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Our students’ mobile phones and how they are using them for learning

Our students’ mobile phones and how they are using them for learning. Claire Bradley Research Fellow Learning Technology Research Institute. Overview of research with students. 5 years of research with Debbie Holley in The Business School with first-year students (2005-09)

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Our students’ mobile phones and how they are using them for learning

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  1. Our students’ mobile phones and how they are using them for learning Claire Bradley Research Fellow Learning Technology Research Institute

  2. Overview of research with students • 5 years of research with Debbie Holley in The Business School with first-year students (2005-09) • student survey of mobile phone use for 5 years • 2009-10 funding for a SWAP project • October 2010 project with Student Services • conducted survey with University-wide students • Present some data from these 2 studies, and give examples of some of the learning activities our students are already using their mobile phones for

  3. The mobile picture • Our research has shown that since 2008 all students own a mobile phone of varying sophistication • In 2010 86% of students have a Smart Phone – converged functionalities with Internet browsing and email • The reality is that all (if not most) students have a mobile phone which is essentially a small computer, available 24/7

  4. The survey October 2010 • 107 students completed an online survey • Survey covers all faculties and years of study

  5. Which mobile phone 86% of phones are SmartPhones

  6. Mobile phone features

  7. Contract v Pay as you go 63% have their mobile on a contract 29% of students keep a mobile for 12 months or less

  8. The mobile Internet 14% of students normally access the Internet from their mobile 87% know how to access the Internet from their mobile

  9. Flexible learning

  10. Do you currently use your mobile phone to help with your learning? • 41% said ‘yes’ (44 students) • 80 examples given – most students gave more than one example • Example learning activities cited have been grouped into categories

  11. Uses of mobiles for learning Category Mobile phone use Total uses Conducting research / Research (11 students) 19 getting information Google searching (4) Websites (4) Using tools / WebLearn (10) 18 applications Evision (1) Webmail (1) Dictionaries (4) Word and Powerpoint (1) Google docs (1) Communicating Email (8) 16 Phone (4) Text messages (2) Contacting group members (3) and tutors (2) Organising Check timetable, exams, course schedule (8) 11 Time management (1) Using ‘calendar’ (2)

  12. Uses of mobiles for learning Category Mobile phone use Total uses Consuming learning Lecture notes / notes when travelling (2) 7 materials / content Learning materials / readings on WebLearn (2) iTunes U (1) ibooks (1) Reading PDFs (1) Note-taking Write notes (2 students) 4 Lecture notes (1) Record lectures (1) Generating content / Taking pictures to use in my work 1 artefacts Other Sharing information 4 Renew library books View images and Powerpoint files Translation

  13. Other examples of mLearning activities Business students • Accessing Facebook study or subject groups • Accessing and updating blog • Communicating with Blackberry Messenger – free amongst Blackberry users • Producing coursework – writing reports, drafting presentations, taking images • Taking photos of things to remember e.g. equations, notices • Transport files • Share files and content (e.g. for groupwork)

  14. The SWAP project • In-depth study of students’ mobile phone ownership, their uses of and attitudes towards mobile learning • 3 students were loaned Flip Video Camcorders to record video diaries – some filmed their fellow students • 3 students were interviewed • A series of written and video case studies of students and their mobile learning practice http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/learningonthemove/index.html

  15. Food for thought? • Students are using their mobile phones for a variety of learning activities – largely of their own initiative • The number of students and the activities they engage in are increasing as mobile phones become more sophisticated and more have (cheaper) Internet access • One way forward is to encourage students (and tutors) to make more use of the powerful devices they have for learning activities, capitalising on what some students are already doing • Mobile = learning when and where it is appropriate

  16. Further information • Learning on the move website: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/learningonthemove/index.html • Slides on LTRI website news page: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/ltri/news /docs/MobilePresFeb11CB.ppt • c.bradley@londonmet.ac.uk

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