国际移动图书馆会议2009年第2届mobilising the development of information skills for students on move and workplace-two studies mobile delivery in practice

1、Mobilising the development of information skills for students on the move and for the workplace two studies of mobile delivery in practiceAnne Hewling and Hassan Sheikh Open UniversityContextLevels of technology accessStudent expectationsFlexibilityOwnership of mobile phonesWhat is suitable content?

2、New content or learning?Known material?Other?mobileSafari & iKnowOffshoot of OU information literacy courses SafariBuilt on the idea of reinforcementUsing Athabasca University softwareFlexible placementInformation skills for the workplaceRelationship to SafariMulti-market audience - at work and at s

3、tudyIntegrated into main resourceTechnical details Learning Objects Contents AuthoringLearning Objects Generator (technical diagram)LOG DbStoreLOG Interface APIContent AuthorUser interfaceContent PackagingView and EditViewLO ContentPreviewPreviewDownloadIMS contentpackageContentsoptimizedby ADR Cont

4、entsoptimizedby ADRTechnical issuesLong contents mean a lot of scrolling for usersLarger pictures dont fit on screen and take longer to downloadFlash isnt supported by some smart phones e.g. Black berryLimited and slower bandwidthAdvanced html features not supported by many smart phonesToo many devi

5、ces and modelsExamples of optimized mobile servicesTesting timesLessons learned, and the way forwardStructuring of contentFunctionality and templatingTemplates for structuring learning (irony)Other functions quizzes, linking etc.“Real world” linksWorkshop examplesQuestionsFurther details available from:Anne Hewling, Open University Library,