2. acu connected Maturity LevelMaturity Level and iPhone andand iPhone and iPod TouchiPod Touch UsageUsage Matthew J. Dodd, Ph.D. Abilene Christian University Abilene, Texas 3. acu connected About ACUAbout ACU ConnectedConnected MaturityMaturity Observations...Observations... Q & AQ & A PresentationPresentation 4. acu connected private 4-year liberal arts university more than 4,800 students from every US state & 60 countries 5 colleges, 100 fields of study, 61 bachelors degrees, 26 masters degrees, 2 doctoral degrees who is ACU? 5. a campus-wide mobile-learning initiative at Abilene Christian University acu connected 6. acu connected how we got here 7. acu connected initial rollout 8. acu connected initial press 9. acu connected international accolades 2008 Innovation Award Finalist 2009 Dynamic Enterprise Award 2009 Institutional Excellence Award 2009 Center of Excellence Award 2009 CIO 100 Honoree 2009 #1 Up & Coming Masters University 2009 Analyst Choice Award 2008 Innovator of the Year 10. acu connected advisory boards Apple University Education Forum iPhone Taskforce Google Higher Education Customer Advisory Board Sungard Pillar Institute Talisma Global Advisory Board AT&T Education Advisory Board 11. acu connected more than 70% attended an interest meeting 50% applied for research position 42 took part in a pilot study 5 mobile-learning fellows early faculty buy-in 12. acu connected increase student learning increase student engagement increase university awareness advance undergraduate enrollment foster a culture of innovation on our campus goals for initial deployment 13. acu connected commitment to research empirically evaluate all aspects of our programserve the mobile-learning and higher-ed communitiesopenly disseminate, share, and work with others on research involve faculty in research 14. acu connected try the mobile portal at m.acu.edu 15. acu connected adoption cycle deployment experimentationsignificance undergraduates graduates technologists faculty programmers staff existing apps learning in-class out-of-class programming commercial development service awards presentations papers media best practices conferences consulting pilot 16. acu connected 1,969 devices distributed to students all first- and second-years saturation 49.5% 240 devices to faculty saturation 95.6% 201 devices to staff saturation 43.5% distributing devices 17. acu connected student device selection (n=957) incoming students chose between iPhone and iPod touch (they assumed AT&T contract charges for iPhones) existing AT&T customers (49%) customers of other carriers (41%) 18. acu connected Maturity Level and Mobile Device Usage Purpose: This study seeks to understand how a students maturity level (as indicated by identity status) influences the use of a mobile learning device (i.e. iPhone, iPod Touch). 19. acu connected Interaction with Classmates using iPhone/iPod Touch p=.000p=.000 Subscale Score Range: 6-minimum 42 maximum (6 items per subscale) 20. acu connected Interaction with Parents using iPhone/iPod Touch p=.058p=.058 Subscale Score Range: 6-minimum 42 maximum (6 items per subscale) 21. acu connected Interaction with Professors using iPhone/iPod Touch p=.026p=.026 Response Range: 1-Never; 2-