Supporting slides for a workshop on using QR codes in educational settings

1. 16th July 2013
2013 Writtle College Conference
QR codes in L & T

2. Session plan
What are
QR codes?
What uses in
education?
What will
you do?

3. What are QR codes?

4. o ‘Quick Response’ codes
o Two dimensional bar codes
o Used in:
o warehousing
o advertising
o education
Quick overview
Background

5. Quick overview
o Connects to web-based resources
o Text (VLE, blog, website)
o Video
o Social media
o Online form / quiz
o ‘Low threshold’ technology
o Easy to create
o Read by mobile devices

6. Uses in education…

7. Library
A&D
Lab
Office
Specialist IT
Anatomy
Plants
© Writtle College

9. What will you do next?

10. • Learning
outcome
• Topic
• Activity
Focus
• Classroom
• Lab
• Farm
• Studio
Location • Poster
• Presentation
• T-shirt
• Bus
Media
• Information
• Instructions
• Comment
• Quiz
Resource
Process

11. Design a task

12. • Ideas
– Access to information
for induction / open days
– Augmenting student
coursework
– Reminders for common
instructions
– Data gathering via online
forms
• Concerns
– Not all students have
smart phones
– Students will have to log
in to the VLE
– Maintenance / removal
– Quick access is not
learning
Workshop outputs

13. ?
Wait…
There’s one more thing –
look online

14. Screencast
http://www.screencast.com/t/6yJDoniU

15. Thank you. Any questions?