Mobile Technology

The Why’s and the Wherefore’s

Marianne Giltrud, MSLS

July 20, 2010

What is Mobile Technology?

Web enabled Smartphone’s Applications designed for smart phone

interfaces. Cloud computing

The Framework for Mobile Web 2.0 (Kuklinski & Brandt, 2008)

Stanford’s Human Computer Interaction Users “always on and always in motion.” Mobile Technology Graphic:

http://hci.stanford.edu/jbrandt/hugo/infographic/MobileWeb2_English.pdf

Why Mobile Technology: Why Now?

EDUCAUSE (Aldrich, 2010)

Pew Internet: Mobile Access 2010 (Smith, 2010)

Mobile Learning (Lan, & Sie, 2010)

ANOVA Analysis SMS, Email, RSS

SMS Timeliness Email Content Richness RSS Accuracy and

Adaptability

New and Events Feeds:http://www.lib.cua.edu/newsevents/rss-feeds/

Findings Improved communication

and collaboration. Enhanced learning

feedback Encouraged active &

Problem Based Learning Emphasized time on task Acquire content quickly Provides more learning

opportunities for geographically dispersed groups.

The Catholic University of America Libraries Mobile Website

http://www.lib.cua.edu/m

Features and Functionality Hours Location Ask a Librarian MyAladin & Catalog Quick Article Search Full Website

Quick Article Search Access to EBSCO

Databases ASP: American History &

Life, ATLA, Avery Index to Architectural periodicals

Literary Reference Center CINAHL, HaPl

Questions for Discussion

Quick survey….How many of you currently have/use smart phones on a regular basis?

What are the advantages to mobile technology? Disadvantages?

What impact does this have on

Teaching, Learning and

Scholarship?

Bibliography

Aldrich, A. (2010, July). Universities and libraries move to the mobile web. EDUCAUSE QUARTERLY, 33(2), Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/UniversitiesandLibrariesMoveto/206531.

Kuklinski, H. , & Brandt, Joel. (2008 , September). Mobile web 2.0. Retrieved from http://hci.stanford.edu/jbrandt/hugo/infographic/MobileWeb2_English.pdf.

Lan, Y. , & Sie, Y. . (2010). Using Rss to support mobile learning based on media richness theory . Computers & Education, 55, 723-732.

Smith, A. . (2010, July 7). Mobile access 2010. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Mobile-Access-2010.aspx

For further reading Chen, C. . (2010). The Implementation and evaluation of a mobile self-and peer-assessment system. Computers

& Education, 55, 229-236.  Katz, J. (2008 ). Handbook of mobile communication studies . Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press.