Practical Applications of Mobile Applications in Higher Ed
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The document discusses various mobile applications developed at the University of West Florida to enhance learning and productivity. It describes apps that allow students to track attendance, grade assignments, access course materials from their iPad, and learn about campus dining and events. Other apps are used to supplement self-paced learning, such as an app for cultural awareness in Afghanistan. An app was also created to help students pass a construction certification exam. The document outlines the development process and how data from the apps can provide insights to improve teaching.
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Practical Applications of Mobile Applications in Higher Ed
- 1. Practical Uses of Mobile Solutions at University of West Florida Janusz Chudzynski email: jchudzynski@uwf.edu twitter:@appzzman
- 2. About Me Janusz Chudzynski Research Associate at the Academic Technology Center of University of West Florida Responsibilities: Engaged in a research and development of innovative applications that support learning and teaching. Author of two eBooks about Programming Mobile Devices Education: University of West Florida M.Sc Computer Science Software Enginxeering Warsaw University of Technology M.Sc Management and Production Engineering
- 3. About University of West Florida ● Founded in 1963 ● Total Headcount: 12,588 o Undergraduate Headcount: 10,158 o Graduate Headcount: 2,430 ● 500 online course sections each semester ● 30 fully online undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs ● Located in Pensacola, Florida
- 4. University of West Florida Mobile Awareness Product Brand Mobile Friendly Mobile Native App X X Main Website Terminal Four CMS ✓ Responsive Design Learning Management System Desire2Learn LMS ✓ Responsive Design Multiple Specialized Mobile Applications Home made and Desire2Learn apps ✓
- 5. uwf.edu - Terminal Four CMS
- 7. About Academic Technology Center “Continually improve online and blended learning at UWF” Our Services ● various forms of support and training ● research and development of teaching and learning technologies In recent years ATC R&D group developed multiple solutions that serve UWF and general community. ● Web and Mobile Web Apps ● Mobile Apps: iOS and Android ● Serious Games and Simulation ● Developing electronic publications (ePubs)
- 8. Academic Technology Center Development Process Facilitator Client ATC Product Students Support
- 9. Different types of mobile solutions at UWF Improving Learning Experience Supplement Self-Pace Productivity & Effectiveness Events Informative In-Classroom Tools
- 10. Productivity ● Enhance productivity and effectiveness
- 11. + + = ?
- 12. Attendance App Combined effort of ROTC and ATC Goal: - tracking attendance of ROTC students Possible future use: Can be customized to track attendance of any UWF courses or events
- 13. Attendance Workflow 1. Prepare list of the students (XML) 2. Upload it to the app (iTunes) 3. Take attendance 4. Export/Analyze (iTunes)
- 14. Assignment Grader 1. Helps with grading 2. It grades only Dropbox activities
- 15. Desire2Learn Binder for iPad Good for document management Can be synced with: ● Learning Environment ● Photos ● Dropbox ● SkyDrive
- 16. Informative Apps ● one way communication ● keeps users updated about particular topic/issue ● can be used as a marketing tool ● great for news, alerts, advertising
- 17. UWF Dining ● First in the history UWF native mobile app ● Displays locations and menu of the UWF’s dining venues
- 18. Event App Event App Used in several different events: ● iTen Wired ● MOCC Contains: ● Maps ● Speakers ● Schedule of Sessions ● Custom Schedule
- 19. Self Paced Apps ● Supplemental to traditional learning tools ● Might provide one or two way communication ● Provide feedback ● Can be used anywhere and anytime
- 20. Afghanistan App - Cultural Awareness Program
- 21. Afghanistan App
- 22. Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) APP CDT App is an iOS app created thanks to combined efforts of Academic Technology Center, UWF Building Construction Program and Digital Lighthouse Productions. Goal: - Improve passing rate of students taking Construction Documents Technologist certification - find out areas of program difficult for the students to improve teaching process - promote UWF and Building Construction Program
- 23. CDT System Content Management App Tracking user’s activity
- 24. CDT User’s Activity Tracking CDT System is Collecting data about: ● Time that user spent in the app ● User’s answers ● Demographic data o Professional Experience o School Why bother to track? - improve learning and teaching process - find critical areas - gathering research data
- 25. CDT App Flow
- 26. CDT App Flow Continued
- 27. CDT Credits Glenda Mayo CSI, CDT, LEED AP BD+C UWF Building Construction Program http://uwf.edu/ect/construction.cfm Houston Wells Digital Lighthouse Productions http://www.lighthousetv.com/about_us.html Janusz Chudzynski Academic Technology Center, http://uwf.edu/atc Content management:http://askatc.uwf.edu/FlashCardsApp/DeckQuestions.php App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cdt/id504963294?ls=1&mt=8
- 28. In-Class Apps ● Supplement or replacement to traditional learning tools ● Can be used in the classroom environment ● Add additional level of interaction ● Might provide two way communication ● Provide automated or teacher’s feedback
- 30. Fractionville This iPad app was created thanks to combined effort of Academic Technology Center, School of Education, Computer Science Department and North Carolina State University App helps students (grades 3-6) with learning concepts of fractions. What distincts the app from others is that is aligned with Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Teachers and students could use this app for teaching and learning of concept of fractions. It’s currently available on the app store.
- 31. Fractionville System Teacher 1. Teacher creates a new account 2. Creates a new course I.D. 3. Share the I.D. with the class 3. Monitor user’s progress 4. Gives feedback User Enters as a guest or 1. Creates new account 2. Use app as part of his/her curriculum
- 33. Fractionville - User Management
- 34. Fractionville
- 38. Why Are We Collecting Data Detecting performance difficulties and predict future student performance. Intervening when students are struggling. Personalizing the learning process for each and every student
- 39. Other Projects ● Intelligent Home ● Monitoring Biometric Data of Players ● Biometric Keystrokes ● Peer2Peer Networks
- 40. iBeacon, a QR Code Killer What is an iBeacon? ● Is an indoor positioning system that Apple Inc. calls "a new class of low-powered, low-cost transmitters that can notify nearby iOS7 devices of their presence." They can also be used by the Android operating system. The technology enables an iOS device or other hardware to send push notifications to iOS devices in close proximity [1]. ● It’s also a name of the mini device that is broadcasting information about itself. 1 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBeacon
- 41. iBeacon Use Cases: Retail Contextualized deals:based on time, location, client Monitoring Shopping Behavior storing and analyzing data about customer’s behavior Contactless Payments
- 42. iBeacon Use Cases Education ● Library ● Art Museum ● Indoor mapping ● Scavenger hunts ● Student Orientation
- 43. Learning Environments Intelligent Home Tracking: ● user’s location ● temperature sensor ● stove ● running water Controlling & monitoring ● Using mobile device’s interface Learning from the user’s behavior * report anomalies
- 44. Problems ● Support ● Sustainability ● Finding right people with right skills ● Changing scope of the project from single course to an entire department /college /institution ● Technology transfer
- 45. Thank you! Contact Me email: jchudzynski@uwf.edu twitter: @appzzman
Editor's Notes
- #3: About Me:
- #8: About ATC ATC department is an UWF support unit. Our goal is continually improve online and blended learning at UWF and offer wide range of services to achieve this goal. Beside that ATC offers
- #9: At the beginning or my carrier at UWF we were developing projects internally. We quickly adapted to changing environments.
- #12: What will happen if we combine a card reader, a smartphone, and a nautilus card?
- #13: ROTC - Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- #21: Few years ago my department received a grant from Department of Defense to develop the training for the military personnel deployed to Afghanistan. The purpose of the App and the program was to familiarize U.S. military operators with the values, beliefs, behaviors and norms of modern Afghanistan, so they may understand and anticipate norms and behaviors of the people living there. The intent of the training is to minimize culture shock and increase the mission effectiveness of U.S. military personnel operating in the region. App consists from 8 training modules in which user are introduced to different aspect of life in Afghanistan. Each section has from introduction, learning objectives and set of interactive activities. The last section contains comprehensive quiz.
- #23: The University of West Florida offers a preparatory course for the Construction Documents Technologist certification. The questions contained in the app provide a study aid that can supplement the coursework. App can be used even if you aren’t preparing to take the CDT, is a good refresher of the knowledge that is used in many aspects of the construction industry. All questions were created from the content within the chapters of the Project Delivery Practice Guide. Additionally, this app provides an audio version that you can listen to when you do not have the luxury of viewing the screen.
- #24: CDT system consists of three components: Web Interface for entering data, app, and web interface that stores user’s activity
- #25: CDT is tracking following data. Thanks to it can produce a lot of interesting reports about user’s performance and can help to identify areas difficult for the students.
- #26: On this stage we are gathering initial data: Student/Proffessional, name of the school and years of experience.
- #27: That’s the main interface of the application.
- #28: This project is available on the App Store. With some effort in might be modified and adapted in different courses.
- #32: Fractionville has two components: - Admin’s Interface: - An App
- #33: Our system let’s teacher to give feedback to student. It’s done through the web interface. Whenever teacher sends feedback it automatically appears in student’s inbox.
- #37: Administrator interface was created for teachers interested in using our app in the classroom environment. It let’s them to: register themselves create a new course shell User interface can be accessed from the following URL https://research.fatfractal.com/Fractions/index.html
- #38: Teachers can also: View the list of the students for each course and their attempts Send feedback User interface can be accessed from the following URL https://research.fatfractal.com/Fractions/index.html
- #40: IBeacon is an indoor positioning system that Apple Inc. calls “a new class of low-powered, low-cost transmitters that can notify nearby iOS 7 devices of their presence.”
- #42: Marketers already found use of the iBeacon. The image presents simple use cases of the technology. Contextualized deals iBeacons technology allows to convey specific, customized deals to shoppers based on time, which aisle they’re in or any other factor tracked by the system. Monitoring Customers System can analyze information about customer behavior. For example which locations of the store are visited most often. Or if customer stays longer in one place system can show different variants of the closest product, offer discount, or shows prices of nearby location.
- #43: iBeacon has multiple solutions in other industries. Some of the examples include Art Museum exhibition, Indoor Mapping, Scavenger Hunts or Student Orientation.
- #44: Using machine learning algorithms house will learn user’s behaviors and can respond and react to anomalies.