Creating ‘Just-in-Time’ Resources for Faculty and Students: Using Technology to Do More with Less - QR Codes Section
- 1. QR CODES Tamara Ottum Systems Librarian MxCC
- 2. Direct students to useful online content • Syllabus Tip: Link to • Lecture notes / podcasts mobile-friendly • Links from lecture sites. • List of resources /readings Make it brief. • Instructional videos • Short URLs • RSS feeds
- 3. • “Quick Response” 2D barcodes • Created 1994 by Denso-Wave (Japan) • Unique design = complex commands Image sources: http://www.formatex.org/micte2006/pdf/1006-1010.pdf http://www.atlargeinc.com/blog/2010/08/02/quirk-up-your-digital-marketing-with-qr-codes/
- 5. Direct students to useful online content • Syllabus Tip: Link to • Lecture notes / podcasts mobile-friendly • Links from lecture sites. • List of resources /readings Make it brief. • Instructional videos • Short URLs • RSS feeds
- 6. Link to websites Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/4639156283/sizes/z/in/photostream/
- 7. Send text or SMS Image Source: http://69.89.27.222/~iamprodu/30consumed-500.jpg
- 8. Send info to address book Image Source: http://i.cbsi.com.au/story_media/339294789/htc-dream-aussie-launch-photos_9.jpg
- 9. Direct students to useful online content • Syllabus Tip: Link to • Lecture notes / podcasts mobile-friendly • Links from lecture sites. • List of resources /readings Make it brief. • Instructional videos • Short URLs • RSS feeds
- 11. Direct students to useful online content • Syllabus Tip: Link to • Lecture notes / podcasts mobile-friendly • Links from lecture sites. • List of resources /readings Make it brief. • Instructional videos • Short URLs • RSS feeds
- 12. Drawbacks • Users need: • Web-enabled mobile device • 2D barcode reading app or QR code reader (http://www.mobile- barcodes.com/qr-code-software/) • No standards for barcode readers • Still relatively new in U.S.
- 13. Possibilities “QR codes link the physical world with the virtual by providing on-the-spot access to descriptive language and online resources for objects and locations. In this way, the codes support experiential learning, bringing scholarship out of the classroom and the computer and into physical experience.” ~ "QR Codes." EDUCAUSE. Web. 24 Sept. 2010.
- 14. Direct students to useful online content • Syllabus Tip: Link to • Lecture notes / podcasts mobile-friendly • Links from lecture sites. • List of resources /readings Make it brief. • Instructional videos • Short URLs • RSS feeds
- 15. Direct students to useful online content • Podcasts • Instructional videos • RSS feeds
- 16. Disseminate contact information •Instructor contact info / office hours •Contact information for campus offices (ex: computer labs, learning/tutoring centers, library) •Inclement weather contact info
- 17. Link people with further info • Campus event flyers • Instructions / Directions • Surveys / Feedback
- 19. Direct students to useful online content • Syllabus Tip: Link to • Lecture notes / podcasts mobile-friendly • Links from lecture sites. • List of resources /readings Make it brief. • Instructional videos • Short URLs • RSS feeds
- 23. Recommended Blogs to Follow • eLearning Blog – Don’t Waste Your Time (http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/) • “QR Codes: What Are They?” 2 Feb. 2010. • “QR Codes: Using the Code.” 8 Feb. 2010. • “QR Codes: When It Doesn’t Work.” 21 Mar. 2010. • “QR Codes: In the Classroom.” 28 May 2010. • “QR Codes and What To Do.” 23 Aug. 2010. • “QR Codes: It’s Not All About the Phone You know.” Oct 2010. • E-Moderation Station (http://www.emoderationskills.com/) • "Mobile Learning #9: A Dummies Guide to QR Codes." 12 Aug. 2010. • "Mobile Learning #10: Yes We Scan." 17 Aug. 2010. • Mashable (http://mashable.com/) • "Why QR Codes Are Poised to Hit the Mainstream." 20 July 2010. • "HOW TO: Create and Deploy Your Own QR Codes." 23 Aug. 2010.
- 24. References / Further Readings Moorefield, Anna. "Quirk up Your Digital Marketing with QR Codes | AtLarge, Inc. - Blog." Internet Marketing Business for Web Design & Social Media Marketing. 02 Aug. 2010. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. http://www.atlargeinc.com/blog/2010/08/02/quirk-up-your-digital-marketing-with-qr- codes/ Olson, Elizabeth. “Testing a Bar Code Technology for Smartphones.” New York Times. 25 Oct. 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/business/media/26adco.html Perez, Sarah. “Mobile Barcode Scanning Up 700% This Year.” ReadWriteWeb. 13 Oct. 2010. Web. 14 Oct. 2010. http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2010/10/mobile-barcode-scanning-up- 700-percent-in-2010.php "QR Codes." Educause. Web. 04 Oct. 2010. http://www.educause.edu/wiki/QR_Codes “7 Things You Should Know About QR Codes.” Educause. Feb. 2009. Web. 4 Oct. 2010. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7046.pdf Susono, Hitoshi, and Tsutomu Shimomura. "Using Mobile Phones and QR Codes for Formative Class Assessment." Current Developments in Technology-Assisted Education (2006): 1006-010. Formatex. Web. 4 Oct. 2010. http://www.formatex.org/micte2006/pdf/1006-1010.pdf
- 25. QUESTIONS? Tamara Ottum Systems Librarian, MxCC 860.343.5835 tottum@mxcc.commnet.edu
Editor's Notes
- #4: 2D barcodes that any camera-enabled mobile device can read (including iPad)(images from studies; referenced at end of PPT)Standard barcodes only store information horizontally. QR codes store information horizontally and vertically. This allows for more complex commands to be built into the coding (ex: browse the internet, send emails, instant message, find directions)
- #5: example: smart phone or flip phone reader depends on your device and network provider; check app store
- #8: “SMS” = text message (short message service)“If you can read this, you’re a geek”
- #9: Address book = good for business cards; networking
- #16: QR = image fileInclude in PPT; on webpage/BB; on paper (handout; syllabus)Give students directions for using QR codes, since most people unfamiliar with them
- #17: Why brief? smaller volume of info, easier to scanThe more information you store in your QR code, the more complex it will be. In other words, the geometric pattern will be denser, and therefore more difficult for phones to accurately scan and interpret. And not all the information may be stored if you try to include too much – bits may be left off. Put on business cards, syllabus, online class infoImportant campus offices: those office could create their own; or professor make for students
- #21: Students:research information about campus siteswrite up what they have learnedgenerate QR code for contentpost codes at key destinationsActivity:Class tours each site and students present on infoIncorporate into campus tours
- #22: Students:- research a topic present their findings on posterscreate and include QR codes, which link to online multimedia resources connected to the project topicDisplay posters in public area
- #23: Create a series of QR codesattach them to physical objects (classroom or campus)Each code can supply a clue and a link to further informationstudents need to collect to complete the hunt.