text messaging in online teaching: an online educator's journey
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slides by Jason Rhode accompanying panel discussion on "Mobile Communication Strategies" at Going MobileInternational Online Conference 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Text Messaging in Online Teaching
An Online Educator’s Journey
Presentation by Jason Rhode, Ph.D. | [email protected] | niu.edu/jrhode | twitter.com/jrhode
jasonrho.de/IOCmobile11
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FactsSources
April 20, 2010 report by Pew Internet and American Life Project http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx
June 17, 2010 Wired Campus Report http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/student-smartphone-use-doubles-instant-
messaging-loses-favor/24876
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75% of 12-17 year-olds own cell phonesPhoto credit: flickr.com/photos/librarianguish/4594070690
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• fdsa
50% of teens send 50 or more text messages a day; 30% send more than 100 texts a day
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99.8% of college students own one or more cell phones5
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49% of phone-owning students have smartphones6
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97% of students use text messaging as their main form of communication
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Google Voice
voice.google.com8
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google.com/googlevoice/about.html9
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Google Voice App
10google.com/mobile/voice
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List of SMS Gateways
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SMS_gateways13
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Student Option to Opt-in
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twitter.com/ionsn111119
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My Experience
jasonrhode.com/howtosms20
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Findings Thus Far
• Students who opted-in responded that they’ve found text messages helpful
• Students with text message capabilities stated they’d be likely to opt-in to receive text messaging course updates in future
• Only a few have sent text messages to instructor
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Review of Email-to-SMS Steps
1) Setup Google Voice account & installed GV app on my phone
2) Gave students my Google Voice number3) Invited students to opt-in to receiving sms
communications, requesting their mobile number and provider
4) Created sms list with gateway email addresses5) Sent welcome text via Google Voice
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Presenter Contact Info
Jason [email protected] (email)twitter.com/jrhode (twitter)jasonrhode.com (blog)niu.edu/jrhode (web)815.209.9783 (phone)
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