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The Student-Information RelationshipBy Joshua Harding
Agenda
• Setting the scene• Tablet computing• Consulting information• Workflows• Barriers & Challanges• An ideal future• Q & A• Conclusion
BSc (Hons) Physiology
MBChB - Medicine
• In 18 months I had covered the same amount of content!
• Information overload!• I needed to be able to access• Lots of Info• Quickly• Efficiently
Our core texts had all the answers
No!But we will try
anyway!
So did I find a solution?Yes
Digital Consumption
I am a paperless student
MBChB - Medicine
MBChB - Medicine
• Search across all my content & resources• Seamlessly switch between note taking,
resource apps & textbooks• ↑ Efficacy• ↓ Time taken
• ↓ Stress, ↑ Satisfaction• On demand society
Tablet Computing• Not a new idea• Powerful personalised education tool• 18 months – If not sooner!• Expectations will rise!
We remember20% of what we read30% of what we hear40% of what we see50% of what we say60% of what we do
Why use one as a student?
• Adoption of a device that allows this = no brainer!• Personalised education experience Flexible• Desire is present
Ultimately we remember 90% of what we read, see, hear, say and do
• Question - “So why haven’t you bought one?”• Answer – “I’ve always wanted to buy one, but I’ve
never been sure how I could actually use it.”
Consulting Information
• Notes & Resources at my finger tips• Notability (Note taking app)– Take a history from the patient
• Answer questions with confidence• Refresh memory• Perform with confidence• Instant feedback
Consulting Information
• British National Formulary (BNF)– Resource App Instant learning &
subsequent reinforcement
Pocket Body (Anatomy App)
• Recap anatomy• Forefront of mind • Anchor points• Improved learning• ↑ retention
Consulting Information
• Notes GoodReader• Inkling– Essential Clinical Anatomy
• Things (Task manager app)
Consulting Information
• Notability (Note taking app)– Annotate lecture notes– Record lecture
• Inkling• GoodReader (Notes)• Resource Apps• Internet
Consulting Information
• Things• Inkling• GoodReader• Recourse Apps• Notability• Evernote
• Cluttered• Analogue & basic• Difficulty w/ multiple sources• Can get lost
• Simple, efficient• Interactive textbook• Audio/visual content• Can’t get lost
Notability
• Best selling note taker of 2012– Handwritten, Typed, Recorded Notes– PDF annotation, Web clipping, Pictures
• Exceptional hand writing quality & speed– Zoom window
• Auto sync to the cloud– You can’t lose your notes!
• Closest experience to a pen & paper– Marginally slower
GoodReader
• PDF Viewer & Library• Fast & Smooth PDF viewing– Tabs allow for multiple PDFs– Opens MS office files, pictures, audio & video
• Mark up PDFs– Handwritten & typed notes, pop-up comments– Highlighted text, shapes, underlines & strikeout
• Organises & handles large PDF files• Syncs with the cloud
Inkling
• Interactive, Smart, Multi-touch – books• The future of the textbook– Intuitive navigation– Interactive, movies, animations, music, podcasts,
slideshows, interactive images, 3D models– Search through the entire book– Highlight text, make notes & share them
• Purchase per chapter– Free content updates
Maximising digital potential• Interactive textbooks as a base model• Smart textbooks would be irresistible!• Why? Simple You will get a better grade• What do I want my textbook to do?– Whilst I study it, it studies me– Inform me of my progress– Adapt the content of the book to me– Be a personal study buddy– A true personal learning environment– Compare me to my peers
Resource AppseBooks Lectures
Dropbox
• The fulcrum of a digital student• Upload, Sync & Download all your content– Offline viewing– Never lose your content
• Organises your files• Sharing
Sharing Is Caring
• Dropbox shared folders– Sharing resources– Automatic downloads– Specific shared links
Sharing Is Caring
• Facebook– Crowd sharing
Sharing Is Caring
• Mendeley• Papers & Articles– Reference manager– Academic social network– Read & Annotate (basic)– Collaborate– Generate bibliographies– Sync to Mendeley
Barriers to being a digital student
1. Awareness– Solutions• Librarians – Digital literacy, Student advisors• Publishers – Free (offline) ebooks with paper copies
2. Costs– Solutions• Upfront costs wont change – Loaning from libraries?• Publishers Institutional and Private consumption
Challenges
• Key dichotomy– Private consumption– Institutional consumption
• I get free access to all the popular texts in paper form from my library
• So why not digital?• Fragmentation, Reduced Variety & Variable
Quality
My ideal workflow
• Interactive textbooks as a standard– Export content from (in PDF format) to my notes
• Interactive textbooks– One universal store to buy them (privately)– One universal platform to view them on– Easy to loan from my library (free)
• Apply learning analytics• Institutional subscriptions to Apps
Any questions?
Conclusion• Digital consumption is the future
– Smartbooks > Interactive Textbooks > PDFs > ePubs > Paper textbooks– Viewable offline & in third party apps
• Paperless students will become more common• Publishers need to adapt
– Free tools like iBooks Author – Universities are capable of producing & publishing better quality books
than what the current market provides (ePub) & for free!– When they realise this Power shift? Are you worried yet?
• Libraries & Institutions need to re-organise – Funds to incorporate Apps & more digital content– Improve digital literacy, advise and thus ↑ awareness
Thank you for your time
Please feel free to contact meJoshua James Harding
[email protected]@PaperlessMedic
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/joshua-harding/6a/56a/467/
