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Apps In Higher Education: Criteria And Evaluation, Rebecca Arzola, Stefanie Havelka
Apps In Higher Education: Criteria And Evaluation, Rebecca Arzola, Stefanie Havelka
Publications and Research
In this article, the authors will consider different evaluation methods for mobile applications. A closer look is taken at app criteria and benchmarks by librarians, by topic, accessibility, and rubrics.
Mobile Information Literacy: Supporting Students’ Research And Information Needs In A Mobile World, Stefanie Havelka
Mobile Information Literacy: Supporting Students’ Research And Information Needs In A Mobile World, Stefanie Havelka
Publications and Research
Mobile devices have changed everyday life and they have had a great impact in higher education. This article describes a pilot project in which an academic librarian at Lehman College, City University of New York, taught information literacy exclusively via mobile devices. The concept of mobile information literacy is also reviewed, and its role in current and future teaching practices is evaluated. Lessons learned from this project tell us that mobile information literacy, albeit in its infancy, could play an essential part in students’ learning, and therefore academic librarians could incorporate it as part of their practice.
Lending Ipads 101: Steps To Loan From Your Library, Julie A. Decesare, Hailie Posey, Christopher Bellotti
Lending Ipads 101: Steps To Loan From Your Library, Julie A. Decesare, Hailie Posey, Christopher Bellotti
Julie A DeCesare
The Phillips Memorial Library staff demonstrates, step-by-step, how to develop an iPad lending program at your library.
The central goal of our iPad lending program is to provide access to iPads as teaching, learning and research tools for the Providence College community. The iPad lending program is intended to teach and facilitate for our patrons the effective use of iPads and iOS mobile technologies and their applications and to foster a greater understanding of how these and similar mobile technologies can enhance teaching, learning, and research.
In our presentation, we will cover the initial roll out of the iPad lending …
Data Security On Mobile Devices- A Higher Education Perspective, David Reis
Data Security On Mobile Devices- A Higher Education Perspective, David Reis
Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations
Mobile devices, both personal and Jefferson-owned, are being used everywhere on campus. Everyone knows that patient health information should not be stored on mobile devices, but did you know there are similar restrictions for student information?
If you access your Jefferson email from your mobile device and it contains student email on it, or in your address book, you need to know the requirements to protect that data.
Is your device secure?
AISR and JeffIT are hosting a presentation that will address important data security steps you should take to protect the information on your mobile device.