Open University's Annual Networked Practitioner Conference 2018. Presented Live over 3 days via Adobe Connect, to an audience of OU Staff, Alumni and current cohort. This presentation was awarded an Open Star Badge for one of the best presentations of 2018. Theme: Innovation - Format: Multimedia. A link to the Mobile App Study Guide created using Microsoft Sway is provided in the presentation slides. Licensed as an OER CC BY SA 4.0 The H818 cohort work for months researching and creating an education project under 3 Themes: Innovation, Inclusion and Implementation. We are tasked to create them in one of these Formats: Multimedia, Workshop or Paper. The principal goals are to cultivate an open practice, create our work through peer review inside and outside the module and become Networked Practitioners ourselves and to create a Personal Learning Network for a lifetime. Everyone provided an interesting and thought provoking project and I proud to have worked with all of my colleagues in this module.

1. Mobile Apps
Study Guide
Personal Learning Environment
Networked Practitioner H818
Created in Microsoft Sway
by Denise McDonough
Twitter: @d607
Best viewed on a Mobile Device – switch it on for a test drive

2. Theme: Innovation
Format: Multimedia
Context: of HE & Lifelong Learning
Being a lover of all things Apple & working in technology natural fit

3. Why?
Make study Anywhere, Anytime reality
with fast mobile networks and wifi on the bus
it now possible with the right apps
I have a 40+min bus journey every day – longer if it rains!
Born of my own need as learner, studying a master’s course
part-time wanting to increase my productivity in gaps of time
study on the bus, exercising, or cooking
As a full-time manager in IT, I sit at a desk all day and wanted
to break free
Make it Fun & Engaging

4. Project Aims
• Free Apps & Open Educational Resources - OER
give back to community and provide a framework for teachers and students to
improving learning object over time – from Groups, to Nets, Sets and Collectives,
(Dron, 2014) contirbuted by Katherine in a student session.
• Networked Practitioner – develop networked practice
• Learner centred object – self paced; revisit over and over.
Amy’s users loved this in mymaths shared in a student session
• Provides learner Scaffolding & metacognition
as they develop Personal Learning Environment - PLE
• Engagement & Collaboration

5. LET’S PLAY!
Slightly unconventional ‘Blended’ Presentation
Note: It opens in edit mode – to allow duplication Dots … top right
OR tap PLAY
• Enter into Mobile Browser: http://bit.ly/2nZN27A
• Tap PLAY top Right
• Scroll Down when opens
• To navigate in Guide tap
• Accessibility and Duplication/Copy settings top right Dots…

6. What’s in it?
1. Some Pedagogy – Learning Objectives
Digital Literacy & Personal
Learning Environment definitions
2. Cloud Storage options
3. Notes App Video
4. Reading App Video
5. Scanning App Video
6. Text to Speech Video
7. Activities using Google Docs
8. Links to further study
To view the Guide http://bit.ly/2nZN27A

7. Sway overview
• Easy – ideal iPad or tablet
• Free – no Office required
• Responsive – dynamic resize to any device
• Web-based anywhere anytime
Created & Edited on the BUS!
• Accessibility features built in
• Suited short or general guides & informal learning
• 2 Flaws – Poor Text formatting & Export
(known issues with PDF are being investigated)
• More Tips - invitation to collaborate Activity 3
To view the Guide http://bit.ly/2nZN27A

8. Collaboration – Learning by Doing
Sway can provide a rich and collaborative platform
for small group projects or learners teaching each other
Using Sway > Google Docs & Sheets >
OpenLearn Study Planner >
Genius Day - Teach the class
Tinkering as a Mode of Knowledge Production in a Digital Age,
(Brown, 2017) and engaging opportunities for learning by doing
(Brown et al., 1989).
To view the Guide http://bit.ly/2nZN27A

9. Validation – Research - Evidence
To view the Guide http://bit.ly/2nZN27A
It is clear from the literature that learners value this type of support
and use it (Henderson, Selwyn et al., 2017)
It enables learners to use time waiting for the bus or walking the dog
to squeeze in some studying (Kukulska-Hulme, 2012)
Learners expectations of using technology are higher as found by
the UCL study on the Google Generation (Rowlands et al., 2008)

10. Survey – 33 Replies

11. Survey – Apps results
NOTES READING TEXT TO SPEECH COLLABORATION CLOUD
BACKKUP
Evernote
4
Kindle
11
Dragon
1
GoogleDocs
8
Dropbox
8
iPhone Notes
6 incl
iBook
5
Natural Reader
1
FaceBook
Messenger
3
iCloud
6
OneNote
MS Office
7
Adobe PDF
2
MS Word
Read/Write
1
Whats App
2
OneDrive MS
4
Notepad
Notability
GoodReader
1 each
Chrome
1
Bookshelf
1
Evernote
Mendeley
Word
BB Ultra
1 each
GoogleDrive
6

12. Educators support
Supported by Oxford University's Senior Learning Technologist, Dr. Jill Fresen
"Denise's proposal to develop a study toolkit guide
of existing mobile apps and tools, to support students who want to study 'on the move'
addresses a real need experienced by
modern, mobile students."
In an interview with Senior Manager of Learning Technology, Marion Manton.
Oxford University Continuing Education, as learners aged 18-90 pursue lifelong
learning online.
To view the Guide http://bit.ly/2nZN27A

13. Developing a Personal
Learning Environment - PLE
supported by Mobile Tools for studying
Taken from 7 Things Series: www.educause.edu/eli © 2009 EDUCAUSE: Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

14. Multimedia - Empirical
Evidence
Richard E. Mayer
‘The case for multimedia learning rests on the premise that learners
can better understand an explanation when it is presented in words
and pictures than when it is presented with words alone,’
Recommendations
• Text & images min
Place text next to image - not under/captions
• Sound & Images best
Brain has 2 channels
Cognitively processed separately
To view the Guide http://bit.ly/2nZN27A

15. Problems - Lessons Learned
• A digital innovation project of this kind is very demanding –
countless hours; tools learned: Sway, Screencastomatic,
SurveyMonkey, AdobeSpark, Powtoons, Powerpoint, Apowersoft,
etc.
• Consider taking H818 as your last module, body work to draw on
• No actual App or set proscribed apps – guidance for analysing apps
and creating own PLE. Original title “Mobile Apps “Toolkit” caused
confusion so revised name to from Mobile Study App Guide
To view the Guide http://bit.ly/2nZN27A

16. Conclusions
• Worthwhile - through networked practice invited write a proposal
for Oxford Museum using Sway in informal - direct result of
Networked Practitioner & H818
• In addition: developing my own Personal Learning Environment with
GoogleDocs, MERLOT, Wordpress, Twitter, Facebook, Cloudworks, OU
Forums, & Open Studio – Mobile Apps are an evolving part PLE
To view the Guide http://bit.ly/2nZN27A

17. More Activities
• Please provide User Testing
Activity 3 GoogleDoc
(you don’t need an account to collaborate)
• Mobile App SurveyMonkey data on Cloudworks
http://bit.ly/2EIO2qV
• Reuse, Remix, Duplicate this Sway
Dots … top right Duplicate to save a copy
(share responsibly and respect the copyrights & permissions noted in acknowledgements section
of the Guide. This Guide was only possible through the generous contributions of many people who
provided valuable feedback noted in the guide acknowledgements. Apologies, if you name should
be there tweet me – recognition is important :)
• As it is OER if there are missing bits of the guide in future tweet me for a new copy @d607