1. Mobile learning and graduate development programme

2. Survey study was conducted among final year students who attended Graduate Development Programme (GDP) workshops

3. Results: 63% are soon to be graduated on the courses they do not like 61% have little knowledge about the job opportunities of their courses

4. 54% have not yet started hunting for jobs

5. Significant others 71% chose the courses themselves 18% by friends

6. It is these results that prompted the Career Development Unit to use mobile learning

7. What it mobile learning?

8. ‘Malley, et.al (2003) defined mobile learning as “ Any sort of learning that happens when the learner is not at a fixed, predetermined location or learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the opportunities offered by mobile technologies.”

9. “ The exploration of ubiquitous handheld technologies, together with wireless and mobile phone networks, to facilitate, support, enhance and extend the reach of teaching and learning” (MoLeNET, 2011).

10. How is it helping students?

11. Currently on WiSeUp 1. Up load career related magazines CDs on WiSeUp 2. Make announcements on WiSeUp to students to fetch hard copies

12. 3. Announce GDP activities such as career expos, business plan workshops, CV writing, interviews etc. 4. Discussion forums

13. Possibility Explored 1. Social net work (face book) GDP group is created on face book for final year students

14. The aim is to communicate with students anywhere even after they have graduated

15. 2. Short Message Services (SMS) will be used to accommodate students who do not have smart phones to access WiSeUp and face book

16. Challenges:  Few students open the academic advising page on WiSeUp rather, we get concerns that they see it in their courses yet they are not doing it.

17. Challenges:  Some students do not have smart phones

18. Recommendations:  Encourage students to visit WiSeUp career advising course  Departments: to encourage students to visit career advisers especially first and final year students

19. THANK YOU tkalake@wsu.ac.za