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This presentation was part of a webinar for Open Education Week 2013, with the title: New global education trends: policy, learning design, mobile.http://www.openeducationweek.org/
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Mobile devices and open education:Match made in heaven or shotgun wedding?
Terese BirdLearning Technologist andSCORE Research FellowInstitute of Learning InnovationUniversity of Leicester
What will we talk about today?• Mobile use generally & in education
• Is open educational movement mobile-friendly? (anecdote about a meeting to look at oer – first was flash-based, chair of meeting was looking via iPad –not good)
• My survey – MOOCs
• The global mobile situation
• Conclusions
Global growth of mobile
Marketing Charts data 2013
Horizon report 2012 (New Media Consortium 2012)
Within 12 months these will become mainstream in education:• Mobile apps
– Pervasive internet connection
– GPS
• Tablet PCs
– Less disruptive than phones
– More mobile than laptops
– Good for long readings
Photo by Ed Yourdon on Flickr
Mobile use in education (UoL snapshot)
• 15% of UoL first year medical student own an iPad… rising to 35% of UoL third year medical students own an iPad (Winter 2013 data)
• Over 7000 unique downloads of Blackboard Mobile from October 2012 through Feb 2013 without being required to
• Many distance learning courses choosing and considering mobile as e-reader and other learning purposes
Is the open education movement mobile?
• MIT Open Courseware – pdf and video
• iTunes U – yes but Apple-weighted
• Flash clash
• Online v offline
Photo by Steve Rhodes on Flickr
JISC OER projects encourage mobile
www.le.ac.uk/manufacturingpasts
Are MOOCing students using mobile devices? SurveyMonkey - via Twitter 1 week - Coursera - N=12
If you had trouble, briefly describe:“I tried to access Coursera on my BlackBerry, but it won't play ball. Phone's software and memory capabilities are main culprits. Would likely work on a more recent smartphone, but still sad not to have a mobile option available to me at present. “
“All I really used the phone for, was to pick up my results today, while I was out and about. Whilst I got the "You may not be able to access this with your webbrowser". (Using Sony phone with Android - not sure which release), I could get to the assessment page. Havent tried viewing videos etc. It would be great if the Coursera site was optimised for mobile.:
“All materials accessed through tablet browser but would think that in this day and age they would've created a specific 'app for that' that would make the forums more accessible and easier to navigate. “
“Flash” (Apple mobile)
“I’ve dropped out of MOOCs because I could not access the content from my iPhone or iPad”
The global mobile situation• Growth of smartphones in African nations
• Growth of Apple in China
• iPads and other tablets in Turkey
• Apple infrastructure
No African unis in iTunes U
iBooks Author free but…
iTunes U good for offline
Apple is courting education but
• Developing world?
• Is it open if few can afford it?
Photo by BasiliskSam on
Flickr
Photo by Brett Jordan on Flickr
Conclusions
• Develop open materials and platforms for mobile
• Develop for offline use where possible
• Small filesizes
• Communication between communities
References
• Marketing Chart Staff. (2013). Mobile Share of Web Traffic Jumped in Q4 2012. Marketing Charts Website. Retrieved march 11,2013, from http://www.marketingcharts.com/wp/interactive/mobile-share-of-web-traffic-jumped-in-q4-2012-26057/
• New Media Consortium. (2012). Horizon Report > 2012 Higher Education Edition.
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