1. Christine Ling

14.  What are QR Codes?
 How do they work?
 How do you make a QR Code?
 How to use QR Codes to support
learning?
 Pro & Con

15. What WhatQRQR Code ?
is a is Code?
Bar Code QR Code MS Tag
Open Source Proprietary

16. A QR Code is a matrix code
(or two-dimensional bar
code) created by Japanese
corporation Denso-Wave in
1994.
The "QR" is derived from
"Quick Response", as the
creator intended the code to
allow its contents to be
decoded at high speed.
QR Codes are common in
Japan where they are
currently the most popular
type of two dimensional
codes.

17. How does it work?
 You need a Smartphone
◦ Android, iPhone, Blackberry
◦ With a camera (auto focus)
◦ And a data plan ;)
 You need a QR Reader App
 You need a QR Code

18. How does it work?
The Nuts and Bolts of #QR Codes
David Hopkins
Bournemouth University

19. QR Code
The BIT.LY address for a blog
The whole address of a website
More
information you
create, more
complicated
the QR code

20. QR Readers
 Barcode Scanner  KAYWA Reader
 Barcodes  Nokia Reader
 BeeTagg  Lynkee Reader
 i-nigma  UpCode
 NeoReader  QuickMark
 QR App  SnapMaze
 QR Scanner  MobileTag
 ScanLife  QRReader
www.mobile-barcodes.com/qr-code-software/

21. QR Input Options
 Website URL  Event (VCALENDAR)
 Telephone Number  Google Maps
 SMS Message
Location
 Wifi Login (Android Only)
 Email Address
 Social Media
 Email Message
 iTunes Link
 Contact Details
(VCARD)  YouTube Video
www.qrstuff.com

22. QR Code Structure
QR Structure

23. Make it PRETTY !!
http://rasoftwarefactory.com/qr-generator/

24. Make it PRETTY !!
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
Rule of thumb is that you lead people to a mobile site when
they are using QR codes

25. QR Code is FREE
*Sand *Sugar
Cube
* It could be built using any material

26. Practical Uses : ZXing

27. Use of QR to support learning
 Adding QR codes to Word
documents for students to check
their answers.
(Module : Activity & Lesson)
◦ Put a QR code at the end of a slide
presentation with the URL for accessing
the slide show to a knowledge-check quiz
on the content.

28. Use of QR to support learning
 Use QR codes to vote using
twittertools. Create a QR code for
every voting command

29. Voting Command – session
feedback
Would you recommend this?
Yes No
No need to type any messages, just scan and vote. The vote would
be send as an SMS to an pre-set number in the QR code and would
be accumulated.

31. Use of QR to support learning
 QR Codes to enhance/extend
information in books & printed
material.
◦ Print a QR Code on a sticker and place in
a text book at the relevant point.
◦
QR Code for QR Movie Learners can scan the QR Code – would
be taken to related material, for example a
video, web page or source of further
information.
QR Code for presentation

32. Around the World in 80 Days with
2D codes by Ubimark books
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE
5Ch4NnVu0

33. Computer Hardware & Software
Tips : How to Troubleshoot
Laptop Screens
Learn to Assemble, Build a PC

34. E.g. Periodic Table

35. Use of QR to support learning
 Easter Egg Scavenger.
◦ Create an "easter egg/scavenger
hunt". The students must seek out the
QR codes that are posted in a given
area.
◦ Use the codes to go to information to
answer a question and/or find a clue.
◦ Using adaptive release, allow access to a
fun website via a QR code after learning
is done.

36. Use of QR to support learning
 Add QR codes that lead to book
trailers to the backs of reference
books.
 Add QR codes on every research
assignment to subscription databases
and reputable starting points, tied to
course content.

37. Tracking Usage
 PercentMobile
 Goo.gl
 Bit.ly
 Delivr

38. PercentMobile

39. Google

40. Delivr

41. Pro
 Dynamic Presentations – learner
interaction, engagement, discussion
 Clever textbooks - bringing the
classroom out of the classroom

42. Con
 Access to networks and hardware -
potential cost to students
 Not for those timid with technology
use

43. Additional Resources : Library
The Daring Librarian
Gwyneth Jones

44. CLOUD Computing
Cloud computing is a model for enabling
convenient, on-demand network access to a
shared pool of configurable computing
resources that can be rapidly provisioned and
released with minimal management effort or
service provider interaction (Mell &
Grance, 2009). E.g. Google Apps, Evernote, Wikispaces

45. Have a Great Day Today,
and Happy Learning!