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Presentation at Gregynog Colloquium in June 2011 by Peter Godwin
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Going Mobile and Going Mobile and Social at BedfordshireSocial at Bedfordshire
Peter GodwinUniversity of Bedfordshire
13 June 2011
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The The Bedfordshire Bedfordshire experienceexperience
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What is Bedfordshire?2.0 moves onIt’s mobile and socialThe Bedfordshire experience
They don’t They don’t know know what they don’t what they don’t know!know!
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“Students struggled with processing results and finding the good, relevant stuff they need ... they may lack the skills for selecting the most relevant results they need for solving information problems in their daily lives.”
How college students use the Web to conduct everyday life researchby Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg.First Monday, Volume 16, Number 4 - 4 April 2011http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/3484/2857
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Do they share?
The nerds are still the The nerds are still the minorityminority
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Information on the moveInformation on the move
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How will it affect the way people access and use How will it affect the way people access and use information?information?
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Who are you?Who are you?
GeotaggingGeotagging
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They text and share
music
Augmented realityAugmented reality
Mobile and socialMobile and socialhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2891883172/
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What’s happening
to Information
Literacy?
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Mobile devices Mobile devices survey April 2011survey April 2011
172 Masters level Business students
116 consider they are using a mobile device as a learning tool
20 have Android 25 iPhone 3 iPad 2 e-book reader 24 Blackberry 49 netbook/laptop/tablet
27 know of ourAndroid app. to access library services and 10 have used it.
36 know of QR codes to access e-books and videos, and 21 use them.
Mobile devices FocusMobile devices FocusGroups Groups 9 June 20119 June 2011
Masters level Business students
3 groups (2,2,5)None had done the survey8 of 9 said used mobiles as
learning toolSome use of mobile Library
and Library Catalogue apps.Interest in QR codes but little
used.Valued access offered 24/7
wherever situated especially at examo time.
Main lessons :
We are on the right track
It is early days yetGreat need for
promotion
Costs are still a barrierCosts are still a barrier
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Mobile devices are adding a new twist to Information Literacy
They provide valuable ways to deliver services and communicate with our users
Promotion is critical
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Mobiles –the ultimate portable computerMobiles –the ultimate portable computer