Cell Phones in College Courses

1. Elaine R. Gagne EDUC 8841 Walden University Cell Phones in College Courses Implementation Proposal “... If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow…”-- John Dewey (Founder of American Public Schools)

2. Needs Cell Phone Integration • Meets unique pedagogical needs of college students and professors for feedback and collaboration • Distance education is a viable, research-based option for learning

3. Rate of Adoption http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html Ziff Davis (2010). U.S. cell phone penetration. Retrieved January 8, 2011, from http://www.gearlog.com/2007/11/us_cellphone_penetration_tops.php

4. Development Perceived Problems in Integration :

5. DesiredFeatures Internet Browsers, Cameras, GPS, Memory Slots, Apps, Graphic Displays, SMS, Email, MP3, Games, e-Book, Calculator http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/cellphone_infographic.jpg :

6. Commercialization • Mass marketed • General public • Students and faculty • Parents • Software/hardware developers

7. Research • 1.5 billion cell phones in use globally • http://k12online.wm.edu/K12_Kolb_Cell.mp3 • 3G to 4G networking expanding access to service • It responds to the on-demand learning interests of connected • citizens in an informationcentric world (Wagner, p. 4). • “Investigations suggest mobile devices can be effective tools for a • broad range of educational activities” (Thornton & Houser, p. 217). • It also connects formal educational experience (e.g., taking a class, • attending a workshop, or participating in a training session) with informal, situated learning experience (e.g., receiving performance support while on the job (Wagner, p. 3).

8. Cost Comparison

9. Innovators & EarlyAdopters • Early Adopters • Administration • Students • Affordability • Training • Redirecting • Challenging

10. Teachers • Parents • Curriculum • Support • Trialability Laggards

11. Training Needs • Teacher • Development • Maintenance • Curriculum integration • Students • Navigation • Sharing files • Integrity/Cheating • Internet searches • Blogging • Podcasts

12. Alternatives Media Labs • Less flexible • More expensive • Space intensive • More maintenance • Requires strong security measures

13. StakeholderBenefits Professors receive instructional support & interact with students Generate Future Leaders Students participate in collaborative activities

14. DecentralizedApproach Pilot Courses

15. Critical Mass U.S. has critical mass in cell phone usage. Japan uses cell phones in education. Critical Mass not yet achieved in education in U.S. college classrooms. Fuse cell phone usage into Advanced Placement courses. Coordinate with college cell phone carrier to offer student discounted rate plans as an incentive.

16. Change Agents Agent #1 Technology Coordinator Agent #2 Pilot Course Faculty Roger’s Change Agent Roles Show need for cell phone integration Create Pilot Course Cohort Create Student Voice Exchange Offer incentive to try course Student Satisfaction Survey Amalgamate with Blackboard Offer other courses using same model

17. Identifying the Champion Low Cost

18. Inspire Excellence in Teaching Excellence in Innovation • Promote Technical Literacy • Promote Information Literacy • Decrease the Digital Divide • Multiple Intelligence Theory • Uses Existing Platform Resources

19. Inspire Creative Integration Blackboard eBooks Google & Podcasts Twitter’s Hoot iTunes University 1,000’s more Apps… Communication & Collaboration Email Discussion Threads Photos, Videos, & Music AOL, MSN Messenger, Skype Mobile Blogging, Wikis, & Social Networking

20. Inspire Hey, Professor! Do you think U.S. educators will ever embrace cell phones in the collegiate classroom? Social Change Yes!

21. References Caronia, L. (2009). Mobile phones in peer culture: Teenagers' messaging as a metalinguistic performance. Conference Papers -- International Communication Association, 1-25. Retrieved December 22, 2010, from EBSCOhost. Kolb, L. (2007). Cell phones as classroom learning tools. [audio]. Retrieved January 12, 2011, from http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=109 Prensky, M. (2004). What can you learn from a cell phone? Almost anything. Innovation. Retrieved January 6, 2010, from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky- Rogers, Everett, M. (2008). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press. Thornton, P., & Houser, C. (2005). Using mobile phones in English education in Japan. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 21(3), 217-228. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2729.2005.00129.x Wagner, E. D. (2005). Mobile learning.Educause. Retrieved January 7, 2011, from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0532.pdf Ziff-Davis. (2007). U.S. cell phone penetration tops 82 percent. Retrieved January 20, 2011, from http://www.gearlog.com/2007/11/us_cellphone_penetration_tops.php

22. Credits PowerPoint creation: Elaine Gagne, MSET Narrator: Elaine Gagne, MSET A word of thanks goes out to Instructor Dr. Almusude and the members of the Community 2-Diffusion members: Milton Francis, Shannon Gray, Deborah Forest, and Nicholas Jarrell, for their continued support and suggestions regarding the production, content, and flow of my EDUC 8841: Diffusion and Integration of Technology, Week 11 Course Project.