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displaying QR codes on web sites ... why?

After a constructive lunch I've tried to answer the question, why should we display QR codes on our web sites? What is it adding to the experience? There are a couple of drivers for me to work this out. The first is after a recent presentation I

QR code on a pepsi can ... whatever next !

It appears that these QR codes are appearing everywhere :-)The following can (see below) was passed to me by Nitin in the e-learning Team at University of Bath - an empty can, not full :-( When read on your phone then this enables you to access the w

QR codes go mainstream: QR Codes in CSI !

Well, a clear indicator that QR Codes have made it ... they appear as a key clue in a recent CSI programme :-)See the video (2 minutes on youtube) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=P-DntIQi2e8 Thanks to Nitin for the heads-up with this one, and the ori

PDA screen magnifiers and QR codes

A work package that spun out of a JISC Scoping Study into the Potential of QR Codes in Education was the question, how does a QR code reader on a mobile device work with a screen magnifier on the mobile device. When asked this in the meeting, I said,

The use of an Audience Response Systems to provide peer feedback.

As mentioned in previous postings a feedback model which has direct relevance to the use of audience response systems is presented by Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick (2006). This model places the effectiveness of feedback being determined by the individu

Compatability of QR Code Readers and Generators: A little road test

Thanks to all that responded to my call for help. An anxiety that I have had is that perhaps not all QR Code readers would read QR Codes from different generators. I’m aware that they should, there is an ISO standard. However, from observations

QR codes are automatically added to Moodle pages

I’m really pleased to announce that the e-learning team have recently released an enhancement to Moodle which appends a QR Code to the bottom of Moodle print outs. Great work from Matt Roper in the e-leanring team, and the support of other Univ

QR Code Generator s: Will all qr code readers read all codes generated by qr code generators

I've been noting an interesting observation in the last few times that I have used QR codes in presentations is that some readers don't seem to be able to access the qr codes that I have generated. This was a surprise because I assumed that t

help required: google earth, field work and mobile devices

I've a favour to ask for people reading this blog. I'm wondering if there might be a better way of doing the following;scenario: student field strip ... I want the students to be able to use gps to track where they have been. Record observati

QR codes, SMS and class evaluation.

I recently read Susono and Shimomura (2006) (http://www.formatex.org/micte2006/pdf/1006-1010.pdf ) who’d used QR codes in formative class assessment. This got me thinking about their potential use in end of class / unit evaluations. So given I

using Twitter in education - what the mlearn audience thought

I recently presented at mLearn08 about the potential use of Twitter in Teaching and Learning based on a survey I did quite a while ago (slides: http://www.slideshare.net/andyramsden/how-do-people-use-twitter-and-why-do-we-need-to-know-presentation )P

QR codes in presentation - lessons from SMS edutxt event

I recently presented om some uses of SMS in e-learning. The focus was on what I'd term an "SMS (edutxt) plus" approach. Where I discussed some uses of SMS with QR codes, word clouds etc., (my usual stuff). If you are interested the slid

provide your vCard as a QR Code on your business cards.

I've been chatting to lots of people at work about rolling out our QR code projects. Triangualtion with Gwen and Matt resulted in me making a nice Friday discovery for those people who use / generate QR codes. The scenario is as follows

Using twitter, sms, word clouds and audience response systems in my workshop ... a technology too far?

I tried using Twitter, SMS, Word Clouds and Audience Response Systems in my last presentation. I suppose the first question must be, why use so many technologies? A previous comment on this blog asked if there was any evidence of people using Twitter

FAO External Reviewers: Using word clouds in teaching and learning

The aim of this paper is to introduce the potential of using word clouds within your teaching and learning. In particular, it will explain address what a word cloud is, what we should take into consideration when using them and compare a selection of

How and why are people using Twitter: A small group study

I've finally written up some observations from the survey I undertook of Twitter uses a few months ago. The article abstract is ..."This paper reports the findings from a survey of people who are using Twitter. Twitter feels like the new tec

using twitter digest to track sub groups of people on twitter, i.e., students on a course

I've been discussing the idea of students on a course using an agreed tag within their tweets to comment on their course. You could then search against this to collect the tweets together. Some of the previous blogs statements elaborate on this i

article review: using podcasts and tablet pcs in computer science

Kurtz et al., (2007) in ACMSE March 2007, pg 484-489.I'm going to focus on the tablet PC aspect as the use of tablet pcs in higher education is the topic of under discussion at the WEET-HE meeting this afternoon (West of England e-Learning Teams

Using a QR code to deliver support material during a lecture.

As some of you are aware I've been experimenting with different uses of QR codes in face to face teaching. A scenario that I've just tested is the following ... providing the presentation as a text file which the audience can download at the

how to aggregate student comments in lectures using Twitter - but, I still think as a lecturer I'd use an sms service.

This post is driven from a comment by Alice on a previous post. The question was can students use their twitter accounts (assuming they have one) to post comments and questions to the lecturer to either addresses directly in the class, review later,

FAO External Reviewers: How and why people are using Twitter: A small group study

Introduction Twitter is the technology which is currently riding high in the popularity stakes. In July, 2007, TwitDir.com identified 340 000 public Twitter accounts. On average every day 2000 new Twitter accounts are created [http://twitterfacts.bl

SMS texting in questions during a lecture and then analysing them via a word cloud

The following was emailed to me, and I had a spare 20 minutes to piece together a few ideas I’ve been working on. OK, they weren’t free, I should have been working through the Moodle FAQs (sorry Roger)."I've been having a bit of

devising a classification matrix for uses of Twitter

As some people might be aware I've got my teeth into Twitter at the moment. As part of this, I'm wondering if I could devise a robust-ish classification index for the different types of Tweets. The intention is to use this as a way of introdu

Designing in the mobile dimension to a programme of face to face seminars.

At University of Bath we are about to roll our summer seminar series which are a number of 45 minute sessions. There are 5 sessions over 6 weeks. There is little new about that, however, for this event I have designed in a few new approaches that enh