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Using 21st century communication technology to reach…and Teach… 21st Century Students
Markus Geissler, Ph.D.
Meet theCell Phone Generation
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Fact about your Students
Like it or not,
most Students like to communicate using cell phones and like to listen to music on MP3 players…
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Fact about your Colleagues
… and most Professors have yet to efficiently utilize the emerging functionalities of these and other converging information and communication technologies.
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Goal of this Session
This presentation will challenge you to explore real alternatives for meeting your Students where they are… even when they are not in your classroom.
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The “typical” Professor
• Teaches 13 units per semester• Works 20+ hours per week
– Just kidding!
• Prepares for classroom lecture… well… most of the time
• Thinks about class for 30 minutes before class and 60 minutes after class– Including grading, research, etc.
• Likes to lecture for 50+ minutes at a time.
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The “typical” Professor’s cell phone
• Somewhat recent model cell phone with– 300 minutes-per-month contract– Bluetooth® or USB cable connection to PC– MP3 player capability– Megapixel picture and video camera
• Underused because– Professor has a hard time seeing the
letters on the small keyboard on his/her cell phone.
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The “typical” Residential Student
• Takes 15+ units per semester• Works 10+ hours per week• Prepares for classroom lecture…
regularly• Thinks about class for 20 minutes
before class and for 10 minutes after class
• Likes to learn in 5 to 10-minute “infobites”
• Owns a nice or mid-range laptop PC and new or late-model cell phone
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The “typical” Commuter Student
• Takes 12+ units per semester• Works 20+ hours per week• Prepares for classroom lecture… at least
sometimes• Thinks about class for 10 minutes before
class and for 5 minutes after leaving campus• Needs to learn in 5 to 10-minute “infobites”• Owns a mid-range laptop or desktop PC and
a late-model cell phone
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The “typical” Evening Student
• Takes 6+ units per semester• Works 30+ hours per week• Prepares for classroom lecture… when time is
available• Thinks about class for 30 minutes before
class and for 10 minutes after leaving campus• Needs to learn in 5 to 10-minute “infobites”• Has access to a new or mid-range laptop or
desktop PC and a late-model cell phone
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The “typical” Student’s cell phone
• Late-model cell phone– 500 minutes-per-month contract– Unlimited text messaging– Internet data plan (some)– Bluetooth® or USB cable connection to PC– MP3 player capability– Multi-megapixel picture and video camera
• Student is very familiar with the small keyboard on his/her cell phone
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The modern cell phone
• Defining “modern”– The model was released within the
past year.– Newer, better phones will be on the
market within six months.– Customers who sign up for a new
two-year contract can acquire it for less than the cost of a typical Science textbook.
• …or for free, after consumer demand wanes a bit.
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Capabilities of modern cell phones
• Features a 3” touch screen• Can display 16 million colors• Has built-in high-speed data access (3G)• Opens standard Office/PDF documents• Plays standard small screen videos• Has an MP3 player with headphones• Allows audio streaming via Bluetooth®
• Stores GigaBytes of data (MicroSD card)
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The most impressive features of a modern cell phone• Students readily know how to use it.
– …despite that they never read the manual.
• Students always carry it with them.– They feel disconnected without it!
• Students look at it at least 10 times per waking hour!– And once per sleeping hour … or so I hear.
• They can store and display data in many different formats.
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Students - 1995 vs. 2009
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How do 21st century Students acquire and process information?• Few students properly plan to set aside
time for studying and learning.– Technology-related distractions– “Life”-related distractions
• Students are used to—and prefer—dealing with short messages– Exposure to popular media– Communication with peers
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Will meeting Students where they are improve Learning?• Students are increasingly self-
centered.– Everything should revolve around me.– Whatever I do should be custom-tailored to
me.– I consume information (i.e., download
media) when it is convenient for me.
• Students increasingly expect to be treated as customers.– Personal communication comes to me.– Why shouldn’t Learning materials?
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If Student Success is one of our core values…
• Shouldn’t academia meet students where they are?
• Are we serving students best by doing things our way… or their way?
• Are we comfortable with the thought that the information and communication technologies (ICTs) that our students seemingly cannot live without can actually help our students learn?
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… then what should our approach to Teaching be?• How ICT-dependent are our Students,
really?• How effective are these information
and communication technologies for teaching?
• How willing (and able) are we to learn how to use ICTs for teaching?
• Will “typical” Students be more successful if we meet them where they are?
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Which Students would benefit the most from ICT-based Learning?• Residential students primarily use their
laptops.– They can usually set aside the time to learn.
• Commuter students use what they have available.– Many workplaces do not have computers.
• Evening students use whatever they can whenever they have time to learn.– Security concerns in many workplaces often limit
access to online learning media on company PCs.
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Obstacles
• Several online media standards exist.– Not all cell phones can display all of the
most popular media files.• Varies by manufacturer
• Many Students do not yet know how to load and play media on their cell phones.
• Many Professors do not yet know how to create and use media appropriate for cell phones.
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Overcoming the obstacles
• Once created, it is not difficult to make media available in multiple formats.– Converters for most formats are available
via a free download (Open Source)
• Convergence of cell phones and MP3/MP4 players is making it easier to transfer and play media files.
• Professors can learn to adapt existing materials for didactically appropriate and effective use on cell phones.
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Selecting and formatting content for mobile devices
• How much information can fit onto a small screen and still be efficiently legible?– Mobile devices have small screens– 5 +/- 2 bullets becomes 3 +/- 2 lines
• What type of information can be efficiently displayed?– Charts, graphs, images, etc.– File formats
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Using mobile devices efficiently
• Audio vs. video with audio– Use audio files with external materials– Video files (with audio) require more work
to build and more bandwidth to download
• How much (or how little) animation makes sense on a small screen?– Movement with a purpose vs. static display
of information
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Designing effective media files
• Reproportioning the information– Large screen vs. small screen
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Capacity limits of mobile devices
• How much can students be expected to download?– Download speed depends on access
method• Cellular data plan vs. WLAN vs. USB
vs. BlueTooth® connection
• How much can students be expected to store?– Capacity of cell phone’s hard drive or
flash memory (SD card)
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Use your Existing computer skills to Create effective media files
• Capturing computer screen content– Recording what is on the screen– Adobe Captivate, Camtasia, etc.
• Standalone PowerPoint presentations– Adobe Presenter, add audio and
images in Windows Movie Maker, etc.
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Media file Converters
• http://www.mediaconverter.org/– Web-based converter– No local installation needed– Free version allows for up to 5 conversions
per day to multiple video formats
• Various video and audio converters available for download and installation– http://download.cnet.com/ – Many converters are free (Find a standard
for your organization!)
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Making media filesAvailable to Students
• Learning/course management system– Moodle, Desire2Learn, Blackboard,
etc.
• Web/FTP/Media server– Create links from a web page.– Check with your IT Support/Learning
Media staff for the most effective method.
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Transferring media filesto mobile devices
• Common software tools– iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc.
work with many smart phones and MP3 players
• Once connected, many mobile devices appear as “Removable Disk” in Windows– Media files are grouped into folders– Drag and drop to transfer files from
PC to mobile device
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Next steps
• Adapt some of your existing presentations for use on mobile devices.– Find materials about which your
students have a lot of questions.• e.g., “mobile flash cards”
– Media conversion offers an opportunity to restructure content and reconsider teaching methods.
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Questions?