C2C Fall Forum 2010

Frontiers in Mobile Learning

SPONSORED BY: Emantras/MOBL21

October 8th, 2010 at Ottawa University's Overland Park location. The campus is conveniently located at 4370 West 109th Street, Suite 200 in Overland Park, just off I-435 and Roe in the Fox Hill Business Park. Drive to the far east end of the Fox Hill Business Park.  The building is on the left side when facing east.  Enter on the far east side of the building.

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SCHEDULE:

9:15-9:45    Registration & Light Refreshments

9:45-10:00    Welcome and Announcements - Room 303-305

10:00-11:00    Opening Session: MOBL21  - Room 303-305
(Link to live webcast: https://connect.emporia.edu/mobl21)

Presenter: Louis Stricoff - Emantras
Emantras, an award-winning, global, 10 year young, 300 person-staffed e-Learning/m-Learning production support and innovative educational technology resource is proud to announce, MOBL21.

Description:
MOBL21 is a rapid mobile learning software app that gives instructors the ability to easily create their own media-rich educational content and push to their students' mobile devices, desktops, and social networks, so they can truly learn anytime anywhere.
New features include: score reporting, links to websites, content scheduling, and coming in mid-September are our Android and Blackberry apps. Recently, the Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) named Mobl21 as the “Most Innovative Education Product or Service”, at its 2010 Ed Tech Industry Summit.

11:00-11:15    Break & Light Refreshments

11:15-12:15    Session 1A:Challenges to Using Mobile Devices in Education - Room 303-305
(Link to live webcast:https://connect.emporia.edu/session1a)

Presenter:
Zeni Colorado - Emporia State University

Description:
From smartphones to the new iPad, mobile devices continue to permeate our society.  For today’s students, these devices have become a natural part of their environment and their connected lives.  When students enter classes on a daily basis, however, many times, we ask them to put away their devices, disconnect and learn in an environment that is unlike their home, or native, environment.Today’s students expect to see mobile devices used in both formal and informal environments.  This interactive session will facilitate a discussion of productive uses of mobile devices as instructional tools as well as review obstacles and challenges to using personal mobile devices in the classroom.

11:15-12:15    Session 1B: Android Everywhere - Room 306
(Link to live webcast:https://connect.emporia.edu/session1b)

Presenter:
Marziah Karch - Johnson County Community College

Description:
A discussion of Android devices that are or might soon be on the market and how Android (and mobile) will change education, including phones, eBooks, tablets, apps, and maybe even TVs.

12:15-1:00    Lunch  (Mobile apps "show and tell" session during lunch in Room 310)

Lunch eating locations: 306, 309, and outside on the patio
(Link to live webcast:https://connect.emporia.edu/lunch)

1:00-2:00     Session 2A: eBook/eReader Extravaganza - Room 303-305
(Link to live webcast:https://connect.emporia.edu/session2a)

Presenters:
Tiffany Sowa - Cowley College
Roger Von Holzen - Northwest Missouri State
Darla Runyon - Northwest Missouri State

Description:
The increasing popularity of eReaders and eBooks raises many questions for instructors…should I use eBooks in my class? Where do I find them? How can students access them? The panel will discuss the strengths, challenges and potential uses of the current crop of eBooks and mobile devices in an instructional setting.  Participants will have some "hands on" opportunties with eReader devices.

1:00-2:00     Session 2B: Mobile Technology – New Tools (or Barriers?) to Learning – Continued Conversation on Digital Nation - Room 306
(Link to live webcast:https://connect.emporia.edu/session2b)

Presenters:
Ed Lovitt - Johnson County Community College
Description:
A continuation of our SIDLIT conversation based upon the NPR video Digital Nation. In this session we'll discuss the use of mobile technology in classrooms, and use some of the videos and postings located on the PBS site. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/learning/schools/

2:00-2:15    Break & Light Refreshments

2:15-3:15    Session 3A: Libraries, Research, and Mobile Learning - Room 303-305
(Link to live webcast:https://connect.emporia.edu/session3a)

Presenters:
Ronda Holt - Butler Community College
Barry Bailey - Johnson County Community College
Description:
Ronda: LibGuides provide access to eBooks and library databases, Meebo chat, single sign-on for our NetLibrary collection and mobile library web page. What’s next? Text messaging for reference questions.
Barry: Self-produced resources for distance reference and research, e.g., LibGuides, digital collections, repository, chat & Twitter reference.

2:15-3:15    Session 3B: Blackboard Mobile Learn & Blackboard Mobile Central - Room 306
(Link to live webcast:https://connect.emporia.edu/session3b)

Presenter:
Trent Gillaspie - Southwest Regional Manager, Mobile Computing - Blackboard
Description:
Blackboard Mobile offers Mobile Learn and Mobile Central as ways to extend the learning and campus experience to mobile devices. Mobile Learn, a free app for Blackboard Classic, WebCT, and ANGEL users, extends the traditional LMS to mobile devices with a whole new look, feel, and experience. Mobile Central offers a one-stop-shop for an array of services for students, staff, faculty, and alumni on any campus. We will talk about our vision for eLearning on mobile devices and will demonstrate Mobile Learn and Mobile Central.
http://www.blackboard.com/Mobile/Overview.aspx
http://www.building43.com/videos/2010/09/28/blackboard-mobile-puts-campus-in-the-palm-of-your-hand/

3:15-3:30    Farewell & Door Prizes - Room 303-305
(Link to live webcast:https://connect.emporia.edu/wrapup)