30,000 ipads: a licence to thrill - 7th wave conference
DESCRIPTION
The University of Western Sydney embarked on a strategy to blend all its programs in 2012. Within that it decided to provide all students and all staff with iPads. The magnitude and the speed of the iPad deployment provided huge challenges to all sections of the university, especially IT and learning and teaching. It also challenged the prevailing orthodoxy of on campus lectures and classes and central controlled application usage. This bold initiative has stretched people to the limit, fermented a creative environment and on most measures has gone surprisingly well. Learn of the how’s, the outcomes, as well as some of the dramas along the way.TRANSCRIPT
A licence to thrill
30,000 iPADS
LynnisBlended Learning Manager,
@_Lynnae
15 years as an educational technologist in higher education
Blended Learning Consultant, @_uldm
Strategist, business change manager, convenor of IDEA events
SETTING THE SCENE: UWS IN LATE 2012
SETTING THE SCENE: UWS IN LATE 2012
• Blended learning just commencing• Mostly F2F institution• PC based• Centrally controlled applications• Financial shortages and
redundancies in some faculties
WHY DID WE DO BLENDED LEARNING?
WHAT IS BLENDED LEARNING?
Fully F2F(no online
components)
Completely online(no F2F
components)
Blended
Technology enhanced
(no reduction in F2F contact)
Mostly online(Online
replaces some F2F contact)
Adapted from: Graham, C., Woodfield, W., Harrison, J. (2013) A framework for institutional adoption and implementation of blended learning in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education. Vol 18, pp4-14.
A LICENCE TO THRILL
THE ANNOUNCEMENT …
… AND THE AFTERMATH
THE CHALLENGE FOR IT
What about apps?
THE CHALLENGE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
WE NEEDED TO COVER THE BASICS
NOT EVERYONE GOT AN IPAD
Some of the things we did
DID WE MENTION WE BOUGHT A LOT OF IPADS?
Found friends and allies
HIGHLIGHTED EXEMPLARS
The essence of blended learning is…
…ENGAGING ON CAMPUS EXPERIENCES
…SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE
…INTEGRATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Hubs – and – spokes
Role Central Faculty/School Based
Academic Development 3 ’on loan’ to Schools
Pedagogical Support 3 21
Content / resource Development 3 19
IT ADAPTED
What were the early outcomes?
45,000 iPads in total
Overall
Some
+ reaction from staff
+ reaction from students
iPads integral to UWS
Business as usual
Key success factors
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
Great people
Strong executive leadership
Being very flexibleStaying on message
Strong learning design focus
WHAT CHALLENGES REMAIN?
Enterprise Vs individual app acquisition
Framework for mobile app development
Mobile is BAU Online is BAU
iPads are a useful tool – not a fix all
BYO in 2016
Final comments
and
questions
THANK YOU
LynnisBlended Learning Manager,
@_Lynnae
15 years as an educational technologist in higher education
Blended Learning Consultant, @_uldm
Strategist, business change manager, convenor of IDEA events