Mobile technologies are playing an increasingly important role in college students’ academic lives. The New Media Consortium’s 2014 Horizon Report listed mobile apps and mobile learning as key emerging technologies that have potential relevance to teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in higher education (Johnson, Adams, Estrada, & Freeman, 2014).
To appreciate the landscape of this emerging technology on campus, a comparative study on adoption of mobile learning and eTextbooks at the University of Central Florida (UCF) was conducted. In 2012, UCF’s Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) distributed the first survey to students and 933 completed the survey.
A follow-up survey was distributed in Spring 2014. A total of 1181 students completed the survey. These students were enrolled in 83 online, mixed-mode and face-to-face classes in Spring 2014 at UCF. The participants surveyed represented 12 different colleges with 91% being undergraduate and 68% being female.
The results of the survey can be found at:
2014 UCF Mobile & eTextbook Survey Report: https://mobile.cdl.ucf.edu/2014/12/15/2014-ucf-mobile-etextbook-survey-report/
Some of the key findings are shared below.
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CANVAS MOBILE APP USAGE
HOW ARE STUDENTS GETTING THERE?
Most used devices to frequently access Canvas (Webcourses) Mobile app
HOW ARE FACULTY GETTING THERE?
Most used devices to frequently access (Webcourses) Canvas Mobile app
WHAT’S IMPORTANT?
Students
• 76%: Grades
• 66%: Assignments
• 55%: To Do Items
• 48%: Modules
• 46%: Announcements
Faculty
• 80%: Inbox
• 60%: Grading
• 52%: Assignments
Most important features with Canvas mobile apps
TOOLS FOR FACULTY
MOBILE DESIGN
“Mobile is what you do between doing things.”
MOBILE DESIGN: CONTENT CHUNKING
Chunked
Content
CHUNKING: AVERAGE TIME IN CANVAS
CHUNKING: THE NEVERENDING SCROLL
CHUNKING: TABLE OF CONTENTS
FILE FORMATS: USER EXPERIENCE
FILE
SIZE
MOBILE DESIGN:
MOBILE FRIENDLY MEDIA
MOBILE FRIENDLY MEDIA:
STANDARDS, SERVICES, & CANVAS
MODULE DESIGN: INDENTS
MODULE DESIGN: TEXT HEADERS
USABILITY: STUDENT PROMPTS
MOBILE DESIGN: INFORM
REVIEW YOUR COURSES
Even if you don’t use mobile devices, review your course on a mobile device.
MORE MOBILE
• Mobile Essentials Course
– http://online.ucf.edu/?p=4251
• Mobile App Checklist
– http://ucfmobile.ucf.edu/checklist/
CDL Mobile & eTextbook Blog
http://mobile.cdl.ucf.edu
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