Presentation for the United States Distance Learning Association 2011 Conference

1. Leading the Way with Mobile Technology Implementing a Mobile Strategy Billie Anne Gebb, MSLS; Zach Young, MSLS; Julie Marfell, DNP, FNP-BC; Kelley Cruse, MS Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing www.frontierschool.edu

2. “Our aim is to see ourselves surpassed…” – Mary Breckinridge, Founder, Frontier School

3. The Frontier Student Is a working adult Living in a rural and/or health professional shortage area Female Late 30s

4. Working with adult, distance education students Discussions arose regarding the best use of technology for our students Students expressed a lack of time to meet school obligations Faculty expressed desire to address emerging technologies

5. NEPR Grant FSMFN received a Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR) grant from HRSA The overarching goal of the grant was to graduate technologically competent advance practice nurses Among the objectives were: Improve student learning outcomes by introducing new technologies for delivery of didactic educational content Increase study opportunities for working adults by converting current and creating new media rich lecture content and learning activities that can be consumed from students’ desktops or from a mobile media device Introduce iPod Pilot Project which will provide iPod Touches to 150 new students

6. Mobile Device Committee Committee was formed to carry out the grant objectives made up of representatives from across the institution plans are in place to make it a standing committee with a broader scope

7. Mobile Growth Currently 5.3 billion mobile subscribers (http://mobithinking.com/stats-corner/global-mobile-statistics-2011-all-quality-mobile-marketing-research-mobile-web-stats-su) 85% of Americans 18 and older own a cell phone (http://www.pewinternet.org/Infographics/2011/Generations-and-cell-phones.aspx) 40% of American adults use the internet, email or instant messaging on a mobile phone (http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Mobile-Access-2010.aspx) Global mobile data traffic nearly tripled in 2010 (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-520862.pdf) Mobile internet usage is projected to take over desktop usage in 2014 (http://tag.microsoft.com/community/tag-blog-item /11-021/The_Growth_of_Mobile_Marketing_and_Tagging.aspx?category =industry%20news)

8. Mobile Growth Growth in mobile learning: Abilene Christian University - http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/iphone-university-abilene/ACU Connected Blog: http://blogs.acu.edu/connected/ University of Missouri Journalism School - http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2009/05/07/missouri-journalism-school-requires-iphoneipod-touch.html Monterey College of Law - http://campustechnology.com/articles/2011/01/31/law-school-extends-ipad-program-to-faculty.aspx

9. Our Mobile Strategy Putting media into courses podcasts of lectures clinical videos narrated PowerPoints

10. Course Media Each course has a Media Folder with instructions detailing how to get this content on their mobile devices

11. Course Media

12. Our Mobile Strategy Making faculty aware of different tools available to create mobile content Gabcast, Audacity Camtasia

13. Our Mobile Strategy Library resources available on mobile platforms Clinical reporting software for mobile devices

14. Our Mobile Strategy Provided iPod Touch to pilot group of students (n=150) As of June 2010, all incoming students are required to have an Apple mobile device.

16. During the last 12 weeks, how often did you use your mobile device to access information to assist you with schoolwork? Percentage of students answering “occasionally,” “often,” or “very often”:

17. Comments “Absolutely fantastic. I carried my iPod with me everywhere.” “Awesome!! With the audio and visual I felt like I was sitting in a class.” “I am a big fan of audio lecture. Allows for listening during exercise and other activities.” “I enjoyed listening to the iPod lectures both for course content but also because it made me feel more connected to hear the instructor’s voice.” “I have used the downloaded media in every course. Being able to download the media on my iPad and taking it with me gives opportunities to study anywhere.”

18. Comments “I loved being able to listen to the media on my ipod while I was vacuuming, doing dishes, driving, etc. and loved being able to listen to it over and over.” “I think the downloadable media is critical. I am able to take it everywhere with me and listening while driving helps with time management.” “LOVE all the downloadable media!!! This is an EXCELLENT learning resource!!” “The iPod videos were very helpful as I was on the go a lot and couldn’t be tied down to the computer for lectures.”

19. Student Concerns “The only issue I had with downloadable media has nothing to do with the program. I just happen to live [in] a rural area where I can either get dial-up or satellite for my internet connection and neither of these options are truly “high speed” so I experienced lags in videos which makes it a bit difficult to watch what is termed as a short video.” “WiFi not available in most places here in rural area making in not useful.”

20. Student Concerns “It would be helpful to have inservices from IT on how to use the apps on our phone with the course.” “I need assist [sic] with learning how to use it.” “If I had instruction on how to use it with school work I would have used it.” “I couldn’t figure out how to download the information to my iPhone.” “ I think a class in downloading to iPods during Frontier Bound would be extremely helpful.”

21. Future Implications Issues to work on technical problems training staying current CMS integration E-textbooks Future plans Use iTunes U epub format Institutional App

22. Comments, Questions, Discussion? Slides available: www.slideshare.com/Frontier_Library Billie Anne Gebbbillieanne.gebb@frontierschool.edu Zach Youngzach.young@frontierschool.edu