The document discusses the rise of smartphone usage among college students and how it has changed the landscape of higher education. It notes that over half of Americans own smartphones and their adoption rate has far exceeded other technologies. As a result, today's students are no longer confined to the classroom and expect mobile and personalized learning. The document advocates for colleges to support "untethered learning" through mobile collaboration tools that allow students to access class materials and participate in discussions from anywhere.

1. one-minute
white paper

2. Today smartphones
are everywhere
people in the U.S. own smartphones
133.7 MILLION
57% mobile market penetration
February 2013

3. Smartphone use by
college students
Especially on campus

4. In fact analysts predict
10x 2x 3x
faster than
PC adoption
in the 1980s
faster than
internet
adoption in
the 1990s
faster than social
networking
adoption in
the 1980s
smartphones and tablets will be taken up:

5. As a result today’s students
ARE NO LONGER
CONFINED TO
CLASSROOM
ARE ARMED
WITH LAPTOPS,
SMARTPHONES,
TABLETS
LEARN AT THEIR
CONVENIENCE
FROM WHEREVER
THEY ARE

6. Today’s students are active
learners who…

7. Are constantly connected
Not content to sit
passively in classroom
absorbing knowledge
Want learning immediate,
engaging, personalized

8. They also may be part
of the growing population of…
non-traditional students

9. ONLY
15%
Attend 4-year
colleges and
live on campus
43% Attend two-year
institutions 32% Work
full time 37% Part-time
students 25% Over the
age of 30
students are enrolled in higher education
17.6 MILLION

10. To meet student
expectations, mobilized
learning must be real and seamless …
not an afterthought

11. It must be part of an
online and blended solution
web conferencing:
virtual classroom instruction,
moderator-led meetings,
structured collaboration,
professional development
mobile collaboration:
live participation in classes and
meetings, and access to class materials
and recordings, from a mobile device
instant messaging:
office hours, educational
support services, help desks,
impromptu meetings and
collaboration
voice authoring:
enriched engagement by adding voice
commentary, instruction, and
personalized coaching to asynchronous
elements of online learning
All seamlessly integrated with learning or
content management systems

12. So students can
leverage mobile learning to
 Attend class remotely
 Conduct Internet-based research
 Collaborate on class projects
 Take notes, record lectures, or take videos of presentations
 Access online textbooks
 Communicate with classmates or instructors
 Receive reminders or alerts about assignments and exams
 Access LMS to check schedules, grades, etc.
 Review the recording of a missed class through their LMS
 Share and edit calendars or organize bookmarks
 Create or share documents, videos, or podcasts
 Get IT, library, or other support

13. And instructors can
leverage mobile learning to
Expand reach of classroom to
students on mobile devices
Capture lectures
Distribute recordings through LMS,
iTunes U, and YouTube
Collaborate with peers on
research projects
Attend professional development
sessions and faculty meetings

14. untethered
learning
There’s no going
back: today’s
students are mobile.
Colleges and universities with
mobile-enabled infrastructure
attract and retain more
students.
Blackboard Collaborate is the only
learning and collaboration solution
designed for education.
Collaborate provides a wide spectrum
of collaboration, so students, faculty,
and administrators can communicate,
interact, and truly engage.

15. “We have seen double-digit growth
yearly with use of mobile access to
Blackboard Learn. Having a mobile
collaboration app, such as Blackboard
Collaborate mobile web conferencing,
is the icing on the cake for our
campus to provide the innovative
degree programs our students so
richly deserve.
“
Marcel Brechtoldt,
System Admin Principal
and Senior Lecturer
University of Missouri-St. Louis

16. “We are extremely pleased that
Blackboard Collaborate, a key
component to our online strategy, is
accommodating our growing mobile
device community with an excellent
mobile product and roadmap. The
deep integration of Blackboard
Collaborate with our eLearning suite
and the flexibility of the mobile
client will allow us to accommodate
our eLearning live collaboration
objectives.
“
Allen Taylor, CTO
Marshall University

17. Learn how you can incorporate mobile web
conferencing into your eLearning strategy. Visit
bbcollaborate.com/mobile or contact us at
collaboratesales@blackboard.com. #BbCollab
Got more than a minute? Take a look at our
entire white paper Taking It Mobile:
Untethered Learning for 21st Century Student.

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