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Great expectations: a student’s view of m-learning

Great expectations: a student’s view of m-learning. James Watson iBSc Clinical Science UCL Medical School. Disclosures. I have worked for UCL and been paid for the following roles: Final year MBBS Professional Development Spine e-learning

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Great expectations: a student’s view of m-learning

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  1. Great expectations: a student’s view of m-learning James Watson iBSc Clinical Science UCL Medical School

  2. Disclosures • I have worked for UCL and been paid for the following roles: • Final year MBBS Professional Development Spine e-learning • Pre-clinical electronic resource development including formative assessment • Worked with Professor Jean McEwan on a pilot scheme involving consultants and general practitioners and their use of a virtual learning environment • In an unpaid capacity I have spent three years as a student academic representative

  3. Who am I and what am I doing here? • In year 4/6 at UCL medical school • Currently undertaking my iBSc year in Clinical Science • Interest in e-learning • Interest in medical education • Interest in minimising paper usage • Interest in mobile technology as an aid in medicine • I am not typical, I am an extreme

  4. What devices do I use? • iPhone 4 • iPad • Amazon Kindle • Dell XPS M1530 with Windows 7 Professional • Samsung NC10 netbook in the lab

  5. What do I want to use in the future? • A laptop or a desktop? • Do I rely on institutional infrastructure

  6. What do I use on my iDevices?

  7. What do students want?

  8. What do we assume that students have? • Laptop • Phone • ? Smartphone • Internet access at home

  9. What should students be using? • ? PDA • Smartphones • ? Blackberrys • Tablet devices • Laptops or desktops

  10. A greener approach • Paper is wasteful • Many students are so disorganised that they probably will not ever find something again • Why the resistance? • A generational shift in mentality • Need to improve digital note taking • Keep things simple

  11. Pre-clinical and clinical years, what is the difference? • Clinical students ideally need things on the go • Most men do not carry bags on the wards • Not everyone has trouser pockets big enough for cheese and onion • Wireless signals do not penetrate concrete well • Needing your own mobile connections

  12. The challenges • If you buy a book you should get a digital copy in the form of an app included • Risk of double buying • Apps more expensive than books • Subscriptions rather than owning outright • Tied into platforms • Institutional ICT infrastructure • Noisy keyboards in lectures

  13. The future of the library? • Libraries will always have a central place in learning • Where a library chooses to exist • The compromise in the middle somewhere

  14. A room of plug sockets or a room of greasy keyboards?

  15. The future • Bring your own device • Paperless curriculums – more than just PDFs and PPTs • ? Microsoft Windows 8 • ? Apple take over the world • Electronic health records on digital devices • Google’s glasses • Chiropractors and osteopaths • Clanging keyboards

  16. The future...now • Nike wrist band • iPhone thermometers and glucose readers

  17. Lego CT

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