What+is+your+campus+doing?

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 * 1) **Mobile Apps**: As of spring, 2010, about half of the devices using the campus wireless network are mobile handhelds (iPhone/iPod touch, Blackberry, Android, etc.). UW Communications is working with DoIT and several other departments on a three-pronged approach to provide UW content for those devices. One is a mobile-friendly view of the UW web. Another is a set of UW-developed apps for basic tools such as campus directory, news and events, maps/directions, bus schedule, and course information. The third is a method to encourage app development and use by students, staff and faculty. Initial plans call for a wisc.edu-friendly site and one or two apps by mid-November, 2010. Hideko Mills (DoIT) is the project lead.We're working toward the goal of getting all campus web information accessible from any device. (Campus news article [|here].)
 * 1) **ARIS**: We're continuing development of [|ARIS]— our open-source Augmented Reality Interactive Storytelling platform (browser-based authoring tool and iOS client) that allows the creation of place-based learning experiences (tours, games, field data collection, etc.), including games like [|Dow Day] (an interactive historical documentary on the Dow Chemical riots on UW-Madison campus in 1967), narratives like [|Mentira] (language learning for an Introductory Spanish course), and variations on the code, such as WEBird (to identify and log birds based on their song). As part of the open-source development and use of this tool, we're exploring a community-driven system of support and are currently working with over 100 folks around the world who are designing place-based learning experiences in ARIS. (Chronicle of Higher Education [|article]. Educause [|article].)

**La Crosse**
We are testing and piloting iPad apps for the campus. We did an electronic poster presentation at our campus Teaching and Learning Conference. Interest is very high. We have about 40 iPads on campus in the hands of faculty and administrators.
 * [|www.uwlax.edu/ats]**
 * 1) iPads**

We are working with a wide variety of rich media projects and developing effective strategies to incorporate them into social networking opportunities. We are documenting how rich media is distributed, who is watching it, when, and why? The Learning Channel: []
 * 2) Rich Media**

We are waiting to get into the new building to understand physically how we will be deploying lecture capture and emergining technologies. We are looking at three pilots this semester, Mediasite, Podcast Producer with Mac Minis, and Tegrity.
 * 3) New Academic Building**

We are transitioning to a new unit, Academic Technology Services. More on that when we meet face-to-face.
 * 4) Reorganization**

Another note by Kristin Koepke at UW-La Crosse We also have a few faculty that have been to national conferences and started an eCitizenship initiative on campus to use social media to increase students roles as active citizens. For more information: [] and []

**Milwaukee**
Focus on device-neutral

1.) Social Media (Facebook and Twitter) UWM received an emerging technology grant in Spring 10 to explore the use of social media in the classroom. With a 97% satisfaction rate for using facebook and twitter to communicate with students and share content with them, the project continues with a couple dozen new faculty this fall. For more information, visit:http://UWMSocialMedia.wikispaces.com

2.) Mobile Web Clickers (Turning Technologies) UWM in fall of 2009 started piloting the use of mobile devices (laptops, smartphones) by students in lieu of using a traditional RF clicker. The product is called Response Ware Web by Turning Technologies, but we are calling it Web Clicker. Students login to RWW on their mobile device browser and respond to the questions posed to them in a classroom via their mobile device. With a 95% satisfaction rate and continued support from Turning Technologies, we are continuing our 2nd year. For more information visit: http://UWMMobileLearning.com

In the works:

3.) e-Texts in the classroom (contact aycock@uwm.edu for more information) 4.) Backchannel in the classroom -- looking for faculty volunteers or funding for a pilot. See [] for more details. We do have several faculty using hashtags (e.g., #commun313) to track conversations, but no use of backchannel in the classroom yet. (Correction 10/17: Alan is using backchannel on Tuesday: []). 5.) D2L mobile web -- coming over Winterim -- spring UW System pilot? 6.) Simple Augmented Reality -- working on international partnership in application development. For more information, see: http://professorjoosten.blogspot.com/search?q=augmented. 7.) Google tricycle comes next week -- UITS will purchasing application development tool and developing mobile applications for campus services (news, scheduling, geotagging, building maps, qr codes, etc.)