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

Build Your Own Apphttp://www.appmakr.com/

Alternative to iTunes Universitywww.appitic.com