Partnering with Studentsto Develop Mobile Learning

Tamara PearceLearning Designer, QUT Law School

QUT Law School

• Very large student cohorts

• Range of reasons for studying Law

• QUT Real World branding

• Need to contextualise study

• Desire to inspire and engage

QUT Gardens Point hasdirect physical access to

• Old Government House• Parliament House• Executive Building • Inns of Court• Commonwealth Law

Courts• Magistrates Court• Queen Elizabeth II Courts

Complex• Legal Heritage Centre

Original Activity:

• Optional self guided walk during Orientation Week

• Paper map or Google Map trail

• No further resources or information

• Not contextualised

Reinvigorated Walk Down George Street

• Included in LLB101 Curriculum

• Small group task+ Collaborative learning+ Fun and engagement+ Build peer relationships

• Video with highlights of each location

• Extensive links to related online content

• Related to assessment

• Discussed in tutorials

• Hosted on Blackboard Community Site

Blackboard Learning Module

Questions – directly related to online quiz assessment

Trivia – bonus, history or general interest

Resources – relevant links &textbook readings

Tasks – at each site, sometimes take a selfie

Embedded video hosted on YouTube

Learning Designer supervised IT Capstone Project Team

5 third year students:3 x Developer, 1 x Project Manager, 1 x Graphic/Visual Designer

Students sourced development tools to suit their skills and meet project deliverables

• Students get real project experience

• Students given high level of independence & responsibility

• Law School achieved outcomes with minimal budget

+• Range of student ability

& management of student team

• LD C# coding skills

• Late start/time management

• Incomplete project at the end of semester

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Future Directions#EvaluationStudent feedback and evaluation

#ComingSoonPartnering with Urban Development students to develop realistic and innovative interactive learning resources for Real Property Law

#WishListPartnering with multidisciplinary student team to develop augmented reality Walk Down George Street

Questions?tamara.pearce@qut.edu.au

@TamaraRPearce

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GCS Photos (2015), QUT Open Day 2015, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gcsgp/20017273156/

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Rae Allen (2010), Themus, https://www.flickr.com/photos/raeallen/4442238548/in/photostream/

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All other images designed and created by Tamara Pearce, QUT Law School (2015 – 2016).