joining things up with sms
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Lets talk about TxT Conference March 09TRANSCRIPT
Joining things up with SMS
University of Wolverhampton , 24th March 2009
Geraldine Jonese-Learning Officer
University of Bath
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• Consider the student view
• Share our experiences of using SMS for learning and administration
• Discuss future plans and possibilities
aims
how do students already use SMS communication?
Social interactions typically move across a variety of media - face to face meetings, voice calls, SMS and IM chat.
SMS links to other opportunities for interaction.
What they think about text communication. always on - in your pocket – simple - personal character limit – difficult to organise - cost
what do students think about using SMS for learning?
• Surveyed 600 UG students 2007• Response rate ~ 50%• Male (44%) Female (56%)• 98% 17-25yrs
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results - 1
How useful do you think it would be to use your mobile phone for learning through…
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Keeping in touch w ith Tutor
Asking questions of Tutor
Receiving deadline Reminders
Receiving Questions from Tutor
Personal Organisation
Co-ordinating Groupw ork
Asking questions of Students
Providing Mutual Support
Finding out Information
Recording Information
Activity
% Students who think mobiles would be 'very useful' for activity
How often would you like to receive SMS for study purposes?
How often would you like to send SMS for study purposes? (per week)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Not at All
Once or Tw ice a Week
Once or Tw ice a Day
Four or Five times a Day
More Frequently
Percentage of Students
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
None
Up to 5
Up to 10
Up to 20
Up to 50
More than 50
Percentage of Students
results - 2
part 2 – how are we using SMS for learning?
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over to you …
How is the person next to you using SMS in Teaching, Learning and Administration? Or how do they think they might use it?
Tag responses: q1
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your experiences
• Using a simple framework discuss how you can join up admin or learning conversations with SMS
• Capture your ideas
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clustering your thoughts
EduTxt (SMS) only EduTxt (SMS) with other tools
e-Admin
e-Learning
Q1 how are you using / planning to use SMS in T, L & Admin
framework for analysis
Sign up for news alerts using QR codes
Capturing free text in word clouds
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Hook into discussion boards
EduTxt (SMS) only EduTxt (SMS) with other tools
e-Admin
e-Learning
face to face teaching
Texts to students
Texts from students
Texts to students
Once a Week
Post session activities
Presession activities
SMS joining up face to face and VLE learning
what we said……
Hi Sam. Pls complte yr reflection&action plans 4 time mangmnt (act 7.2, 7.3) Plse post yr top 5 tips for TM to the top tips list. Gabriele.
Hi Tom, pls lk at & comment on the reading improvement video – Moodle (Act 4.1) Pls txt in wht u hve learned from the video b4 session. Gabriele
what they said…..
ED At uni i need 2 self motivate myself 2 gain broader learnin + self thought. I wil use tutors + readin + discussion 2 help me achieve this in the best way. (response to an article)
ED metacognition is an awareness of process of learning.consists of developin plan of action,maintainin monitorin of plan and evaluatin plan (self reflection) (in response to a request for a definition)
word clouds - aggregating responses
for more information please see…
Supporting and Enhancing Undergraduate Learning with m-learning tools: an exploration and analysis of the potential of Mobile Phones and SMS
(Jones, Edwards & Reid 2008)
http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/past/nlc2008/abstracts/PDFs/Jones_162-170.pdf
URL
summary….
Question in Lecture or via SMS
EduTxt
Collect & printexcel report
TagCrowd orWordle
Remove columns, filter out usingstoplist
Discuss outcomes
Student response via SMS
Let’s try
How do you share web resources? E-mail, shared document, wiki, blog, bookmark software …
Tag responses: q2
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Outcomes
• Straight forward to use, if a little time consuming
• Use on important questions, high cost compared to other face to face approaches
e-admin – sign up news alerts
• why SMS?• why QR Codes?
the workflow
Flyer,Website,Poster
QR Code
SMS
Text: go-news to …
EduTxt
Sort into group using keyword. AutoResponse with unsubscribe
rule: stop-news
Monthly SMS includes link to webreport using go.bath.ac.uk
part 3 – future plans
www.flickr.com/photos/14516334@N00/316350537
joining up SMS(Edutxt) and twitter
• why SMS?• why twitter?• why QR Codes?
E-admin: efficient news and information distribution
E-learning: perpetuating and summarising learning conversations
SMS (EduTxT)
eatBath Twitter
e-learning Web Site
Person A Person B Person C
Moodle Courses
Person D
SMS update
RSS updatesSMS push viasubscription
Follow eatbath
e-admin
for more information
URL
http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode
about QR codes about SMS projects
http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/sms/
URL
thank you & questions
- 07624 804921
Geraldine Jones
eatbath-present
Feedback for me … what did you like, what should I stop doing, and how might I improve this session?
Tag responses: EDUTXT