curriculum package:

Vital Source: Bookshelf http://www.ingramcontent.com/MRKNG/2011/52373/52373Vitalsource.html

YouTube video about Bookshelfhttp://youtu.be/N7WprfUbKg0

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InklingFor individual purchase- interactive videos, images, links

for iPad

Buy individual chapters for $1.99http://www.inkling.com/about/

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Inkling screen shots

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Other recommended ebook apps: Kindle – NEW: send Word docs, PDFs to Send-to-

Kindle email address (Amazon cloud)-automatically delivered to your device.

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iBooks

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iBooks textbooks (NEW)

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iBooks categories

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More e-reader apps Stanza

Audiobooks

CHMate LITE

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4. News: Science, Medicine Zite

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Plos Reader

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News: HE Times Higher Education- some content free

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Chronicle of Higher Education

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News: World Guardian Eyewitness

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Flipboard

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SkyGrid

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Google Currents

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5. Citations Mendeley- stores citations & PDFs, syncs

AP Mobile

iCite (APA)

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6. Streaming video UStream

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Skype

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Facetime

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7. PDFs PDF Expert

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8. Documents and Notes Evernote

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Springpad

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Quick Office

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Awesome Lists-To Do Lists

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Noteshelf

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9. Teaching Tegrity Mobile

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Keynote

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Dropbox

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Open Culture

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Questions?

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Avoid the CRAPPIES

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Happy App-ing!

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Thank you!!!!Courtney Mlinar

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