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University of Bedfordshire's presentation at Gregynog on Mobile and Social.TRANSCRIPT
Going Mobile and Social at Bedfordshire
Peter GodwinUniversity of Bedfordshire
13 June 2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal/573830063/sizes/m/
The Bedfordshire experience
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What is Bedfordshire?
2.0 moves on
It’s mobile and social
The Bedfordshire experience
They don’t know what they don’t know!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal/573830063/sizes/m/
“Students struggled with processing results and finding the good, relevant stuff they need ... they may lack the skills for selecting the most relevant results they need for solving information problems in their daily lives.”
How college students use the Web to conduct everyday life researchby Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg.First Monday, Volume 16, Number 4 - 4 April 2011http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/3484/2857
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epigraf/4043438176
Do they share?
The nerds are still the minoritywww.flickr.com/photos/36330825983@N01/493046910
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dietpoison/76086767/sizes/m/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mythoto/1234638761/sizes/m/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomfbh/135393066/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/antmcneill/4686147794/
Information on the move
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nokton/4505659140/
How will it affect the way people access and use information?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitcowan/732131602
Who are you?
Geotagging
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alper/4770494681/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshb/639630711/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/larskflem/62174131/
They text and share
music
Augmented reality
Mobile and social
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2891883172/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20149359@N00/1795028581
What’s happening to Information
Literacy?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2create/2145691194/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarianbyday/4530587687/sizes/m/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49333775@N00/2924128746/
Mobile devices survey April 2011
172 Masters level Business students
116 consider they are using a mobile device as a learning tool
20 have Android
25 iPhone
3 iPad
2 e-book reader
24 Blackberry
49 netbook/laptop/tablet
27 know of ourAndroid app. to access library services and 10 have used it.
36 know of QR codes to access e-books and videos, and 21 use them.
Mobile devices FocusGroups 9 June 2011
Masters level Business students
3 groups (2,2,5)
None had done the survey
8 of 9 said used mobiles as learning tool
Some use of mobile Library and Library Catalogue apps.
Interest in QR codes but little used.
Valued access offered 24/7 wherever situated especially at examo time.
Main lessons :
We are on the right track
It is early days yet
Great need for promotion
Costs are still a barrier
http://www.flickr.com/photos/svensonsan/1040158030/
Mobile devices are adding a new twist to Information Literacy
They provide valuable ways to deliver services and communicate with our users
Promotion is critical
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More from Peter at
http://infolitlib20.blogspot.com/
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Mobiles –the ultimate portable computer