Slide 1: MOBILE COMPUTING: WEB APPS AND MOODLE
Presentation to the Moodle Moot May 5, 2011 Bill Fricker
Slide 2: MOBILE COMPUTING: WEB APPS AND MOODLE - CONCLUSIONS
Web
Apps over Native Apps Moodle 1. Clearly able to be used on mobile devices; the question now is how well and how soon 2. User demand pressures may be overwhelming
Now,
let’s see if I can make the case for these conclusions
Slide 3: ONE YEAR AGO, AU CONTRACTED BONNE JOURNEE STRATEGIES TO …
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Identify strategic opportunities that may be present with respect to AU’s employment of mobile computing
Interviewed
More than 50 AU employees – Contacts at other educational institutions – Contacts with vendors
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Conducted a wide range literature search Assigned:
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April 28, 2010 Aug 6, 2010
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Report submitted:
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Thanks to AU for their permission to share information today
Slide 4: INTRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN
Introduction Mobile Market Momentum Mobile Uses Environmental Scan
Environmental Scan
Survey of published literature Text Book Publishers’ Support Reports from Forester Research, Inc 2010 Horizon Report Burton Group Abilene Christian University
Internal – AU Early mobile projects Related KIP projects Community Adjustment Fund Academic
140 + citations and links
Slide 5: AU MEDIA ON MOBILE DISPLAYS
Key developments
Content Management System
Alfresco OROS - Student Information Services AU Library – Mobile State
HTML5 CSS JavaScript XML SMS
This report section was developed by Kieron Quigley, Drive Train Software, Inc, who is now the Global Solutions Manager of Cisco Telepresence Group
Slide 6: AU MEDIA ON MOBILE DISPLAYS
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Mobile Display Status
In summary, “as is” for now, but enrichments pending – mobileOKchecker tool – Adobe Flash
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Moodle
Some functionality, and promising developments – Moodle4iPhone project – mpage
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Slide 7: MEDIA ON MOBILE DISPLAYS MAY 2011 UPDATE
HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript continue to increase penetration and adoption in the marketplace. HTML5 web "applications" continue to surprise pundits in their ability to provide a rich, desktop-class application on mobile devices Continual growth the smartphone market is apparent. Recently, IDC reported that in 2011, smartphone sales will grow almost 50% as consumers replace traditional 'feature' phones -that's a huge number (see http://mashable.com/2011/03/29/idc-smartphone-market-gro /) Source – K. Quigley Continued
Slide 8: MEDIA ON MOBILE DISPLAYS MAY 2011 UPDATE, CONTINUED
mobile app downloads – 2010 ―10.9 billion, 2014 ―76.9 billion Web Based Apps are still considered the easiest way to maximum reach, and lowest app TCO mobile devices need good browsers... iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc) improve JavaScript execution speed Android improved its rendering capability BlackBerry moved to WebKit (like iOS and Android) recently, Microsoft Windows Phone announced their new IE Mobile 9 browser will be available in the second half of 2011
Source – K. Quigley
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Slide 9: MEDIA ON MOBILE DISPLAYS MAY 2011 UPDATE, CONTINUED
Mobile adoption is accelerating, and the mechanisms of information delivery are necessarily moving to mobile friendly modalities more and more (i.e. texting, alerts, multimedia messaging (MMS), etc. Video Conferencing is now mainstream on mobile devices -for example, Apple Facetime on iPad2 and iPhone4 is amazing
Source – K. Quigley
Slide 10: NATIVE APPS VS WEB APPS
Native app
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Rich use of select device features Require one for each of
Apple Android Blackberry webOS
Web app
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Engraved in stone and time trapped
Not-yet-rich use of all device features; exciting and imminent developments One app to fit all platforms Fluid for developments and currency
Slide 11: IT (MOODLE) CONTEXT
Computing has progressed …
From keypunch to DOS From DOS to GUI From GUI to Mobile
Each progression level has empowered new people to become successful users. And each time, fewer technical demands are requisite to such successful usage. … more drivers and fewer mechanics!
Slide 12: WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group; www.w3.org Mobile Computing.com; www.mobilecomputing.com Internet and Mobile Computing Laboratory; http://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~imc/imc/doku.php Search http://mobilecomputing.com/
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Slide 13: WHO YOU GONNA CALL? CONTINUED
search http://www.techtarget.com/ Education Week Leadership Forums; www.edweekevents.org/engage-with-your-peers Books on mobile computing; www.target.com/ search term – mobile computing books What have we learned? (blogs on iPads in learning) http://blogs.vassar.edu/ipad/
Slide 14: USER DEMAND (STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY)
Megan
“starred in, wrote the screenplay, created the visuals, did the editing, produced, directed and distributed her digital story” Used the process to rid her bed of monsters She was 5 years old Written 1994
Slide 15: USER DEMAND (STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY)
My Grand daughter, Morgan 1st computer experience – clapping and cheering within 5 minutes Reader Rabbit – demo Desktop mental construct Born 1997
Slide 16: AGE AND GENERATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS
By birth year range (with some overlaps) … 1945 – 1965 – Baby Boomers Mid 1960s to early 1980s – Generation X 1977 – 1997- Next Generation, aka Generation Y, Gen Y, Millennial 1994 – 2004 Generation Z (Born Digital) June 2011 grade 12 graduates’ possible birth year―1993 Megan may have entered post-secondary―2007 Fall 2012 – look for Generation Z incoming students, maybe staff; faculty shortly after
Slide 17: USER DEMAND
Ask not, “What can mobile users do to support your IT?” Ask not, “Will mobile users tolerate lessthan-winning-quality Moodle?”
Ask, “Can your school do without mobile users?”
Photo - http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnfkennedy
Slide 18: MOBILE COMPUTING: WEB APPS AND MOODLE
Questions? Comments! Thanks Bill Fricker Bonne Journee Strategies 7908 – 149A Ave Edmonton, AB, T5C 2X2
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