John Owen & Stewart Taylor Master of Public Health Offline content for mobile devices John Owen & Stewart Taylor The MPH is a fully online international distance learning programme. We will talk about how we provide the course content in various formats to suit a variety of mobile devices.

History Been running since 2002 Always provided an offline version of materials Used when no internet connection or no VLE service Provides a course reference for duration of programme Does not substitute full online version Originally posted out on CD After 2 years moved to downloadable package Always provided an offline version of materials Why – internet wasn’t what it is today. Students all over the world Offline copy to be used when no internet available Always was going to be an online course – student interaction Students studying part-time over 5 years then have copies of courses to refer back to and How CD – not practical eg, errors and amend 2004 moved to a zipped up webpages – download and view on PC/Mac Requests for a printable version were resisted – wanted to emphasise the fully online and interactive nature of the course.

New mobile formats Students increasingly requesting content in alternative formats 2012 – produced 2 new formats PDF Kindle ebook All formats based on original documents that are produced for Blackboard Previous to 2010 – students asked for different formats 2012 – we came up with 2 new formats Chose kindle as the most popular ebook reader Adobe Acrobat Professional – PDF Find and Replace tool to remove certain tags and content for the kindle version Calibre (free) to create the kindle ebook

Evaluation Evaluation completed end of 2013 academic year

What next? Developing formats iBook Interactive PDF