Mobile Devices forField-Based Learning

Bob Johnston, Department of Archaeology

Graham McElearney, CiCS

TelFest January 2015

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‘Total’ device

Challenging environments

Networked

Location, location, location

Personal and ubiquitous

Students’ independence as learners

Why incorporate mobile devices into learning?

1. Networked and workflowUniversity of Reading Iceland fieldtrip

2. Self-led tours and augmented realityDe Montfort University

3. Access to media-rich resourcesiDig, DropBox

4. Data collectionArcPad & field survey; FieldtripGB in New Forest NP

5. Critical geographyViewsheds in the Peak District

Some ways in which mobile devices can be used in fieldwork teaching

Jewry Wall Leicester - Roman Augmented Reality App as shown on BBC 1's Inside Out Programme

1. Networked and workflowUniversity of Reading Iceland fieldtrip

2. Self-led tours and augmented realityDe Montfort University

3. Access to media-rich resourcesiDig, DropBox

4. Data collectionArcPad & field survey; FieldtripGB in New Forest NP

5. Critical geographyViewsheds in the Peak District

Some ways in which mobile devices can be used in fieldwork teaching

Images for Arbor Low fieldtrip (Museums Sheffield)

1. Networked and workflowUniversity of Reading Iceland fieldtrip

2. Self-led tours and augmented realityDe Montfort University

3. Access to media-rich resourcesiDig, DropBox

4. Data collectionArcPad & field survey; FieldtripGB in New Forest NP

5. Critical geographyViewsheds in the Peak District

Some ways in which mobile devices can be used in fieldwork teaching

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Easter field project, Bronaber, North Wales, 2008

22/01/2015

© The University of Sheffield; Map data: Crown Copyright/database right 2008; an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service.

1. Networked and workflowUniversity of Reading Iceland fieldtrip

2. Self-led tours and augmented realityDe Montfort University

3. Access to media-rich resourcesiDig, DropBox

4. Data collectionArcPad & field survey; FieldtripGB in New Forest NP

5. Critical geographyViewsheds in the Peak District

Some ways in which mobile devices can be used in fieldwork teaching

22/01/2015 © The University of Sheffield

Data and images: G McElearney

22/01/2015 © The University of Sheffield

Data and images: G McElearney

Mobile Devices forField-Based Learning

Bob Johnston, Department of Archaeology

Graham McElearney, CiCS

TelFest January 2015