Value & Opportunities of Mobile
Devices
Todd W. Jorns
Senior Director for Education Technology
Illinois Community College Board
Facts
• 285 million of the 308 million people living in
the U.S. have cell phones.
• 41% of the global population carry mobile
phones (6.3 billion).
• More people in India have access to cell
phones than toilets.
• “Nomophobia” is the fear of being out of
mobile contact.
http://saulnier.typepad.com/learning_tech
nology/2010/10/mobile-learning
Facts
• Students spend an average of 7.5 hours per
day on smart phones, computers, televisions
or other electronic devices.
• Teenagers and high school students use
mobile devices more than 18+ year olds.
• Mobile is not a fad and is not going to die out.
• Mobile will become more diverse and
innovative.
www.plattformhighereducation.com/blogs
Facts
• In 2009, 32% of Americans had used a cell
phone or smartphone to access the internet
– Email
– Instant messaging
– Seeking information
• Increase of 33% from 2007
• 73% increase in using mobile devices to access
the internet
Northern Illinois University - Spectrum
Student Expectations
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Reliable, robust internet access on campus.
Better mobile accessible websites & applications.
Mobile access to online classes.
Mobile access for registration, payments and
dropping classes.
• Mobile access for library services.
• Mobile access for campus news, events,
notifications, directory, course info, etc.
• Other Expectations?
Faculty Expectations
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Preparation (boot up, battery life, etc.)
Distraction or Enhancement (AUPs)
Student Attention (hiding behind notebooks)
File Sharing (plagiarism)
Group Work/Collaboration (what’s acceptable)
All Students are Comfortable with Technology
Other Expectations?
http://ctelt.pbworks.com/w/page/662132
8/studentExpectations
Faculty Uses
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Taking Attendance
Collecting Data
Reading Scholarly Articles
Recording Notes
Using Textbook Tools
Planning Lectures
Other Faculty Uses?
Staff/Administrator Uses?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Future Expectations
• Transformation from Consumption devices to
Production devices.
• Engage multiple senses (text, images, sounds).
• Capture real world material based on concepts
being taught in class each week.
• Students demand for interactive mobile learning
classroom activities will increase.
• Campus-wide mobile learning committee.
• Accessibility Issues - screen readers, etc.
Mobile Web Apps Survey
• Does your institution have a Mobile
Application for student use? (30/31)
– Yes = 30%
– No = 70%
• Does your institution have a Mobile
Application for faculty and staff use? (29/31)
– Yes = 24.1%
– No = 75.9%
Illinois Community College Board – Fall 2011
Mobile Web Apps Survey
• If so, which platform does your Mobile
Application(s) support? (10/31)
– iOS = 0%
– DROID = 0%
– Both = 100%
• Did internal staff create the Mobile
Application(s)? (16/31)
– Yes = 12.5%
– No = 87.5%
Illinois Community College Board – Fall 2011
Mobile Web Apps Survey
• Which functions does your Mobile Application
Support? (11/31)
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Register for Classes = 18.2%
Drop/Add Classes = 18.2%
Make a Payment = 18.2%
Access LMS Content (online classes) = 45.5%
View Grades = 36.4%
Receive Campus Announcements = 63.6%
Campus Map Using GPS = 54.5%
Other responses (news, events, phone #, course info)
Illinois Community College Board – Fall 2011
Challenges for Deployment
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Need for skilled developers
Faculty fluency and interest
Funding
Platform decisions
Lack of common devices
Student opinion of devices
Digital divide and access to devices
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Challenges for Deployment
• Unrealistic expectations
– Students
– Faculty
– Administrators
• Technology support
• Technology keeps changing
• Students’ technology skill level
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Mobile Web Sites
• Demand for mobile web sites is increasing
exponentially.
• Similar to college & university websites back in
the 1990s.
• More than making your current website look
pretty on mobile devices.
• Compatible with multiple platforms
• Research your audience(s).
http://doteduguru.com/id5154-best-of-themobile-higher-ed-web.html
Mobile Website Examples
• Roanoke College –
http://www.rcnewsblog.com/?p=933
http://i.roanoke.edu
http://m.roanoke.edu/
• Virginia Tech – http://mobile.vt.edu/
• West Virginia University –
http://m.wvu.edu/about/
http://m.wvu.edu/
http://doteduguru.com/id5154-best-of-themobile-higher-ed-web.html
Mobile Website Examples
• Adelphi University –
http://m.adelphi.edu/info.php
http://m.adelphi.edu/
• MIT – http://mobi.mit.edu/about/
http://m.mit.edu
• Ohio State University – http://m.osu.edu/
• Oxford University – http://m.ox.ac.uk/
http://doteduguru.com/id5154-best-of-themobile-higher-ed-web.html
CIO Summit Resources
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Go to http://flip4u.org
Agenda
PowerPoint Presentations
Mobile Website Examples
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