Blackboard World 2013 - Mobile Learning: It Takes a Village

Mobile LearningIt Takes a Village

ABOUT US

Robin RobinsonDirector Education Technologyrrobinson@framingham.edu

Clair WaterburyInstructional Technologistcwaterbury@framingham.edu

Framingham State UniversityFramingham, MAwww.framingham.edu

FRAMINGHAM STATE UNIVERSITY

Founded 1839

Located 20 Miles West of Boston

6506 students (4489 undergrads – 2017 grad students)

25 Undergraduate Programs

26 Graduate Programs

Undergrad Laptop Requirement

Online Learning since 1998

OUR AGENDA

Our ChallengeOur ApproachSuccess StoriesLessons LearnedMake it Yours

OUR CHALLENGE

What is the impact on teaching and learning if iPads are introduced into the classroom?

Aline Davis, PhD, Biology

OUR CHALLENGEWhy Mobile?

OUR APPROACH

Assemble a team

Create a process

Identify resources

Build support

Define policies and procedures

OUR APPROACHMOBILE TASK FORCE

Operations: Policy, Procedure and

Support

Our Mobile Footprint

Teaching and Learning

Environment

OUR APPROACHIT TAKES A VILLAGE

• Academic Affairs• ITS • Library• Assessment

Core Team

• Faculty• CASA• Students• ETO/User

Services

Student Success

• Business Office• Networking• UTC

Logistics

OUR APPROACHINNOVATION GRANTS

Develop technology proficiency

Design new instructional strategies

Improve teaching effectiveness

Increase student learning

Limited resources

OUR APPROACHINNOVATION GRANTS

Significance

Significance of Need Addressed

Extent of Innovation

Quality of Implementation and Evaluation Plans

SUCCESS STORIES

SUCCESS STORIESMOBILE PRESENCE

SUCCESS STORIES

Art Education Computer Animation Social Media Graphic Novels

Student Engagement

SUCCESS STORIES

iPad Pilot 2012-2013: Mobile Engagement

Hardcopy text

E-book on Laptop

E-book on iPad

Fall Semester

Instructor selected iBook

Institution purchased apps

Text on CourseSmart

Spring Semester

OUR RESULTS

Purchase Blackboard Mobile University License

Evernote Electronic Lab notebook

Mobile Task Force

Creation of Web App: FSU Go

SUCCESS STORIES

Tablet Grant 2013-2014: Mobile Engagement Comparison

iPads

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablets

Study Blue flash card creation

Overdrive

Poll Everywhere

Dropbox

Blackboard Mobile

OUR RESULTS

SUCCESS STORIES

Graphic Novel Grant 2013-2014: Creating for Mobile

Features of Digital Books• Sound effects• Narrations• Animated art• Ability to share and

critique work digitally

iPad –Testing and viewing examples

iBook Author

InDesign – Foliotool CS6

SUCCESS STORIES

iPad – Provided Mobility

Google + Communities

Classroom Salon

Puffin (browser)

Blackboard Mobile (LMS)

Social Media Grant 2013-2014: Mobile in Victorian LiteratureUse of Dynamic Annotation• Classroom Salon• Public and Private Annotation• Tagging• Collaboration with Carnegie Mellon• Commenting• Analytics• Personalized with Avatars

Uses of Google Communities• Role playing • Scavenger hunt• Hashtags for assignments• Victorian Tea

•Art Education - iPads for student teachersArt Education

•Computer Animation TechniquesCommunication Arts

•Victorian Communities -continue to refine social mediaEnglish •Lecture Capture and on-demand pollingBiology

SUCCESS STORIESWHAT’S NEXT AY13-14

LESSONS LEARNED

LESSONS LEARNED

MAKE IT YOURS

THANK YOU!

Robin Robinsonrrobinson@framingham.edu

Clair Waterburycwaterbury@framingham.edu

Framingham State UniversityITS- Education Technology Officeeto@framingham.edu

THANK YOU!

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Session Title: Mobile Learning: It Takes a Village