Main conference registration

Welcome and opening remarks

Impact and Transformation of Mobile Devices in Education

How can mobile technologies transform teaching and support learning goals and prepare students with the skills they need for the 21st century job market? We will explore some practical approaches to making teaching better using various mobile devices. In doing so, you will learn how to:

Implement mobile learning
Use mobile devices to support global learning initiatives
Set standards and accountability for teaching with mobile devices

Break

Maintenance of BYOD and Management of Loaner Devices

Now that you have learned how mobile devices can transform teaching, let’s have a conversation with IT about the maintenance of those devices – particularly IOS, Android, and Windows – managing the hardware and software involved. What are the business models for procuring these devices? How do we ensure quality and set standards for these devices? How might strategies differ depending on the ways the devices are being used? Case studies and suggested frameworks will be discussed.

Networking reception (included in registration fee)

Continental breakfast (included in registration fee)

Modeling Effective Mobile Instruction

Training faculty to use mobile devices for instructional purposes has proven difficult. This may be due to the acquisition of new technical skills and pedagogical methods for integrating those tools into their teaching. Perhaps the question needs to change from "how can mobile learning be used to teach" to "how can mobile learning be utilized when exercising active learning strategies?” We’ll discuss what good mobile instruction looks like and show examples. We’ll also share various applications for mobile devices that have proven effective.

Morning break

Mobile Content: eTexts, Multimedia, Apps for Instruction

Mobile devices have not only transformed the way instruction is delivered to students, but has also impacted access to course materials, e-texts, discipline-specific apps and learning resources. Mobile devices can facilitate a sense of immediacy, support the lifestyle of busy adult learners, and encourage students to stay current. In this session, we’ll provide some practical ways of using mobile e-texts, apps, accessories, and share some educational applications for instructions.

Lunch (included in registration fee)

Content Enhancement

With the use of technology and highly interactive pedagogical approaches, how can you ensure time for integrative and reflective thinking? Do mobile technologies distract from teaching and learning? Do they hinder the building of community? Provide a broader opportunity for cheating? We’ll discuss all of these questions and other classroom-management challenges along with methods for improving content and emerging technology solutions.

Afternoon break

Learning Modalities and Styles

Learning styles and learning modalities are often used interchangeably. Recent research, however, indicates that we may not know as much as we think we know about visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile learners. This session will focus on how mobile devices can engage different styles of learners.

Continental breakfast (included in registration fee)

Teaching Strategies

Mobile learning has a way of knocking down traditional classroom doors. What are the best ways students can learn and what are some teaching strategies for using mobile devices? We’ll discuss some proven teaching strategies to better retain and improve student learning.

Break

Accessibility Management

Mobile learning buffs love touting how the strategy opens up more educational opportunities for special needs students - and they’re definitely right! But this strength unfortunately doubles as a weakness in some instances. Faculty unfamiliar with the accessibility standards stapled to all technological developments might inadvertently isolate students with physical and/or mental impairments. This session will review ADA issues, Universal Design for Learning and BYOD.

Bringing Your Action Plan Full-Circle & Wrap Up

In this final working sessions you’ll have a chance to ask any remaining questions you have and put some finishing touches on the first draft of an action plan you’ve created for your campus.