THE 6 TECHNOLOGIES

Electronic Books … Time to Adoption: One Year or Less 2

The book works really well  The book is the ultimate “reader”  Inexpensive – You get free reader hardware with each physical book purchased  No batteries needed  Very durable  So simple, a 2-year old could use it  No other user interacts with the physical content more than students  Highlighting  Note taking  Bookmarking  Flipping  Multiple books a once

Reasons for Purchasing eBooks  14% of students have purchased a digital product as part of their studies  Price is the primary factor  Only way to obtain the textbook [out of stock, preference by the professor, custom PDF type eBook that the professor created for sale].  18% of students who purchased an eBook did so because they enjoy the features  10% of students who purchased an eBook did so because they had never used one and were curious

Improved Performance or Efficiency  Being able to search for a particular word or phrase in the textbook has improved my efficiency in studying.  I use my laptop extensively and take notes on it, so having a copy of the book on my laptop at all times helped me work on my class work whenever I want without having to worry about whether or not I have the book with me.  No 10-lb book to carry around = epic win. Top 5 Current Features, as rated by students: 1. Reading Controls (paging, zoom…) 2. Finding terms in a book 3. Creating Highlights and Annotations 4. Reviewing previously created Highlight and Annotations 5. Managing your Digital Library

Features Students Want  Search within and across content  Annotation/highlight and sharing of notes  Downloaded texts over online access - Flexibility of where and when they can access their books.  Integration with other course content including lecture notes, professor guidance…

Textbooks Internet/Other Content Study Aids/Other Books Instructor Supplied Class/Study Notes Reader Note Taking Content Management Study Ad-ins Trade Books Periodicals Common Interface, Format and Smart Extracts Ecosystem -Commerce -Sharing -Messaging -Annotation Reader Platform The Reading/Studying Ecosystem

Digital Rights Management  DRM is a necessary part of a full featured e-reading solution  Major education publishers require a proven system of DRM  Due to content’s high price and students shared interest, higher education content is under greater risk of piracy  Components of DRM  Content distribution limitations  Print limitations  Copy/Paste limitations

Overall Research Conclusions  Given the opportunity, students are willing to experiment with reading and studying digitally.  When students do read and study digitally, results indicate that they find it as effective or more effective than studying with the physical book.  When students do read and study digitally, their responses to usability of features shows that their expectations are high.  Expect basic features to be as good as print experience (e.g., notes and annotations.)  Also, expect that there are compelling features that go beyond what is feasible in the physical book experience (e.g., tags across notes, organizational capabilities.)

Conclusions  E-Reading in higher education is more about e- studying than e-reading.  Evaluate solutions on the entire ecosystem  Hardware, e-Reading/Study Software  Available Content  Tablets and portable devices are currently satellites to a PC/Mac base. May change over time.  Constantly poll your students and faculty.  Don’t over commit--this is going to be a longer transition than other digital media.

Future Trends  As portable and tablet capabilities improve, so will their ability to support e-textbook content/platforms.  Content trends  There will be a blurring of lines between e- readers, LMS, and internet resources.

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Mobiles … Time to Adoption: One Year or Less 19

ELI 2010 Online Spring Focus Session … Mobile Learning 2.0: The Next Phase of Innovation in Mobility Proceedings: ngs/ ngs/

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IS BEST SUITED FOR…

TAPPING INTO THE PLE

CONTENT DELIVERY IS THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT

RAPID GROWTH IN MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND THEIR INTEROPERABILITY WITH OTHER TOOLS

THE NEW TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT

CHALLENGE OF OWNERSHIP PATTERNS

MOBILITY: AFFORDANCES Source: 27 ActivityPedagogy Video streamingReal time event, data and resource capturing and collaboration. Geo taggingEnable rich data sharing. Micro-bloggingAsynchronous communication, collaboration and support. Mobile input to Student journals, eportfolios, presentations, peer and lecturer critique. Text notificationsScaffolding, learning and administrative support. Mobile codesSituated Learning – providing context linking. PodcastsSituated and collaborative learning – providing context linking. Social networkingFormative peer and lecturer feedback.

Bucks’ Library App Source: 5/24/bucks-unveils-first-mobile-app/ 5/24/bucks-unveils-first-mobile-app/ 28

Stanford Med + iPad 29

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UC Irvine Med Source: /2010/08/uc-irvine-school-of- medicine-ipad/ /2010/08/uc-irvine-school-of- medicine-ipad/ 32

EDUCAUSE Mobile Sprint - future of mobile computing - teaching and learning - mobile enterprise integration - privacy and security - infrastructure Session Content: rces/mobile/webseminars rces/mobile/webseminars Mobile Sprint Site: nt nt

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