Simon Wardman and Thomas Sweeney discuss the use of near field communication in teaching and learning

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Insight into Near Field Communication
Blend IT, Mix IT, Flip IT!
Simon Wardman (Central College Nottingham) and Thomas Sweeney (LSRI)
www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

2. • What is NFC (Near Field Communication)
smart-phone
• Background to our project
• Vocabulary Scavenger Hunts
• Student created posters and coding of NFC
tags
• Final thoughts and Q and A
Content of session

3. Near Field Communication
• In the ‘chat’ area of the webinar could you
indicate if you know of how Near Field
communication is being used in any context.
Please indicate no if you have not heard of any
uses of this technology.

10. NFC vs QR Codes
NFC
• Can be hidden
• Re-writable
• Cost Money
• Word on any (newish)
phone
• Can store around 160 bytes
of information. Text
message, Tweet.
QR Codes
• They look rather ugly!
• Can’t overwrite them
(although there are ways
around this)
• Very cheap to create
• Work on any phone
• Can store >= 160 bytes

24. Collect the word easily using NFC enabled devices

25. Groups of three: Scribe, Collector and Reader

26. Negotiating the best definition of the word

27. Video of Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt
Duration: 1.5 minutes
• It will appear in in the ‘whiteboard area’ in a
few seconds
• Link also in the Chat area if you prefer to
watch it in a separate browser window.

28. Students
creation of smart posters
• Business English students were given the task
of producing interactive marketing posters
using Near Field Communication (NFC) tags.
These students then displayed and presented
their posters to students from other groups.

29. What makes a good advert?
Clear objectives, text, images, colour…

30. Collaboration

35. Video of Business Englishstudents
presentationtheir creations
Duration: 2.5 minutes
• It will appear in in the ‘whiteboard area’ in a
few seconds
• Link also in the Chat area if you prefer to
watch it in a separate browser window.

36. ‘I got a lot of information two-way process’

37. A dental professional

38. ‘I got good advice’
‘I asked the questions I wanted’

39. ‘We spoke naturally’

40. ‘We weren’t sitting behind our desks’

41. Final Thoughts
• Final Thoughts
• Questions for Tommy and Simon
• What to expect from the face-to-face
workshop

42. MORE INSIGHT INTO NFC TECHNOLOGY AND LANGUAGE LEARNING IS AVAILABLE FROM:
WWW.TEACHABILITY.EU (TOMMY AND SIMON’S COLLABORATIVE BLOG)
WWW.NFCCENTRAL.CO.UK (A WEBLOG CONCERNED WITH NFC IN EDUCATION)
TWITTER.COM/NOTTINGHAMCOLLE (PROJECT TWITTER PAGE)
Tommy Sweeney (LSRI)
Simon Wardman (CCN)

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Blend IT, Mix IT, Flip IT!
Simon Wardman and Thomas Sweeney
www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

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Insight 2013
All the resources from the Insight series:
• Hosted on the RSC East Midlands Moodle
platform
• Web address - bit.ly/insight-resources
• Will be constantly updated over the next week

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Insight 2013
Jisc Regional Support Centres work with
more than 2,000 UK learning providers
helping them to improve performance
and efficiency through the use of
technology.
www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

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Insight 2013
That’s it for this Insight webinar!
If you have any questions then please contact us:
• 01509 618110
• support@rsc-em.ac.uk
• www.jiscrsc.ac.uk