{"id":467,"date":"2013-11-05T22:15:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T22:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extra.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2018-01-09T17:05:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:05:27","slug":"467-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melsig.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/event-materials\/467-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Devices for Learning #3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melsig.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/417\/files\/2017\/10\/event-logo-MMU.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-468\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melsig.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/417\/files\/2017\/10\/event-logo-MMU.jpg?resize=294%2C114\" alt=\"event-logo-MMU\" width=\"294\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Using smartphones, tablets and apps to enhance learning<\/h1>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonofedd\/statuses\/455809641507979265\" target=\"_blank\">Feedback from:\u00a0@sonofedd <\/a>&#8211;<\/strong> &#8220;My 1st time at #MELSIGMMU &#8211; what an absolute feast of ideas &amp; inspiration! Thx for organising this event&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong> Manchester Metropolitan University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> New Business School<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Monday, 14 April 2014<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building on the interest and success of the\u00a0<a title=\"Smart Devices for Learning, Sheffield Hallam 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/melsig.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/?page_id=52\">first (Sheffield Hallam University)\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a title=\"Smart Devices for Learning #2, University of Huddersfield\" href=\"http:\/\/melsig.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/?page_id=394\">second (University of Huddersfield)\u00a0<\/a>MELSIG smart device special focus events, we explored how smart technologies like Apple, Android and Windows smartphones and tablets are being used by students and staff to enhance learning. The aim of the day was to share and develop good practice in an important emerging field. The sessions were planned as opportunities for people to share their ways of using smart technologies to enhance and transform teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melsig.shu.ac.uk\/?page_id=503\">Some of the outputs from the day will contribute to a new MELSIG book on teaching and learning with smart devices.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Programme<\/h1>\n<p>09:15 &#8211; 09:45 &#8211; registration and coffee, New Business School<\/p>\n<h2>Welcome<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to Manchester Metropolitan University, Penny Sweasey, Head of \u00a0the Centre for Excellence in Learning &amp; Teaching, MMU<\/p>\n<h2>Introduction to MELSIG<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Andrew Middleton, Chair of MELSIG<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\"><strong> <a title=\"Welcome to MELSIG at MMU\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/amiddlet50\/welcome-to-melsig-at-mmu\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to MELSIG at MMU<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/amiddlet50\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Middleton<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<h2>10:15 &#8211; 11.15\u00a0Innovation at MMU<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Dental App<\/strong>, Peter Gough<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Bringing Learning Alive<br \/>\n<\/strong>Augmented reality project @MMU using Aurasma app. Dee Vyas and Nillan Fakira,<br \/>\nManchester Metropolitan University<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melsig.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/files\/2017\/10=573\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-573\">Penguin instructions origami<\/a>\u00a0used by Nillan in the presentation<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Use of iPads in Healthcare healthcare education<br \/>\n<\/strong>Deborah O&#8217;Connor<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>11:20- 12:15 Innovation in the region<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Smarter Learning &#8211; it&#8217;s not about Technology<br \/>\n<\/strong>Simon Thomson (Leeds Metropolitan University)<br \/>\n<strong>Exploring Academics\u2019 formal and informal iPad support systems <\/strong>Olaojo Aiyegbayo (University of Huddersfield) <strong style=\"color: #000000\">Sharing a recent open course experience:BYOD4L <\/strong>Chrissi Nerantzi (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Sue Beckingham (Sheffield Hallam University), BYOD4L facilitators<\/p>\n<h2>12:15 &#8211; 13:00 Lunch<\/h2>\n<p>Room 3.02<\/p>\n<h2>13:00 &#8211; 14:00\u00a0\u00a0Parallel workshops<\/h2>\n<h2>\u00a0a) Are we ready for smart learning?<\/h2>\n<p>Anne Nortcliffe (SHU) and students discussed initial findings of large scale institutional survey of academics and students on their readiness to use personal smart devices for learning (BYOD4L). The session consider what could be learnt from the survey, whether it can be run at other universities and how this empowers us to forge ahead.<\/p>\n<h2>b) BYOD4L &#8211; exploring the possibilities<\/h2>\n<p>Andrew Middleton led this idea generation workshop. Participants worked together (quite loadly and busilly as it turned out!) creating brief descriptions of ways in which smart devices and apps could be used to enhance and transform the learning environment. I hope the level of discussion meant that people (n.55-ish?) were finding out about what other people think the possibilities are for exploiting personal smart technologies to enhance learning and teaching. I hope that many of these ideas will appear in the forthcoming MELSIG book. I am scanning in the posters and will publish these on the MELSIG Flickr account as soon as I can and will update this link.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\"><strong> <a title=\"BYOD4L \u2013 Exploring the possibilities\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/amiddlet50\/byod4l-exploring-the-possibilities\" target=\"_blank\">BYOD4L \u2013 Exploring the possibilities<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/amiddlet50\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Middleton<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a014:00 \u2013 15:00 Parallel workshops<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>a) Smart &#8211; organised and collaborative<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dee Vyas, Hayley Atkinson and Alex Spiers \u00a0 The session discussed some of the different tools available for organising ourselves as smart learners and teachers including Evernote, Dropbox and Google Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Most attention was given to Evernote. It feels like there is plenty of scope to explore this further at the next event at #LMJU. The discussion turned to the need to e able to manage the proliferation of Gbs of data. There was some concern about the business models sucking us in with &#8216;short term free accounts&#8217; leaving us with the problem of sensible archiving at the end of the the trial period. Nevertheless, the tools have a huge amount to offer. Evernote struck a particular chord with the presenters and the audience. Dee Vyas showed a useful video on using Evernote which we hope to share here along with the presentations. A special thanks to the presenters who, in true MELSIG spirit put this much needed session together at short notice.<\/p>\n<h2>b) Generating audio and video on Smart Devices for iTunes U<\/h2>\n<p>Graham McElearney, University of Sheffield \u00a0 Rolling out iTunes U at UoS and how this creates new opportunities for engaging students with rich media, wherever they are. Graham look at what has been achieved so far and then considered whether personal smart technologies create a new context for iTunes U in terms of using and producing content. (More on this at a future event planned for Creative Capture and the Flipped Classroom we hope).<\/p>\n<h2>Delegate Thunderstorms<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mobile Challenges: sharing up, sharing out <\/strong>Terry McAndrew, TechDis<br \/>\n<strong>A fly on the Facebook wall: teaching using social media<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mark Feltham, Liverpool John Moores University<\/p>\n<p>The presentation considered the practicalities of using Facebook for teaching in HE, the pros and cons of its use and how students interact with it. (More on this from Mark at #LJMU)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting student-led curation<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kay Hack presented on using Twitter (presentation to follow)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Using Kahoot as a classroom polling tool<br \/>\n<\/strong>Callum Thomson, MMU<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px\"><\/div>\n<h2>Being Smart! &#8211; Plenary<\/h2>\n<p>Play this round robin review from all who attended on what you will take away<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F145057966&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=false&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=false&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<h2>16:00 Finish and Depart<\/h2>\n<h2>16:00 Finish and Depart<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The day in story format.<\/p>\n<div class=\"storify\"><\/div>\n<p>[&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=&#8221;\/\/storify.com\/andrewmid\/melsig-at-mmu&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;View the story &#8220;MELSIG at MMU&#8221; on Storify&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using smartphones, tablets and apps to enhance learning Feedback from:\u00a0@sonofedd &#8211; &#8220;My 1st time at #MELSIGMMU &#8211; what an absolute feast of ideas &amp; inspiration! 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