This document summarizes the largest iPad rollout at UWSCollege involving teachers and students. It discusses providing iPads to teachers in 2012 to familiarize them with apps for mobile learning. Based on student surveys about using technology, the college planned to rollout iPads to students in 2013. Learning pods with iPad charging stations were set up. While there were initial concerns about workload and sharing, the culture transformed. Students were given tips on using apps like Corkulous and GoSoapbox for engagement. An iPad film festival competition among student groups was a success. The future involves converting workbooks to iBooks and an innovation called Culture on Demand app.
1. The UWSCollege Ipad Rollout 2013
One of the biggest Ipad rollouts of its kind
Dinesh Poorun
Curriculum Coordinator
UWSCollege
2. INTRODUCTION
• Overview of UWSCollege and UWS
• Conception- the need. Leading the way
• Rollout to Teachers
• Rollout to Students
• The Future- I Books, and B Management
3. UWSCOLLEGE
• UWSCollege is a pathway provider
of education
• Diploma, Foundation Studies and
English Programs
• 4 Campuses in 2014 and
approximately 3000 students
4. UWSCollege
• Wholly-owned entity of University of Western
Sydney – not for profit.
• Provides opportunities for students who would not
normally gain entry to higher education
• First year specialists (unique)
• Started teaching using the current model in 2008
5. University of Western
Sydney
• Over 40,000 students located on 6 campuses
• Located in an area of:
− historically low participation in higher education
− economic disadvantage, and
− multiculturalism
7. Why BLearning and Ipads?
• E Thinking Strategy needed
• Surveys of students at UWSCollege
indicated a high expectation for
using technology in teaching and
learning
8. The Aims- Our Mission
• UWSCollege and its parent UWS embarked on a
mission to challenge traditional pedagogy
“By integrating the best aspects of face-to-face,
technology enhanced and online interactions for each
discipline… students learning opportunities are
enhanced and more flexible means of study are
provided” (Kraus and Rowland, UWS, 2012)
9. UWSCollege leads the way
• UWSCollege – B Management
• Mandate to use technology
• Ipads given to Academic Staff
10. Ipad Rollout to Staff- Sept
2012
• Teachers embraced the offer
• Ipads given to sessional Academics
• E Thinking- training for all staff
11. Mobilearn and
Presentations
• Attended the 2012 Mobilearn conference
• Reported back to a staff forum about flip learning,
Khan Academy, learning nuggets online.
• The College was originally moving towards a rollout
to students in 2014
12. Flip Learning Embraced
• Content should be short when visually presented
online
• Students prefer short intense bursts of information
to M Learn
• Scaffolding is essential
13. Bite sized gold
nuggets
• 3-5 minute clips are sufficient to explain a particular
concept or learning outcome
• These videos can be posted on VUWS(our online
education portal)
•
Picture Source: http://wowmusings.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/ninenuggets-of-practical-wisdom.html
14. Concerns were addressed
I am too old to learn this stuff-
ANSWER- Consider lifelong learning- never too
old to learn. Many of the experts in the area of M
Learning and Blended learning are ‘Baby
Boomers’
15. Concerns were addressed
I am a luddite- I don’t like technology
ANSWER- Your students are digital natives and
they learn better when technology is
incorporated into their learning
16. Transforming the Culture
What about the extra workload?
ANSWER- There is initial time taken to create
resources but once you do, you have a great
suite of resources that can be curated and
shared
17. Transforming the Culture
Why should I share?
ANSWER - Others are sharing with youculture of openness. You are also increasing your
profile- a lecture on TED could be watched by
thousands of people. Benchmarking and
modelling best practice
18. UWS change the game
• October 2012 -UWS Ipad
rollout
• Ambitious and unique
• Game changer for M
Learning in Australia
19. UWSCollege- the leader
• UWSCollege ready to
rollout to students in 2013
• Learning Podstechnological hubs for
UWSC and UWS
• UWS/UWSC IPAD
CHAMPIONS
21. Big Challenge!!!
• Rolling out Ipads to so many students
• Will some take the Ipad and run?
• College issued Ipads after Census (week 6)
22. Advantage
• Teachers had Ipads first- familiar with apps.
• Many teachers started preparing materials for
the second part of term that would incorporate
TEL
(Technology Enhanced Learning)
23. Students given tips on Ipad
Use
• CORKULOUS
• Learners can attach notes, photos, labels,
contacts, tasks and more to the board, and then
email or export them.
• Free
24. Go Soapbox
• Apps like
GoSoapBox
and even
Todays Meet
used as a way
to engage
students
25. Film Festival and Group
Dynamics
• Tertiary Study Skills in Diploma of Arts
• Study Skills program- 1 hour a week
• UWS College Film Festival
26. Ipad- Creativity
• Students asked to do a 3 minute video in groups on
their lives at UWSCollege
• Prizes including $500 spending vouchers on offer
• Students marked on the video log – behind the
scenes of how their groups came together
27. Big Success
• We had many entries to the film festival
• Almost 1000 votes- videos on youtube
• Students embraced I pads and were creative
• Challenge- coping with submissions
29. The Future looks bright
• UWSCollege have further built on their E
Thinking and B Management Strategy
• Paper based workbooks are being
converted to Ibooks
• Innovation-M Learning Repository
30. Culture on Demand
• After Mobilearn 2012 – I developed an app
with Dr Graeme Salter called Culture on
Demand
• Currently negotiating with Universities and
International Student Offices- build cultural
awareness for our students
Pathways feed into Bachelor Courses at first year and second year level
UWS College- Fist Year Specialists- providing pathway programmes that feed into the University at first and second year levelmajority are local school leavers12% are internationals studentsfirst in their familyHigh levels of disadvantage
Point 1: Over 50% are first in familyPoint 2: It has the largest number of students from lower socio-economic backgrounds of any university in AustraliaPoint 3: Representing over 150 nationalities (Western Sydney is one of the most diverse communities in the world)Point 4: 6.4% are from non-English speaking backgrounds, compared to 3.6% across the sector (maybe say UWS has double the sector average)
Represents approx %450 growth in 5 years
In 2012 UWSCollege Board embarked on developing an E Thinking Strategy
UWSC was well positioned to lead the way in what a colleague of mine our Deputy Dean, Dr Greg Whateley refers to as B ManagementThe College surveyed staff and students and found that there was indeed a mandate to use technology to enhance learning.College took the extraordinary next step of rolling Ipads out to all teaching staff.
Every teacher accepted the offerA pool of Ipads were allotted to Sessional Teachers who were able to articulate in a page how they would use it to enhance their teachingStaff trained in useful apps such as Nearpod, GoSoapBox, Explain everything and Prezi
Scaffolding is mportant- break down lectures into main concepts/ideas/outcomes they need to know
These ‘nuggets of gold’ give students an overview of what they need to know. A synopsis of key points in a lecture or tute and can be used for revision
In October 2012 UWS announced that it would roll out Ipads to 13 000 first year students in 2013.One of the biggest and most ambitious rollouts ever- certainly the biggest in Australia
Having already rolled out the Ipads to Staff- UWSCollege were well positioned to roll out the Ipads to students ahead of time in 2013.The University faced the challenge of issuing Ipads to their staff at the same time as students.UWS and UWSCollege undertake to dedicate 10% of learning space to ‘Learning Pods’Ipad Champions allowed the most innovative academics from both institutions to come together before semester one and discuss ideas on how to use Ipads in teaching
We want to be able to run this strategy for as long as possible- significant investmentChallenge as this was halfway through our teaching semester- used time to orient students to changing culture
Wanted to teach students group dynamics- using their Ipads. Also wanted to create a buzz around the UWS College Film Festival
Innovation- Best lessons with Blended Learning- use of apps put on a repository for all to access. Prizes awarded to creator of lesson of the month
Link App back to strategy- building cultural awareness for students through TEL
3 articles written by Dinesh Poorun and Dr Greg Whateley on the topic of Mlearning and Flipping the Classroom