Miami University Mobile Learning Center

A joint venture between SEAS, AIMS, and ITS

Status Updatehttp://elgg.csi.muohio.edu/mlc

Twitter: @miami_mlearning

Summary

• Outreach and Community

• Courses

• Research

• Software Projects

• Funding

• Plan for upcoming year

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What is Mobile Learning

• More than just using mobile technology in the classroom

• 24/7 learning that is– Personalized

– Situated

– Authentic

• Social aspect of mobile learning

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Motivation

• Unify efforts in mobile space on the campus

• Provide faculty, staff, and students a resource for mobile learning and mobile computing

• Support faculty by providing software development expertise

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Outreach and Community• Mobile Learning Summit (Fall 2010)

– 1.5 day event– Over 80 attendees– Speakers from Cisco, Apple, IIT, Kent St.,

St. Mary’s, eTech Ohio

• NSF CPATH Workshop (Fall 2010)– 20 attendees in small workshop format

– Attendees both in-state and out of state

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Outreach and Community• KnowledgeWorks Collaboration (Fall

2010 – Present)– Assisting in the creation of a

recommendation for digital learning in Ohio• Presentation @ 2010 Lilly Conference

on Mobile Learning• On-line presence– Recent article in Chronicle of Higher

Education– Twitter

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Outreach and Community

• Future– Continued engagement with

KnowledgeWorks on the policy project

– Planned Mobile Learning Summit for Oct 2011

– Professional Development workshops and K-12 Summer Camps

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Outreach and Community

• Impact– Collaboration as a result of Mobile

Learning Summit• Ohio Commission on Fatherhood

• Zoo Academy

– Increased visibility

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Courses

• CSE 470 Mobile Application Development

– Summer 2011 (Pilot)

• CSE 451/551 Service Oriented Computing

– Spring 2012

• CSE 448/449 Senior Capstone

– Two projects AY10-11 (See Projects Section)

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Courses

• CSE 610 Graduate Seminar– F’10 M-Learning Seminar; Project with

Knowledgeworks

– Sp’10 Mobile Computing seminar

• IMS 440 IMS Practicum– One project AY10-11 with Procter &

Gamble

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Course

• Impact– Built capacity to build iOS applications in

order to support software development activities• Research

• Software Projects

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Research• Publications

– “An Evaluation Framework for M-Learning”, Gerald C. Gannod and Kristen M. Bachman, in Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Computer Supported Education, May 2011.

– “Integrating M-Learning into a Broad Context: Issues and Recommendations”, Gerald C. Gannod and Kristen M. Bachman, in Proceedings of the 2011 Mobile Learning Conference, March 2011.

– “A Critical Analysis of M-Learning Initiatives”, Gerald C. Gannod and Kristen M. Bachman, in Proceedings of the 2011 Mobile Learning Conference, March 2011.

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Research

• External Grants– Research Buddy: Revolutionizing

Undergraduate Student Research using Mobile Technology. (PI: G. Gannod, co-PI: G. Platt, Procter & Gamble, 2011, $10,000 total). This project is funded by a Procter & Gamble Higher Education Grant.

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Research

• Future Plans– Graduate Student Research• PhD student in EHS

– Establish connection with Google AppInventor team

– Build team for an NSF grant

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Software Projects• Miami University iPhone

Application– Funding provided by

Student Tech Fee (65%), and University Communications (35%)

– First Released on Nov. 30th

• 3,023 New users• 5,875 Total downloads

(includes updates)

– Student Developers• SEAS, SFA

– Collaboration with ITS and University Communications

– video

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Software Projects

• my Metro–MUITDC Finalist ($3K funding)

– Interdisciplinary project with students from disciplines across the university

– Real-time tracking of Miami Metro buses

– Eventual integration into the Miami App

– In need of long-term funding to deploy to full bus system

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Software Projects

• Smart or Smashed– Alcohol abuse prevention / intervention

app

– Research project in collaboration with R.M. Ward in EHS

– Initial work supported by EHS Dean

– In-progress

– Student Developers• SEAS, SFA

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Software Projects

• Alumni Networking App– Supports alumni events on iPad (think

modified “speed dating” format)

– Supported by alumni office

– In-progress (slated for Mid March pre-release, final pilot in Chicago in Late April)

– Student Developers• CSE Capstone

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Software Projects

• Other’s in progress– Research Buddy• Proctor and Gamble

• Using Cincinnati Zoo Academy as a testbed

– The Everyday Dad• Ohio Commission on Fatherhood

– AED Locator

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Plans for upcoming year

• Governance– Internal and external board for center

–Miami App (mobile external) steering committee

• Funding– Development / Sponsorship

• Personnel– Establish stronger bond with EHS faculty

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