3. Information Literacy meets the
Mobile Web
The world goes mobile
But what does this mean for us?
Meeting them where they are
What is Information Literacy?
How Information Literacy could become
mobile
Future challenges
5. By end of 2008 335m mobile broadband subscribers.
14% in developed world, and 1% in developing world.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulobrandao/2733141192/sizes/m/
23% of 6.7 billion use the internet
7. “I remember when the Internet first arrived in schools
how sceptical some of my teachers were. I dare
some of them said: "It'll never catch on". Well, it did.
Big time. It's about time schools sharpened their
focus on how they can help students power up their
learning with their mobile devices, rather than have
them power down at the school door.”
(Ewan MacIntosh National Adviser: Learning and
Technology Futures,Learning and Teaching,
Scotland)
10. Mobile web
Access to the web via a mobile device
which is not dependent on a desktop
computer nor fixed landline connection.
Limited by incompatibility of much
internet content and small size of
mobile screens.
12. Mobile Web challenges
Special mobile pages?
Lack of additional
windows
Poor navigation
No Javascript or
cookies
Some sites inaccessible
eg video sites, pdfs
Slow speed to load
Pages broken up
Compressed pages
Cost of access
Overcome by iPhone?
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15. Bluetooth
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Bluetooth is an open wireless protocol
for exchanging data over short distances
from fixed and mobile devices, creating
Personal area networks (PANs).
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16. iphone
iPhone users search Google with their mobiles 50
times more often than other kinds of phones. (Wired
magazine 15 Feb 2008)
Applications – latest model - the 3G allows extra
applications to be added.
Could be a huge leapfrogging technology
”It will herald a whole generation of advanced Web-
capable mobile devices…it’s the Web but not as we
know it! “(Dan Appelquist)
21. E-books
“While these books were already available on Google Book Search,
these new mobile editions are optimized to be read on a small screen. To
try it out and start reading, open up your web browser in your
iphone or Android phone and go to http://books.google.com/m.”
22. OPAC access
Can be used to communicate holds,
fines etc
Mobile applications to search OPAC
and federated search
23. Library Web site
Make the site viewable on a cell phone
or other device
32. What is Information Literacy?
“Information literacy is the adoption of
appropriate information behaviour to
identify through whatever channel or
medium, information well fitted to
information needs, leading to wise and
ethical use of information in society.”
(Sheila Webber and Bill Johnston)
34. SCONUL 7 Pillars
Recognising need for information
Distinguishing sources and access
Constructing search strategies
Locating and accessing
Comparing & evaluating
Organising, applying and communicating
Synthesising and adding new knowledge
35.
36. The MEGO effect!
“Most instructors have stood in
front of a class only to wonder
if their only purpose on that
day was to serve as a
sedative for the majority of the
class.”
Payne, et al (2006)
My eyes glaze over
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37. Peter Godwin and Jo Parker,
editors
Information Literacy Meets Library
2.0
41. Where do we start?
“Forget the whole bit about one laptop per child. It
hasn’t worked …. By the time concerned
administrations are done locking down the machines,
they’re little more than electric pencils… So I say we
turn from this idea and go for a plan that can really
work—an iPhone, or at least an iPod Touch, for every
student.”
(Christopher Harris, School Library Journal ,11/1/2008)
42. Ubiquitous information
A report by Toni Twiss, eFellow
programme, New Zealand
Ministry of Education, 2009
1 Primary and 2 Secondary
school classes surveyed using
Vodafone 3G phones
“The potential for mobile phone
use in classrooms is
exciting”
51. For evaluation
Project in school used Palm
handhelds loaded with
evaluation criteria that
students could apply and
add to when looking at
material and then data was
uploaded to a database.
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55. Limitations
Variations and capabilities of types of devices
Speed
Costs
Need for Bluetooth and more joined up Wi-Fi access
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57. “The nature of search in this new world
of mobile Internet devices will shift. This
is because the journey that Generation
Y is taking on the Internet is more
concerned with social expression than
finding information”
(Taptu White paper Feb 2008 “Making search social for the mobile
generation”)
58. Be ready for growth in WiFi access
Never underestimate the speed of
change!
Be among the trend setters and
experiment!
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04/2586526191/sizes/m/
1bn in 2002.
( International Telecommunications Union, of UN)
Fastest growth area Africa 2000 2% 2008 28% have mobile subs.
(ITU)compared to 11% in 2002
ICT users : Sweden, South Korea,Denmark and Uk 10th.
Costs – relatively high as a proportioon of average wage in developing countries
Economic effects – despite downturn current ICT developments will still forge ahead.
Pew
Tipping points when 10-20% of a population in a country uses (Malcolm Gladwell “The Tipping Point”
ICT users : Sweden, South Korea,Denmark and Uk 10th.
TED Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase's investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets.
They’re quick at searching but no time left for evaluating for relevamce, accuracy or authority.
Poor underatanding of their info needs & therefore hard to do search strategies & keywords
IL not better despite IT advances
Search engine becomes the brand Dig Con 182ff
Higher stakes now with self-directed lng in vogue
Cite Gross and Latham
Keith’s survey
Some stuff too early to say
Not all students tech savvy
Information Literacy a central concern
Mobiles are a supplementary tool
Encourage constructive learning
Even cheap phones have cameras and bluetooth file transfer
Gave extended access to Web
Phones too small, slow and hard to navigate the web
Best use came from small specific tasks during lessons rather than general availability
All teachers felt mobiles had a place in the classroom and were cautiously optimistic about their future role
Place of IL in curriculum problematic in secondary school
Consideration of allowing mobiles in classroom under supervision
Download of podcasts
Gen Y (18-32) highest at 25% and overall 19%.
Only create blog at 11% and virtual world at 2% lower.
Watch videos 52% and Gen Y is 72%
(Pew Generations Online in 2009)
Induction tours
Journals –shelves to link to electronic version
Videos – link to particular title to be viewed