How mobile devices and apps can drive student engagement, promote student learning, and support the goal of creating a dynamic experience in an online or on-campus course.

2. Learning on the Move
Using Mobile Devices & Apps to
Drive Engagement
Michael M. Grant, PhD
michaelmgrant@sc.edu| @michaelmgrant
UCengage Summit | October 24, 2014
Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/

3. Michael M. Grant
University of South Carolina
http://viral-notebook.com
michaelmgrant@sc.edu
@michaelmgrant

4. 3 Targets
1. Formal, informal & semi-formal
learning
2. Uses of mobile devices for
teaching & learning
3. Considerations for teaching &
learning

5. Mobile devices
Some images from Lisa Buser at http://www.memphisparent.com/2010/09/pint-sized-learners-have-the-touch/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceardach/4549898097/sizes/m/

6. Formal, informal &
semi-formal learning

7. Formal Learning
Images from http://www.law.fsu.edu/prospective_students/VideoViewbook/images/sections/technology.jpg

8. Informal Learning
Image from http://genteynegocios.elpais.com.uy/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/123.jpg & http://philanthropy.com/blogs/social-philanthropy/files/2011/05/QR-CodesCUT31.jpg

9. Semi-formal Learning

10. Uses of
Mobile
Devices
Increased access to student information &
campus resources
Increase interaction with content
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Enable personalized learning
Deploy instruction

11. Increase access to student
information & campus
resources

12. Increase interaction with
content
Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/chegs/5161314847/sizes/l/

13. GeoJourney
Images from http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/monitor/01-15-07/page26071.html

14. Create representations of
knowledge

15. Sociology at University of
Memphis

16. Fieldwork at University of
Reading (UK)
Image from http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/engage-in-teaching-and-learning/2014/08/27/facebook-ipads-and-extreme-microbes-in-iceland-by-dr-becky-thomas-dr-alice-mauchline-and-dr-rob-jackson/

17. Augment face-to-face
instruction
Image from http://www.tommiemedia.com/news/professors-using-smartphones-other-technology-in-classrooms/

19. !

20. LectureTools from University of Michigan

21. Remind HQ (formerly Remind 101)

22. Support performance &
decision-making
Used with permission QuickCite.

23. Photomath App

24. Support performance &
decision-making

25. RadsBest App
Used with permission RadsBest.

26. Enable personalized
learning

27. Enable personalized
learning

28. Enable personalized
learning
Image from http://www.usnews.com/dims4/USNEWS/3f0beef/2147483647/resize/652x%3E/quality/85/?url=%2Fcmsmedia%2F30%2Ffe%2Fb694d0134c2ebe3ed86e958a4909%2F140604-nursephone-stock.jpg

29. Deploy instruction

30. Modules in Mobl21

31. Modules in Mobl21

32. Microlearning in
Amsterdam

33. Goat rearing in India
Image from http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Village-women-use-mobile-power-to-become-successful-goat-farmers/articleshow/18638154.cms
& http://www.ictinagriculture.org/sites/ictinagriculture.org/files/mod6_img12.jpg

34. Uses of
Mobile
Devices
Increased access to student information &
campus resources
Increase interaction with content
Create representations of knowledge
Augment face-to-face instruction
Support performance & decision-making
Enable personalized learning
Deploy instruction

35. Always isn’t better.

36. Thanks.
Questions?
Michael M. Grant
University of South Carolina
Email. michaelmgrant@sc.edu
Twitter. @michaelmgrant
Google+ michaelmgrant

37. Learning on the Move
Using Mobile Devices & Apps to
Drive Engagement
Michael M. Grant, PhD
michaelmgrant@sc.edu| @michaelmgrant
UCengage Summit | October 24, 2014