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30,000 IPADS: A LICENCE TO THRILL
Dennis Macnamara & Lynnae Rankine
University of Western Sydney
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Thanks to
A licence to thrill
30,000 iPADS
Lynnis Blended Learning Manager, @_Lynnae 15 years as an educational technologist in higher education [email protected]
Blended Learning Consultant, @_uldm Strategist, business change manager, convenor of IDEA events [email protected]
SETTING THE SCENE: UWS IN LATE 2012
SETTING THE SCENE: UWS IN LATE 2012
• Blended learning just commencing • Mostly F2F institution • PC based • Centrally controlled applications • Financial shortages and
redundancies in some faculties
WHY DID WE DO BLENDED LEARNING?
WHAT IS BLENDED LEARNING?
Fully F2F (no online components)
Completely online (no F2F components)
Blended
Technology enhanced
(no reduction in F2F contact)
Mostly online (Online replaces
some F2F contact)
Adapted from: Graham, C., Woodfield, W., Harrison, J. (2013) A framework for institutional adoption and implementation of blended learning in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education. Vol 18, pp4-14.
A LICENCE TO THRILL
THE ANNOUNCEMENT …
… AND THE AFTERMATH
THE CHALLENGE FOR IT
What about apps?
THE CHALLENGE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
WE NEEDED TO COVER THE BASICS
NOT EVERYONE GOT AN IPAD
Some of the things we did
DID WE MENTION WE BOUGHT A LOT OF IPADS?
Found friends
and allies
Basic training
with Apple
Suggested apps on website
2-day Summit
School-based
workshops
Guest speakers
More iPals days
More training
Stayed positive!
HIGHLIGHTED EXEMPLARS
The essence of blended learning is…
…ENGAGING ON CAMPUS EXPERIENCES
…SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE
…INTEGRATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Hubs – and – spokes
Role Central Faculty/School Based
Academic Development 3 ’on loan’ to Schools
Pedagogical Support 3 21
Content / resource Development 3 19
IT ADAPTED
What were the early outcomes?
45,000 iPads in total
Overall
Some
+ reaction from staff
+ reaction from
students
iPads integral to
UWS
Business as usual
Key success factors
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
Great people
Strong executive leadership
Being very flexible
Staying on message
Strong learning design focus
WHAT CHALLENGES REMAIN?
Enterprise Vs individual app acquisition
Framework for mobile app development
Mobile is BAU Online is BAU
iPads are a useful tool – not a fix all
BYO in 2016
Final comments
and
questions
THANK YOU
Lynnis Blended Learning Manager, @_Lynnae 15 years as an educational technologist in higher education [email protected]
Blended Learning Consultant, @_uldm Strategist, business change manager, convenor of IDEA events [email protected]