Great interface for easy QR code creation for all the usual stuff – url, sms, etc. – but also things like email and vcalendar.
Got a message from a colleague at another college. He’s working on mobile tech as it relates to library systems, and wanted to test his system on various devices.
Seems to work fine on iOS, Android and RIM. Having these devices in the IC makes R&D so much easier…
Presented to the Student Services Steering Council today on issues of mobile technology. Lots of good ideas in the room. Hope to help those folks with one or two great pilot projects in the spring. Here’s the presentation (PDF).
For details, visit http://flcworkshop.wikispaces.com
What better way to determine what a course is really “about?”
“I then give students a week to comb through their notes and their books to come up with passages for identification, short answer questions, and essay exams. The deal I always make is that if the students come up with an adequate number of smart questions, then I’ll draw the exam entirely (or close to it) from their questions, and will usually post it as a study guide a day or two in advance of the final.”
Full article here.
Google announced the winners of its Project 10 to the 100 prize. Among the winners – The Khan Academy (http://khanacademy.org/) Seems like a win for OER. Did you know that FLC is a member of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources?
Finished a project with a faculty member from PE (they’re really Kinesiology now) to create a digital version of her in-class teaching aid. The skeleton’s name is Mr. Thrifty.
Augmented reality bridges the gap between meatspace and online. A free app on your smartphone interprets a custom barcode, sending the browser to a URL – in this case iMail.
Scott Crow and I worked to embed these in a bunch of infoscreen slides, and they might show up in VAPAC print materials in the near future. Imagine reading about an upcoming performance, and then using your smartphone to scan a barcode that takes you to an interview with the artist. Sweet.
Any bright ideas about other instructional uses? Self-guided tours? Just-in-time training? Scavenger hunts?