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By 2015 80% of People Will Access the Internet from a Mobile Device
• 65% of colleges have their own custom made mobile app
87 % of college students nationwide use a mobile device
Examples of Apps in Higher EdOhio State University’s mobile app allows
students to view their course grades and schedules in real-time
Princeton University’s free app enables users to catch up on athletic and academic news, browse a full library catalog, and connect to the university’s social media pages
Ohio State example
Ohio State Custom Made App
Research App for Road kill StudyAn iPhone app to let citizen-scientists
participate at the scene. Professor asked people to input details about
road kill and upload the information to a Web site.
Gives the researchers better data, because a phone's GPS feature can send along exact location coordinates (and the app encourages users to take a picture with the phone's camera).
Attendance AppAttendance app includes flashcard function
that helps instructors learn the names of their students.
It literally puts names to faces, if professors add photos supplied by the college.
Some professors take pictures of their students on the first day of class and put them in the app.
JotNot Pro AppTake picture of textTurns text into a pdf
Dropbox AppDocument and large file storage
Mobile Device StudyAbilene Christian University
Gave Ipods and Ipads to 600 studentsAnalyzed learning outcomes
Results of Mobile Apps StudyStudents with mobile devices are more
connected with teachers and teaching assistants
Example:“Marking a student absent in class generates
an automatic e-mail to the student, who then responds with an explanation. An interactive communication thread gets initiated."
Results of Mobile Apps StudyIn general, a majority thought the device
increased student participation and involvement in class. And even more teachers said the devices increased contact with students outside of class.
Students with iPhones in StudyiPhone students in one class watched each
video podcast five times, both inside and outside the class.
They contacted the teacher much less [than the non-phone students], and they showed clear evidence of being able to do more on their own, and understand new things.
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Many College Instructors are Creating their own Apps
iTunes University
iTunes University
Itunes Apps
I-Tunes University
Google Appsfor Higher Education
Nursing Apps
Apps for teaching