The Student-Information RelationshipBy Joshua Harding

Agenda

• Setting the scene• Tablet computing• Consulting information• Workflows• Barriers & Challanges• An ideal future• Q & A• Conclusion

BSc (Hons) Physiology

MBChB - Medicine

• In 18 months I had covered the same amount of content!

• Information overload!• I needed to be able to access• Lots of Info• Quickly• Efficiently

Our core texts had all the answers

No!But we will try

anyway!

So did I find a solution?Yes

Digital Consumption

I am a paperless student

MBChB - Medicine

MBChB - Medicine

• Search across all my content & resources• Seamlessly switch between note taking,

resource apps & textbooks• ↑ Efficacy• ↓ Time taken

• ↓ Stress, ↑ Satisfaction• On demand society

Tablet Computing• Not a new idea• Powerful personalised education tool• 18 months – If not sooner!• Expectations will rise!

We remember20% of what we read30% of what we hear40% of what we see50% of what we say60% of what we do

Why use one as a student?

• Adoption of a device that allows this = no brainer!• Personalised education experience Flexible• Desire is present

Ultimately we remember 90% of what we read, see, hear, say and do

• Question - “So why haven’t you bought one?”• Answer – “I’ve always wanted to buy one, but I’ve

never been sure how I could actually use it.”

Consulting Information

• Notes & Resources at my finger tips• Notability (Note taking app)– Take a history from the patient

• Answer questions with confidence• Refresh memory• Perform with confidence• Instant feedback

Consulting Information

• British National Formulary (BNF)– Resource App Instant learning &

subsequent reinforcement

Pocket Body (Anatomy App)

• Recap anatomy• Forefront of mind • Anchor points• Improved learning• ↑ retention

Consulting Information

• Notability (Note taking app)– Annotate lecture notes– Record lecture

• Inkling• GoodReader (Notes)• Resource Apps• Internet

Inkling

• Interactive, Smart, Multi-touch – books• The future of the textbook– Intuitive navigation– Interactive, movies, animations, music, podcasts,

slideshows, interactive images, 3D models– Search through the entire book– Highlight text, make notes & share them

• Purchase per chapter– Free content updates

Maximising digital potential• Interactive textbooks as a base model• Smart textbooks would be irresistible!• Why? Simple You will get a better grade• What do I want my textbook to do?– Whilst I study it, it studies me– Inform me of my progress– Adapt the content of the book to me– Be a personal study buddy– A true personal learning environment– Compare me to my peers

Resource AppseBooks Lectures

Dropbox

• The fulcrum of a digital student• Upload, Sync & Download all your content– Offline viewing– Never lose your content

• Organises your files• Sharing

Barriers to being a digital student

1. Awareness– Solutions• Librarians – Digital literacy, Student advisors• Publishers – Free (offline) ebooks with paper copies

2. Costs– Solutions• Upfront costs wont change – Loaning from libraries?• Publishers Institutional and Private consumption

Challenges

• Key dichotomy– Private consumption– Institutional consumption

• I get free access to all the popular texts in paper form from my library

• So why not digital?• Fragmentation, Reduced Variety & Variable

Quality

My ideal workflow

• Interactive textbooks as a standard– Export content from (in PDF format) to my notes

• Interactive textbooks– One universal store to buy them (privately)– One universal platform to view them on– Easy to loan from my library (free)

• Apply learning analytics• Institutional subscriptions to Apps

Any questions?

Conclusion

• Digital consumption is the future• Paperless students will become more common• Publishers need to adapt or go the way of the

dinosaur– Or Universities will start using iBooks author and

do it for you!• Libraries & Institutions need to re-organise

their funds to incorporate Apps & more digital content