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This presentation will answer the following questions:
• What are the benefits of tablets for education• What does the future of curriculum look like• What resources are currently available for
tablets • How do you create eLearning content for tablets
Background
Background
Where are we Going?
The Rise of the Mobile Web
Birth of the iPad – A Mobile Learning Game Changer
Mobile Web Will Rule by 2015 (Mashable)
Mobile Web in 2013
• Over 5 BILLION mobile device users worldwide.• The average iPhone user only spends 45% of his on-
device time making voice calls.• Games are bigger than any other app category — both
for the social web and for mobile devices.• Video accounts for 69% of mobile data traffic.• Facebook is the single largest repository for user-
generated content • Real-time technology and location-based services are
expected to drive mobile retail.
Mobile eLearning
iBooks & Apps
iBooks
is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Files have the extension .epub.
Several ebook readers and publications tools available:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB
ePub (Electronic Publication)
No Page Turners
Workshop: ePUB
Workshop: ePUB
Software required:• Microsoft Office (preferred), Sun OpenOffice, or
Google Docs• Calibre, an open-source e-book managerDirections:1. Open the document in Word, OpenOffice, or Google
Doc.2. Save/Export the document (under file menu) as
a .RTF file.
Workshop: ePUB
3. Open Calibre.4. Click “Add books” at the top, find the .rtf
file that was just created, and click open5. There is now a new book in the list in
the center of the screen. Select the book by single clicking it.
Workshop: ePUB
6. Click the “Convert books” button at the top of the screen.
7. Fill out the metadata with the proper information for that book.
8. Click the “EPUB Output” tab on the left side of the screen.
9. Check the “No default cover” checkbox.
Workshop: ePUB
10. Click OK and the the job will begin in the lower right corner. It will be done when it says “Jobs: 0” in the lower right corner. The .epub e-book has been created.
11. Single click the same book title again on the listing.
12. Click the “View” button and you can view the .epub book in calibre’s e-book viewer.
ePublishing Platforms
Mobile Apps Resources
Digital Publishing Platforms
• // Traditional to iPad• http://www.quark.com/Products/
Quark_Publishing_System/App_Studio.aspx• http://www.adobe.com/solutions/digital-publishing.
html
• // Freemium Tools• http://genwi.com/• http://ibuildapp.com/
Workshop: Android Apps
Workshop: Android Apps
1. Open Captivate and create or open your Captivate presentation.
2. Create an SWF from your captivate presentationa. Click File->Publishb. Name "Project Title" something significant.c. Choose the "Folder" location so you remember, and
click "Publish To Folder", this will put the SWF in a folder with the same name as the Project Title.
Workshop: Android Apps
d. Change the save to the folder created in step 1e. Check "Enable SWF for conversion to iPhone app" if
you're planning on that.f. Click "Publish" in the lower right side of the publish
windowg. Choose "yes", and "OK" on the next warning, to
preview the SWF. (or choose no to skip)3. Close Captivate (to conserve resources)
Workshop: Android Apps
4. Open Flash Professional5. Click File->New...->AIR for Android (Or select the
same from the splash screen that pops up)6. Click File->Save, navigate to the captivate project
folder, and name and save the .FLA file here. Save with a name that is different than the name of your published swf file.
New AIR APP
Workshop: Android Apps
7. On the bottom half of the screen, click the "Actions - Frame" tab, and in the blank box, paste the following:
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("presentation.swf");
myLoader.load(url);
addChild(myLoader);
stop();
Workshop: Android Apps
8. Change presentation.swf to match name of your captivate swf file that was published.
9. Click File->Publish Settings...10. Make sure Player drop down is set to AIR for
Android11. Make sure Script drop down is ActionScript 3.012. Under "Included Files", click the +, and find the
captivate swf and add it.13. Click the wrench next to Player drop down
General Publish Settings
Workshop: Android Apps
14. Select a directory for the output file and choose the same folder everything else is in (Sometimes it will output to a my documents location, so make sure you set this even if it looks like it's already set)
15. Click the deployment tab16. On Certificate, Click "create..."17. Enter information, it doesn't matter, but you must
remember your password.
Workshop: Android Apps
18. Under save as... save it to the same folder as everything else.
19. When generated, enter your password again in the "password" box below certificate location.
20. Click "remember password for this session".21. Under "after publishing" click both checkboxes to
allow the android app to run after publishing.
Workshop: Android Apps
22. Make sure your android is plugged into the computer.
23. Click "Publish" in the lower right of the window. A warning will be generated about
permissions. this is OK.24. After publishing, the android app will be installed
and run on the android device.25. The app can be found in the captivate folder, it is
the file with the .apk extension.
iPad Apps
iPad App Store
• http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/education.html
Workshop: iPhone Apps
• iPhone Apps need to be developed directly in Flash CS5 or as Native ObjC Code
• Captivate files do not work well without a command line compiler, but can optionally be brought into Flash CS5 for further development and export.
Augmented Learning
Johns Hopkins > Wayfinding
viaPlace - Augmented Reality / QR Codes
viaPlace - Augmented Reality
viaPlace - Augmented Reality
Mobile, Social Gaming
Mobile Gaming :: Scuba Adventures
Mobile Gaming :: Art & Science Worlds
UMBC – Instructional Systems Dev App
UDL Links :: Resource Finder
