transforming student engagement using mobile technology
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Transforming student
engagement using
mobile technology
The pace of change of technology
Google founded and Bill Clinton
impeached
1998
BBC Grandstand ends, high speed line to EuroTunnel
opens
2007
Mount Eyjafjallajökull erupts, £110bn Greek bailout
2010
Boxing Day Tsunami and the
Hutton Report
2004
Smartphone adoption by age group
16 – 24 years
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
25 – 34 years 35 – 54 years 55 – 64 years 65+ years
2012
2013
2014
Source: Ofcom Technology Tracker,Q1 2015.
2015
The most important device for connecting to the internet?
16 – 24 years
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
25 – 34 years 35 – 54 years 55+ years
Other
Desktop
Tablet
Source: Ofcom Technology Tracker.Data from Q1.
Laptop
Smart phone
Time between waking up and checking a mobile device?
18– 24 years
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
25 – 34 years 35 – 44 years 45 – 55 years
Don’t know
> 1 hour
Within 1 hour
Source: Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey, UK edition,May – June 2015
Within 30 mins
Within 15 mins
55 - 64 years 65+ years
Within 5 mins
Immediately
Curious and Creative Learning
Steve Frampton, PrincipalNeil McMonagle, VP for College Services and Information
Context - who we are• A small, highly inclusive, community sixth form college
with a broad curriculum offer - Entry Level and LDD through to some Level 4 Diplomas
• Core business is 16-18 with A Levels and L2 / L3 vocational - approx 1,270 16-18 students
• Well diversified - approx 20% overall turnover is from SFA - apprenticeships and ASB
• Ofsted Grade 2 in March 2013
Our Journey• Sustained improvement in results, enrolments,
progression and feedback - strong 5 year trends• Success rate improvements at all levels, now at SFC
averages in a city where pre-16 outcomes are in England’s lowest 10% of LEAs (~30% of our new students need English or Maths resit)
• Significant growth in 16-18 enrolment and continued increase in applications for 16/17, against reduced number of school leavers
Driven by...• Strong Teaching and Learning• Culture• Innovation and willingness to take risks• Partnerships• Investment in accommodation and resources• Student tracking systems• Strong governance• Big ideas - step changes, not just 1% incrementals
TimetableRadical new timetable introduced for Sep 2013 - 5 blocks, 5 hours per block, 2 lessons per day
• Simple and consistent with common start and breaks and no trapped time
• Flexible breaks - professional trust
• 14/15 - no graded lesson observations → peer observations and sharing best practice
• Better embedding of 1:1s• Attendance increased• Most students at 540+
Curious and Creative Learning• Apr 2014 - vision for a 1:1 mobile strategy• Sep 2014 - 800 students, 100 staff equipped with iPad
Mini devices• Sep 2015 - extended to all 16-18 students• Extensive (and ongoing) staff development • Increasing interactivity in lessons - supported by new TT• Students being encouraged to study more
independently and have access to a device which makes this more effective
Vision• Very much about increasing the learning aspect of T+L• Confident that our teaching was strong - but felt
students (and boys in particular!) could do more• Clearly linked to new timetable and longer lessons• Keeping students curious at all times - with kit which is
their natural way of working• Governor support and challenge critical - strategy
sessions and single agenda item EGM• 14/15 and 15/16 = Learning Years for the whole College
Why 1:1?• An embedded strategy, not something in isolation• Staff development & support would be absolutely critical• How, if students are working on their own devices and
no consistency? • Fine for independent research - but we wanted more
than this:• Improving Assessment of Learning• Teachers as facilitators• Attract more students• Journey from Good to Outstanding
Why iPad?• Evaluation of different platforms by staff & students• Key factors in iPad decision were:
• ease of use• number of educational apps available• quality of staff development opportunities available
via ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator) programme• Not a technically led decision
Staff Development (14/15)• First priority - our staff had very different starting points• Apple Vision and Plan session for all SLT• Teachers got kit before the summer holidays + training
from Apple Distinguished Educators• Appointment of Apple Pioneers over the summer to
research and develop use in curriculum areas• Sharing good practice and more ADE training in
September + October INSET days• Team of Apple Champions appointed in September
Student Involvement (14/15)• 65 students appointed as Apple Ambassadors by
October 2014 half term, who also received external training
• Most lessons now have at least 1 Apple Ambassador → additional support to teachers
• Includes student governors, so regular feedback to Curriculum Committee and Corporation
Staff Development (15/16)• Expansion of Apple Champion team - now one per
department along with some cross college roles. • Continued staff development, moving on from generic
skills to subject specific focus• Delivery is both internally via our Apple Champions and
externally via our training partner• The main focus of our INSET sessions in September
Student Involvement (15/16)• More students recruited as Ambassadors in Sep 15• Developing employability skills alongside our work
experience programme• Two tiers:
• Tier 1 - facilitating use of iPads in classrooms• Tier 2 - as above, supporting College events and
facilitating the development of video based training resources
Technical Overview• Complete rebuild of network during summer 2014 to
support this initiative:• Switching - PoE and VLANs across the estate• Wireless network - 60 access points, all 802.11ac• Firewalls and security systems• Authentication
• Mobile Device Management system• AV / Projection / Screen Mirroring in classrooms• Upgraded JANET connection
Firewalls and Security• Significant shift in culture - traditional proxy and
filtering approach would not have worked• Moved from proxy to application level NGFW - and now
very different policies between our desktop network and wireless network
• Big question - how to handle secure (HTTPS) websites? Deep Packet Inspection and certificates via group policy on desktops, but on mobile devices?
Authentication• Need to be able to effectively track use of devices• Portal based authentication or WPA2 Enterprise?• We did the latter - transparent for the user
WPA2 Enterprise → RADIUS → Active Directory• Dynamic VLANs - one common SSID which everyone
connects to, but then dropped into staff or student VLANs based on AD structure
• Designed around eduroam concepts - not doing this yet, but on our roadmap for this year
Mobile Device Management• A critical element! Devices are individually assigned to
users - but we still need to track and manage• MDM lets us…
• Streamline deployment• Track devices - e.g. when did they last check in?
What apps do they have installed?• Licence paid apps / content to the institution rather
than staff/students and push out to them• More developments on roadmap - see later slides
Screen Mirroring / AirPlay• Apple TVs in every classroom?• We already had a PC or Mac in each classroom
connected to an interactive projector, so went for a software solution
• Was probably been our biggest area of frustration in 14/15 - AirPlay does not play nicely outside of simple (home) networks
• Much improved for 15/16 with updates to our mirroring software
Upgraded JANET connectionBefore
After
Logistics and Deployment• What 200 iPads looks like…• Initial suggestion - allow 15-20
mins per device to configure =~ 250 person hours?!
• Lots of development and testing• Sep 14 - team of 3 provisioned
800 iPad Minis in 2 days• Sep 15 - zero touch deployment;
we just asset tag them.• Biggest hassle is now unboxing
Key Outcomes (1)• iPads successfully rolled out to all students and student
facing staff• Significant upgrades to technical infrastructure to support
widespread mobile device use.• Appointment of 14 Apple Champions from amongst
teaching & support staff, tasked with driving forward the project at “grassroots” level and sharing good practice.
• Extensive staff development since July 14 with focus now on subject specifics through monthly training sessions
Key Outcomes (2)• 65 Apple Ambassadors appointed from the student
population, who are supporting staff and students in the use of iPads.
• Each department now has a recognised set of apps they are actively using in class, ranging from student work submission through to subject enhancing apps - but also apps to make learning fun and engaging!
• Student enhancing their digital literacy skills by using iPads on a daily basis (and using them on work placements)
Key Outcomes (3)• Learning walks by College Managers & Governors
confirm the positive impact on levels of engagement and variety and pace of lessons as impacted by use of iPads
• Supported by views of external visitors e.g. other Colleges interested in our work with iPads and JISC
• At AS level gap between male/female performance significantly narrowed along with improvements in high grades.
Where next (1)• Not yet using to full potential for communication,
access to student records, ILPs etc.• Supporting development of student voice• eduroam - providing our students with WiFi access
across Portsmouth (a “super-connected city”), in conjunction with PCC and University
• In-house app developments (already underway in some areas)
Where next (2)• Improved use of Mobile Device Management and link
to our MIS system• Let teachers control use of devices during lessons
e.g. only use particular apps, lock to particular websites etc.
• Push out apps automatically based on class enrolments
• Facilitating blended learning
Automates Good Practice
• Simple, configurable forms• Workflow managed by the college
Encourages Collaboration
• For Students, Teacher, Parents• Auditable and based upon role
Informs better decision making
• Dashboard of key performance data• Live from within the MIS
Improves Achievement
• Early visibility of issues• Better engagement, better results
Live data
• Fully integrated with your MIS• From tablet, smartphone or PC
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