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PresentersChristina Conroy OBE, Principal and Chief Executive
Manoj Nanda, Learning Director
Alan Benson, Head of Information & Learning Technology
The Impact of Smartphone Technology on Adult Learning
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This Seminar
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The Seminar Objectives1 Why are we thinking about Smartphones as a
learning solution in an adult learning context?
(Christina Conroy)
2 Social trends in the use of Smartphones –
(Manoj Nanda)
3 How are Smartphones an educational solution?
(Alan Benson)
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TURN ON MOBILE PHONES
(but keep it on silent!)
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Follow on your Smartphone
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Taste of what’s possible
Smartphone use in PE & Geography, Djangogly City Academy, Nottingham
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Christina Conroy OBEPrincipal and Chief Executive
Why are we thinking about Smartphones in adult learning?
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UK Economy
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Profile of Population under 75 in England and London
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THE FUTURE IS ADULT
But who pays?
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Enterprising Richmond
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Small Businesses Dominate
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Enterprise Curriculum
Provision that enables:
• individuals to start new businesses
• small Richmond businesses to grow and develop
What has been the Impact?
2005 23% felt enabled to be self-employed or start a business
2010 31% felt enabled to be self-employed or start a business
2011 36% felt enabled to be self-employed or start a business
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Unfunded Enterprise Curriculum at RACC
Business Startup
PR, Marketing, Advertising
Graphic Design and Print
Web Design
Online Sales and Marketing
E-commerceCustomer
Services, IT and Administration
Human Resources
Management
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AOC Innovation Project: Adult Enterprise• To map particular adult entrepreneurial learning journeys
and units of learning
• To develop a national qualification framework for adult
entrepreneurship
• To provide curriculum materials and a learning platform
to share our approach with the sector
• To develop innovative strategies for delivery that
recognises the learning needs of adults and the
opportunity of new technologies
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The Partners
• Richmond Adult Community
College/Richmond Business
School
• Tower Hamlets College
• Morley College
• City of Bath College
• HOLEX
• Social Enterprise London
• Community Links
• Ebay/Paypal
• Open College London Region
• WCL
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Innovation, Innovation, Innovation
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Innovative Strategies for Delivery to Adults
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Innovative Strategies for Delivery and Adult Enterprise
• Pedagogy- What is learnt, and how, is both determined
and directed by the teacher
• Andragogy-It is determined by the teacher and directed
by the learner
• Heutagogy- Both determination and direction shift to the
learner
Kenyon and Hase 2010
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Innovative Strategies for Delivery to Adults
Give a hungry man a fish and
feed him for a day
Teach a hungry man to fish...... Smartphone
fishing App
Pedagogy Androgogy Heutagogy
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Mcloughlin and Lee 2007
• Connectivity with
others
• Discovery and
sharing
of information
• Personal collections
and adaptation of
information
Web and Smartphone Technologies
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Why it is important?
• Improves critical thinking and reflection
• Increases Learner engagement and motivation
• Gives learners control over learning (learner centred)
• Improves ability of Learners to investigate and question
ideas and apply knowledge in practical situations
• Supports development of independent ideas and self
confidence
• Makes learners more capable and able to adapt to new
environments
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Manoj NandaLearning Director, RACC
Social trends in Smartphone usage
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What do we mean by the term Smartphone?
It is a mobile phone that is able to perform many of
the functions of a computer
(Oxford Dictionary)
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Source : http://www.onlinemarketing-trends.com/ Last Access 8/11/11
Smartphones
Desktop
In 2014 mobile access takes over from the desktop for Internet access
What are they saying about 2014?
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Why?
• There are significantly reduced costs of entry to mobile
internet access
– monthly payment or pay as you go
• A Primary driver in developing countries.
– Infrastructure for mobile is cheaper
• India, Africa & China
• Hardware is improving
• Cheaper, smaller, faster, smarter.
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Global View SlideMarket Penetration (%) of Smartphones
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The first Smartphone?
IBM Simon 1992.
1 Megabyte of memory
B/W touch screen with a
resolution of 160 x 293 pixels.
Works as phone, pager, calculator,
address book, fax machine, and
email device. It weights 500 grams
and cost 900 USD. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon Last Access 8/11/11
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More likely to be in your pocket…
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The adoption and usage trends of Smartphones is convincing..
But what do we say to our learners?
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Source: http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/10/31/generation-mobile.html
How many are using Smart-phones?
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Source: http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/10/31/generation-mobile.html
Don’t leave home without it
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What do we use them for?
Source: http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/10/31/generation-mobile.htmlLast Accessed 8/11/11
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Do they help?
Source: http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2011/10/31/generation-mobile.html
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When do we use them?
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What about Commerce?
Data Source: (Various Yahoo, Motorola, Foresee) Momads mobile agency
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What we need to think about in FE
• There are some convincing reasons why we
need to think mobile and they are not going to go
away
• The Future is mobile
• How can we make the most out of the technology
our learners bring to the classroom?
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Alan BensonHead of ILT, RACC
How are Smartphones an educational solution?
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What if Government promised..
• A new source of capital funds for technology
• Worth £300 per learner
• Refreshed every 18-24 months
…at no cost to you!
• That’s what smartphones amount to.
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Smartphones
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iPhone 4s HTC Desire S Bb Torch Nokia Lumia Laptop PC
CPU 1GHz 1GHz 1.2GHz 1.4GHz 2x 1.3GHz
Storage 32-64gb 1-32GB 8-32GB 16GB 320GB
Camera 8MP 5MP 5MP 8MP 1.3MP
Video 1080p 720p 720p 720P -
Audio 320KBps 320KBps 320KBps 320KBps 320KBps
Location GPS/Wifi/3G GPS/Wifi/3G GPS/Wifi/3G GPS/Wifi/3G Wifi
Network 3.5G/Wifi 3.5G/Wifi 3.5G/Wifi 3.5G/Wifi Wifi/100MB
Cost ~£800 ~£310 ~£380 ~£440 ~£400
…and in a Smartphone?
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1000 Smartphones have…
• More computing power than was used in making
ANY Star Wars movie
• Storage for 3 US Libraries of Congress
– That’s 1.6m trees
• Capacity for 4 years of high quality music
• Communications of 300 NASA Space Shuttles
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Distraction of no use…
• Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHTthe kind of learning that could take place on smartphones is
"not all that exciting".
• Trinity Church of England School in Belvedere– bans Smartphones
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…or maybe not?
Ray Barker,
Director of the British Educational Suppliers Association,
“the technology many pupils carry around with
them is often more powerful than the equipment
owned by their schools.”
He urged schools to lift their ban on Smartphones.
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But what can it do?
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Evolution or Revolution?
Examples
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Classdroid
• Records Coursework
• Mark
• Link to student
• Upload & feedback
(individual or class portfolio)
• Ideas aren’t new
– Flip Cameras
• Integration makes the process much faster
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Central Elementary School,Escondido, California• Teaching English as a second language
• Previously reading aloud to tutor
• Students now record their reading- Rapid feedback through playback
- Students are invested in and feel more engaged and motivated
• Improvements made at 6x the previous rate
• Also use of word games and puzzles
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Djanogly City Academy,Nottingham
• PE for enhancing performance
- Flip cameras & Smartphones to film activities
- Project wirelessly or view on screen
- Analyse areas for improvement
• PE & Geography
- Uses Mapping App, Compass and GPS
- Orienteering
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University of Aberdeen,Disaster Management Simulation
• A scenario e.g. Earthquake, flood
• 7 day exercise
• Students sent text day or night,
- status updates online with more information
• Students have 30mins to evaluate and decide
- Responses by text or web
• Responses (may) affect the next events
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Richmond Adult Community College
• Theatre & Drama
– Film Rehearsals & Workshops
– Upload to facebook for peer appraisal
– Rapid feedback and discussions of plays
– Separation of personal & professional pages
• Sign Language
– Upload of tutorial video to youtube
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Innovation-diffusion curve
Smartphone
Users
CommerceAdult & Further
Education
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…and finally
• Practice what we’ve been preaching
• Vote
– Text code (std charge)
– Input code via web
– Tweet code to @poll
• Anonymous, no details recorded
• No Spam