Introduction to ArtificiaI Intelligence in Higher Education
GALILEO in the Mobile World
1. GALILEO in the Mobile World
GALILEO Mini-Conference | COMO 2012
2. What We Will Cover
• Some information on mobile research
• A look at GALILEO resources on smartphone
• A look at GALILEO resources on iPad
3. Pew Internet Findings
• 17% of cell phone owners do most of their
online browsing on their phone, rather than a
computer or other device
macleans.com
4. Pew Internet Findings
• Currently, 88% of American adults have a cell phone, 57%
have a laptop, 19% own an e-book reader, and 19% have a
tablet computer; about six in ten adults (63%) go online
wirelessly with one of those devices.
extremetech.com
5. Pew Internet Findings
• The rise of mobile is changing the story.
Groups that have traditionally been on the
other side of the digital divide in basic internet
access are using wireless connections to go
online.
foxnews.com
6. Educause ECAR Study of Undergraduate
Students and Information Technology 2012
• Blended-learning environments are the norm;
students say that these environments best
support how they learn
torontolife.com
7. Educause: The Future of Mobile Learning
• More than half of undergraduates own
smartphones and about two in five (37%) use
them to supplement their academic work
bbc.co.uk
8. GALILEO in the Mobile World
• Discover GALILEO and other EBSCOhost
databases present mobile site based on device
recognition
• Britannica encyclopedias link to mobile site (also
in Discover GALILEO)
• ProQuest mobile site is in beta
• LexisNexis Academic link to mobile site in
Databases A-Z (some content in Discover
GALILEO)
• WorldCat Mobile link in Databases A-Z