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  Mon: Future of Mobile Computing »

  Consumers dictate device usage, not IT

  In recent years, we have seen a significant role reversal of who dictates mobile and computing devices usage in the work place. The consumer now dictates which devices should be used and IT is now one step behind playing catch up. This is definitely the trend and IT will remain the follower as long a devices continue to change as frequent as they do and vendors meets the security standards (encryption, password protect, ...more »

  In recent years, we have seen a significant role reversal of who dictates mobile and computing devices usage in the work place. The consumer now dictates which devices should be used and IT is now one step behind playing catch up. This is definitely the trend and IT will remain the follower as long a devices continue to change as frequent as they do and vendors meets the security standards (encryption, password protect, etc) companies want to enforce. Mobile devices will eventually replace laptops and desktops but that is still a long way off. Cloud computing is making this gap smaller and small ever year. The more an app is web friendly, or is able to be "thin", the need for a laptop or desktop becomes less of a necessity.

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  Mobile learning can transform what happens *in* the classroom.

  I hear a lot about the potential for mobile learning *outside* the classroom, from mobile content delivery to place-based computing. However, many of our students walk into our classrooms with more computing power in their pocket than the computers that sent astronauts to the Moon. Let's leverage that!

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  Submitted by Derek Bruff 1 year ago

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  Mon: Future of Mobile Computing »

  Mobile devices should not be seen as PC/laptop alternatives

  Mobile devices should be adapted to those learning experiences for which they are appropriate and offer new and greater possibilities, and not adopted simply because they are popular among target learners. Where PCs/laptops offer greater learning opportunities ways must be found to make PCs/laptops available and accessible.

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  Submitted by Community Member 1 year ago

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  Wed: Enterprise Integration »

  Get rid of the walls around your enterprise data

  Enterprise data is one of the most valuable assets an institution has. Making this information available to the entire institution and beyond only increases its value. Providing secure and public data services is a foundational step to building a mobile and innovative institution. Planning for providing these services extends to project planning and RFPs and should be part of the IT culture.

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  Submitted by ryanvis 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  Custom apps will open up new creative vistas for pedagogy

  As pad type devices proliferate and become more capable and cheaper there will be greater incentive to create apps which are customized to specialized pedagogic outcomes. The scope for new creative ideas is greatly enhanced and we can look forward to a torrent of exciting custom built apps sharply focussed on learning outcomes.

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  Submitted by markhpearson 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  Mobile Learning & Constructing Knowledge

  When you look at the BIGGER picture you see a group of early adopters using mobile technology as a device to learn FROM. PC's were once used primarily as tutors. What ways can mobile technologies be used to CONSTRUCT knowledge and promote "deep" learning and not simply "just in time" information. How many learners actually construct their understanding?

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  Submitted by G Andrew Page 1 year ago

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  Fri: Mobile Support and Infrastructure »

  An Institutions Mobile Strategy Starts w/ Mobile Web

  As institutions start dipping their toes in the water of mobile and solutions are evaluated most institutions should start with mobile web. It leverages existing expertise while allowing delivery to most every device users are using. Native (iOS, Android, WebOS, Windows Phone 7) are too time (& money?) consuming to pursue out of the gate.

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  Submitted by dmolsen 1 year ago

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  Mon: Future of Mobile Computing »

  QR codes should link to mobile friendly web pages.

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  Submitted by wmmiller 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript are an Excellent Starting Point

  We've been exploring HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript as the foundational technologies enabling both Desktop/Laptop- and Mobile/Tablet-based online learning. It's not perfect, but we've been pleased with the results so far and the way things are developing. Here are some examples of the work we're doing and resources I've found helpful (site created to support a Poster Session on this at Midwest Educause) http://butane.chem.illinois.edu/dmills/mweducause2011/ ...more »

  We've been exploring HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript as the foundational technologies enabling both Desktop/Laptop- and Mobile/Tablet-based online learning. It's not perfect, but we've been pleased with the results so far and the way things are developing. Here are some examples of the work we're doing and resources I've found helpful (site created to support a Poster Session on this at Midwest Educause)

  http://butane.chem.illinois.edu/dmills/mweducause2011/

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  Submitted by Douglas Mills 1 year ago

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  Mon: Future of Mobile Computing »

  Mobile computing will disenfranchise some users.

  The digital divide will see a resurgence in the context of mobile computing, especially at associate's colleges.

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  Submitted by gregory.dobbin 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  Growth of cloud-based mobile will help narrow the digital divide

  The growth of cloud-based mobile tools will help narrow the digital divide.

  (The digital divide refers to the gap between people with effective access to digital and information technology and those with very limited or no access at all.)

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  Submitted by Catherine 1 year ago

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  Youth Culture & Mobile Technology Trends

  How does our youth culture in high ed drive the choice & engagement of all mobile technologies on and off campus? Can high ed benefit from "watching" how student use their choice devices? My library- tech students assistants are participating in specific researched apps that have been on the "market" for about a year or 2; we are garnering data using the mobile devices. Devices serve us as conduits toward a paperless ...more »

  How does our youth culture in high ed drive the choice & engagement of all mobile technologies on and off campus? Can high ed benefit from "watching" how student use their choice devices? My library- tech students assistants are participating in specific researched apps that have been on the "market" for about a year or 2; we are garnering data using the mobile devices. Devices serve us as conduits toward a paperless lib tech support service environment that allows for archiving data which was never possible before.

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  Submitted by Roxann Riskin 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  Mobile Education will forever change informal learning environs.

  Blending mobile learning with informal learning environments has the potential to increase access to education for students of all ages. Schools can no longer be responsible for addressing all of the academic and educational needs of students. Mobile learning can increase the power and effectiveness of informal learning environments such as after-school programs for youth and community programs for adults.

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  Submitted by sdunton10 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  Students view some technology as social, not educational

  Students seem to view some technologies as part of their social life, not part of their educational experience. They don't necessarily want professors or homework to intrude in their social spaces. For instance, Facebook has recently implemented a way to segregate personal friends from work-related "friends". Students may reject educational mobile apps that intrude on private space.

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  Submitted by Amy Brunvand 1 year ago

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  Proliferation of e-textbooks will drive mobile device adoption

  The proliferation of the electronic textbook will drive the widespread adoption of highly mobile devices.

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  Submitted by Catherine 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  m-Learning must be understood as cross-platform and device-free

  Mobile Learning (m-Learning) to be really mobile, must be cross-platform and remains independent from the device you use ("device-free").

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  Submitted by Larry Lugo 1 year ago

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  Mon: Future of Mobile Computing »

  Mobile Computing and Open Education are limited by accessibility

  "I'm invincible: I use a smartphone, laptop and iPad, and frequently all of them simultaneously", somebody said at Tweeter. While in Latin America, most of people use a cheap mobile phone. Is Mobile computing for everybody or just for a few privileged? Does it help to bridge or widen the technology gap and strengthen a worldwide Open Education system?

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  Submitted by Larry Lugo 1 year ago

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  Fri: Mobile Support and Infrastructure »

  Open Source Frameworks Provide Realistic Path for Mobile Dev

  Their is a proliferation of open source frameworks that provide simple mobile services like a campus map, calendar, directory, and emergency information. While more work than hiring a vendor they help provide an institution the necessary experience to help evaluate where their mobile strategy should go while being able to leverage other institutions work. Open source frameworks include: Kurogo - http://modolabs.com/framework.php ...more »

  Their is a proliferation of open source frameworks that provide simple mobile services like a campus map, calendar, directory, and emergency information. While more work than hiring a vendor they help provide an institution the necessary experience to help evaluate where their mobile strategy should go while being able to leverage other institutions work. Open source frameworks include:

  Kurogo - http://modolabs.com/framework.php

  Molly - http://mollyproject.org/

  UCLA mobile web framework - http://mwf.ucla.edu/welcome

  Mobile Web OSP - http://mobilewebosp.pbworks.com/

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  Submitted by dmolsen 1 year ago

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  Mon: Future of Mobile Computing »

  Transliteracy

  Mastering mobile applications can be considered one more step on the road to acquiring transliteracy. Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media.

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  Submitted by Kathleen Johnson 1 year ago

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  Thu: Security, Privacy, and Policy »

  Security exposures will hurt mobile progress.

  The security exposures in mobile devices will soon lead to a general backlash against mobile computing.

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  Submitted by Catherine 1 year ago

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  Sharing University of Mi Mobile Computing Site

  The UM ITS mobile application team has launched the Michigan app and a new U-M website for mobile computing. Michigan - a free iPhone app provides news, Magic Bus information, an interactive campus map, dining hall menus, the U-M directory, iTunesU and more. The U-M Mobile Center is a new site where the campus community can access resources to build apps and collaborate with each other. The U-M Mobile Center will also ...more »

  The UM ITS mobile application team has launched the Michigan app and a new U-M website for mobile computing. Michigan - a free iPhone app provides news, Magic Bus information, an interactive campus map, dining hall menus, the U-M directory, iTunesU and more. The U-M Mobile Center is a new site where the campus community can access resources to build apps and collaborate with each other. The U-M Mobile Center will also have Michigan-related apps available for download.

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  Mobile App for posting and reading course syllabi

  This app should be templated like some of the ones on buzzcut.com so that all instructors would be able to upload their content. It would keep students organized and up-to-date with just-in-time information.

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  Submitted by gypsieannemarie 1 year ago

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  Mon: Future of Mobile Computing »

  Organizing and presenting are more important than implementing

  There are many viable options for implementing any given mobile service - ranging from native apps coded from scratch to web apps delivered by a 3rd party. The biggest challenge schools will face is not how to create them, but how to organize and present them in ways that will be useful to their intended audiences once an institution has dozens of even hundreds mobile services available.

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  Submitted by cwarren 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  Student annotated and searchable course material

  Electronic textbooks and class notes should allow students to annotate them with their notes and highlights. Notes would be in the same place as course material and they would be searchable. All textbooks and course material should be indexed so students can search all course material at once. This could be used on both tablets and laptops. This isn't a technical problem.

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  Submitted by gstruthers 1 year ago

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  Tue: Teaching and Learning Applications »

  Pedagogy of emergence

  As technologies and learners continue to develop, the use of constructivism as a leading pedagogy begins to reveal limitations because many have treated constructivism as a static rather than dynamic pedagogy. There is an assumption that the ideas students construct will mirror our expectations. What is called for is a pedagogy of emergence focused on adaptability and flexibility in a coherent manner. What this involves ...more »

  As technologies and learners continue to develop, the use of constructivism as a leading pedagogy begins to reveal limitations because many have treated constructivism as a static rather than dynamic pedagogy. There is an assumption that the ideas students construct will mirror our expectations. What is called for is a pedagogy of emergence focused on adaptability and flexibility in a coherent manner. What this involves may come more from the notions that Peter Senge and Otto Scharmer (2009) suggest with presence and Theory U. Perhaps a more stable grounding and engagement with open mind, open heart and open will is called for. How we can learn to evolve with student learning and become partners in the learning experience while keeping our intentions of open heart and open will available becomes our challenge and our hope in this emergent world. I am interested in discussion and practices around these notions.

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