Mobile barcodes / QRcodes in eLearning

by Inge de Waardppt: http://www.slideshare.net/ignatia

Mobile devices are gaining on computers (per capita)

Bangladesh: 2,5 million mobile users added in Jan 2008

Mobile roaming Data per country

Mobile learning is on the rise

lifelong learning instrumentcontext aware + identity

How can we access mobile content easily?

Making it easier for the learners to access content enhances their learning experience QRcodes =Quick Response codes

What are mobile barcodes 1-dimensional 2-dimensional

The possibilities

Learning from objects, exchanging information, quick direction to URL…

The mobile barcode learning facts

provide flyers with QRcodes to different web-based assessments;

direct mobile users to mobile manuals; use the mobile barcodes to get background

information during field trips (architecture, history, engineering…).

direct learners to the latest updates on specific information;

get students involved in future mobile applications;

check student attendance in face-to-face courses; direct students to a specific mobile module or

course …

Technical demands for mobile barcodes

camera equipped cell phones +

Example from QuickMark

co/dec mobile barcodes

Kaywa readerWinksite QRcode generator

Just a couple of examples no promo intended and these are FREE

Exploring mobile barcodes

provide flyers with QRcodes to different web-based assessments YES;

direct mobile users to mobile manuals YES; use the mobile barcodes to get background

information during field trips (architecture, history, engineering…) FUTURE.

direct learners to the latest updates on specific information YES;

get students involved in future mobile applications FUTURE;

check student attendance in face-2-face courses NO; direct students to a specific mobile module or course

YES.

Just-in-time learning

Cartoon: from www.explodingdog.com

Short manuals for sporadically used machinery

Accessing learning material swiftly

accessing mobile content with one click:

courses, updates, CME… (save the course on your mobile)

Do mobile barcodes add to the ease of use of the learner?

Yes, they save time and are efficient in linking to relevant information with one touch.

URL => QRcode => easy acces

To take into account

The proper tools need to be available (investment in mobile device)

People need to be willing to use it Distance to the code for readability Technology is evolving into 3D-coding The QRcode is static Limited data can be written in the code

itself (alphanumeric(0-9A-Z $%*+-./:)45characters2 characters are encoded to 11bit length.In theory, 4296 characters or less can be stored in a QRcode).

Usefull links

QRcode info from the Denso Wave inc. inventors

QRcode on wikipedia QRcode demo with Gallerie, Japan

(= youtube movie 7 min)

QRcode marketing in Japan

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