The Mobile Course Design Journey

The Mobile Course Design Journey provides practical strategies to college and university educators and faculty support professionals looking to develop accessible mobile learning experiences. Given the near-ubiquity of mobile device ownership today, creating courses that can be completed entirely on a mobile device is essential to captivating student attention and supporting equity-minded pedagogy. This book frames effective mobile design within a continuum in which educators can make gradual yet meaningful changes to their instruction and course content while leveraging learners' existing tools and literacies. Original, ready-to-use features such as a rubric for evaluating the mobile-friendliness of course content and assignments as well as a toolkit for leading workshops on mobile design will further help to demystify mobile learning in higher education.

Alex Rockey is Professor of Academic Technology at Bakersfield College, USA.

Part 1: Why Does Mobile Design Matter? 1. Consider Our Learners: Designing for Use and Reducing Barriers of Access 2. The Mobile-Friendly Course Continuum: Demystifying Mobile Design Part 2: How Do I Design Content Students Can Access on Their Phones? 3. Create Content for Small Screens: Mobile Design Meets Accessibility 4. Build Trust: Care, Understanding, and Acceptance by Design 5. Leverage Moments: Filling the In-Between Parts of a Day Part 3: How Do I Design Assignments Students Can Complete on Their Phones? 6. Allow Choice: Creating Opportunities for Students to Move Between Devices 7. Integrate Multimodality: Making Use of Robust Features 8. Leverage Mobile-Friendly Tools: Working Smarter, Not Harder Part 4: I've Designed My Mobile-Friendly Course... Now What? 9. Play!: Understanding the Student Experience 10. Communicate: Advertising Mobile-Friendliness Part 5: What's the Future of Mobile Design? 11. Support Your Colleagues: A Toolkit for Instructor Support 12: Look to the Future: Reimagining Access to Higher Education