Mobile at Bond Drivers January 2010 mLearning@Bond Academic Discussion Group July 2010 mLearning...

Mobile at Bond

Drivers

• January 2010 mLearning@Bond Academic Discussion Group

• July 2010 mLearning report tabledThe advice of the mLearning@Bond Group, therefore, is that Bond University should begin a steady investment that develops mLearning initiatives. The initiatives should cover both the flexible delivery of administrative information to students and the delivery of educational content. The aim must be to improve the student experience by making content and services available to our students in a way that enhances, but does not replace on-

campus engagement.

Drivers

• Students• BUSA meeting• Election platform

• Why isn’t Bond in the app store?

• Office of Student Experience• Push from developers selling services

Drivers

• Staff• Use in class

• Ipads• Enriched ebooks

• New buildings• Paperless meetings• Operation plan requirement

Issues

• Data security on mobile devices• Pressure from BYOD to integrate with

corporate environment• Apple TV on the wifi

• Ad hoc development

Initiatives

• Blackboard Mobile Learn – 1st site in Australia

• Emerging Technology Committee• Procurement policy changes• Data security policy• M.bond.edu.au• Computer availability

Projects

• Bond on iTunes U• Bond Mobile project• Student/staff projects

• Bus timetable• Career development • Games• 3D mapping• Enriched ebooks

Bond Mobile

• User stakeholder group• Requirements – 6 services

• Technical Reference Group• Academics, marketing, researchers, students,

developers

• Issues• Web v. native app• In-house v. outsourced

Bond Mobile

Recommendation:

A mobile application development framework should be selected on the basis of the following requirements: – Cost – User experience (Social, easy, fun)– Future development options based a native

Software Development Kit (SDK)– Delivered services

Bond Mobile

Stage 1– Implement delivered services (modules)

Stage 2– Develop missing required services (modules)

Stage 3 – Develop mobile framework– Look for creative/innovative ideas, especially

for Teaching and Learning