Mobile Computing for Neomillennial’s
Elizabeth M. Hodge Ph.D.
East Carolina University
hodgee@ecu.edu
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What it ALL Means 
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Take your time
What are you up to
Thank you
See ya
Talk to you later
No problem
Just joking
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Too much information
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Shift in the Learning Process
• As educators, we have seen a shift in the
learning goals in schools, colleges, and other
organizations which has shifted toward deep
rather than shallow learning.
• The learning environments have become more
immersive and more authentic. In these
environments, the key role of technology is not
so much to present information in drill-andpractice format (to control learning) but to
provide the problem space and the tools to
explore it (to support learning).
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
(AECT) Definition and Terminology Committee , June 1, 2004
Dynamic Learning Environment
• The role of the professor is to create a dynamic
learning environment which provides students
with the ability to immerse themselves in the
learning process.
• Vygotsky (1978, 1986) states that learning is a
social process. If the professor provides the
appropriate environment students should have
several opportunities to interact and
communicate with other students.
Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher order psychological
processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Vygotsky, L.S. (1986). Thought and language. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Social Presence
• By integrating a technological infrastructure which
provides students with the ability to communicate
it will increase the sense of social presence as well
as create a “social space” for students to meet and
learn.
Appropriateness
• “Appropriateness” should be considered in the
instructional design process. Not as a method for
suppressing change or innovation, but rather as an
evaluative method for assessing the applicability,
usefulness and effectiveness of the technology to
facilitate the learning process.
AECT Code
• “promote current and sound professional practices in the use of
technology in education.”
• “sound professional procedures for evaluation and selection of materials
and equipment.”
• “requires researchers and practitioners to protect individuals “from
conditions harmful to health and safety.”
• “requires the avoidance of content that promotes gender, ethnic, racial or
religious stereotypes, and it encourages the “development of programs
and media that emphasize the diversity of our society as a multicultural
community.”
• "opportunities for culturally and intellectually diverse points of view" and
avoiding "commercial exploitation", as well as following copyright laws.”
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
(AECT) Definition and Terminology Committee , June 1, 2004
Mobile Devices
• Cell phones
• SmartPhone/iPhone
• Wireless personal
digital assistants (PDAs)
• Laptops/Tablets
• iPods
• Webcam's
• MP3 Players
SMS Text Messaging
Assessment
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What features do you have on your phone?
Do you have text messaging?
What type of text messaging/image ability?
What is the technology level of your student?
Does each student own a cell phone?
What company is the main service provider for students?
Does your campus want to provide (contract with) a
particular cell phone service?
• Cost prohibitive/Cost of text messages
• Plan B
Costs
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All cell phones have text messaging available. To turn this feature on it costs
nothing - $0
US Cellular & SunCom allows you to receive text messages for free. However,
to send messages it will cost you.
All other service providers charge for both sending and receiving. Each
provider is different. However the highest charge is 10¢ per sent or received
message.
Bundles are available where you purchase a certain amount of messages. For
example my husband has 50 text messages per month for $2.99 whereas I
have 200 for $4.99 per month.
e2Campus
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SMS text messaging project
Bryan Crum from Omnilert
Product we used was e2Campus
Pricing - approximately 95 cents
per student per year
Possible increase to $2 per
student per year
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79.2% -- have used text messaging
87.5% -- found text messaging for course
information helpful
75% -- found text messaging for grade updates
helpful
91.7% -- would enroll in another course that
offers text messaging as an option
87.5% -- said that the cost of receiving text
messages was NOT a hindrance
91.7% -- said that course communication did
meet their expectations
100% -- felt comfortable participating in this
online course
95.8% – felt comfortable expressing their
feelings during this online course
83.3% – feel that text messaging is a useful tool
for use with distance education Courses at ECU
75% -- feel that text messaging is a tool that
can improve a sense of caring and trust
between students and instructor
Appropriateness
Course Updates – General information about the course for a particular
week. Pertinent Information students need to complete course
requirements.
Grade Information – Updates on grades.
Deadline Information – Course calendar information to keep students
on task.
Weekly “Hot” Topics - Topics provided to students to invoke debates
about curriculum discussed in the online course. Topics will develop
and foster communication: student/student, and
student/instructor.
General Questions - Open SMS text messages that provide a
synchronous chat between professor and student.
Questions
SMS Text Messaging
• ECU Mobile Device Strategies Taskforce http://www.ecu.edu/csitcs/act/customcf/techdigest/2007/images/mobiledevicestrat
egies.pdf
• e2Campus - http://www.e2campus.com/
• Uturnmedia - http://www.uturnmedia.com/services/textmessage-applications/
• SMS Everywhere - http://smseverywhere.com/send.htm
• Google Mobile http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/stp-js.html#
• Tinyworld - http://tinywords.com/about/mobile/
White Boards
• Centra - http://www.saba.com/centra-saba/
• Free Centra Trial http://www.saba.com/products/centra/trial/
• Drawing a White Board in Second Life http://archsl.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/dra
wing-on-a-whiteboard-in-second-life/
Wikis
• Wikipedia - http://www.bloglines.com/pedia
• History of Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
• List of Wikis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_soft
ware
• better way to start is to create a free wiki at
pbwiki.com, StikiPad.com or wiki.com.
Blogs
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Blogging 101: http://www.unc.edu/~zuiker/blogging101/index.html
Start Your Own Blog:
http://wordpress.com/
http://textpattern.com/
Weblogs in education: http://anne.teachesme.com/2004/10/05
Blogger: http://www.blogger.com
Weblogs Compendium:
http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/links/cached/chapter6/6_13h_bloghosting.ht
m
Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com/
Bloggers: Portrait of America’s new storytellers –
http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP%20Bloggers%20Report%20July%2019%2020
06.pdf
Educational Blogging http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/EducationalBlogging/404
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Blogging and RSS The what’s it and how to of powerful new web tools for educators
- http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan04/richardson.shtml
Podcast/ScreenCast
• Odeo Studio: http://odeo.com/
• Podcasting Tutorial (Audio Activism):
http://www.audioactivism.org/?p=37
• For Macs (Garage Band): http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
• Screencasting: http://www.myscreencast.com
• Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Creating an RSS Feed - http://www.feedforall.com/
• Garage Band Software - http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
• http://www.garageband.com/
• Camtasia Studio - http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp
• Visual Communicator http://www.studica.com/products/product_detail.cfm?productid=5
3591
Document Sharing
• Sharepoint http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyI
d=05E0DD12-8394-402B-8936A07FE8AFAFFD&displaylang=en
• Google Docs https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=w
ritely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.googl
e.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2
F&ltmpl=homepage&nui=1&rm=false
• Zoho - http://zoho.com/
• Writeboard - http://www.writeboard.com/
• Manila - http://manila.userland.com/
• E-Portfolio Software: http://www.eportfolio.org/
Social Networking
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Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/
www.myspace.com
www.facebook.com
HUGE list of all the Social Networking Sites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_ne
tworking_websites
Virtual Environments
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Virtual reality: teaching tool of the twenty-first century?
http://jw3mh2cm6n.scholar.serialssolutions.com/?sid=google&auinit=H&aulast=Hoffman&atitle=V
irtual+reality:+teaching+tool+of+the+twenty-first+century%3F&id=pmid:9435714
Water on Tap: The Use of Virtual Reality as an Educational Tool
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/dissertations/Byrne/d-96-1.rtf
Distributed Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation Development for Medical Education
(starts on page 21)
http://www.iamse.org/member/article/volume15-1/15-1-04complete.pdf#page=21
101 Uses for Second Life in the College Classroom
http://facstaff.elon.edu/mconklin/pubs/glshandout.pdf
'Immersive Education' Submerges Students in Online Worlds Made for Learning
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=8&hid=15&sid=7ea0f884-d939-41e9-b394583151138acc%40SRCSM2
Putting a Second Life "Metaverse" Skin on Learning Management Systems
http://www.sloodle.com/whitepaper.pdf
Second Life: an overview of the potential of 3-D virtual worlds in medical and health education
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00733.x?cookieSet=1
The Simteach 12 - The Who, Where, When and How of Second Life as a Teaching Tool in 2006
http://www.simteach.com/simteach12_06.pdf
Educational Uses of Second Life http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses
Institutions and Organizations in SL
http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL
A Second Life for Higher Ed http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=12&hid=15&sid=7ea0f884d939-41e9-b394-583151138acc%40SRCSM2
Open Source Material
• Hewlett Foundation OER Resources and Grants http://www.hewlett.org/Programs/Education?OER/openEd
Resources.htm
• WikiEducator - http://www.wikieducator.org/Main_Page
• The Open Knowledge Foundation – http://www.okfn.org/
• Teacher lesson plan sites http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ &
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
• NASA Learning Technologies - http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/
• The Museum of Online Museums http://www.coudal.com/moom/