May Update

Just reporting that I haven't made much progress with project as I have been snowed under with corrections.

However, before exams started I was able to chat to some students to get their opinions on what would work or wouldn't work for them.  I found that the option to use Bonfyre to post problems or questions on a topic to class mates was not favoured for two reasons 1) they had their own favoured communication channels and 2) they felt that the threads would move onto other questions before theirs was answered and they would get confused or frustrated.  Also, the mobile glossary app did not appeal to them as they felt they tended to have access to info they needed already in webcourses.  The idea of having solutions with hotspots to find out where the figures came from or why they there really appealed to them so it appears that this is the direction my project will take.

The Options

The workshop run by Frances today was great and helped me identify the following options;

1) Use Bonfyre to facilitate students posting messages about points they can't following on a topic and encourage peer support

2) Create a mobile app that enables students to look up key terms they haven't grasped in a glossary

3) Use Socrative for in class assessment

4) Use Thinglink to create pointers on accounting solutions which students can view on mobile devices either in class or during self directed learning

I will discuss ideas with students over the next couple of days to help with evaluation and reaching a decision.

The Project

The Learning, Teaching & Technology Centre (LTTC) at the Dublin Institute of Technology are running the Mobile Learning Project (2015) which will support DIT staff who want to work with mobile technology within the structure of a pedagogically and technologically supported project.

This blog will provide information about 'Mobile Accounting' one of the proposals in the 2015 project.