Outline of my project to develop a mobile app for QUT Law School activity Walk Down George Street

1. Partnering with Students
to Develop
Mobile Learning
Tamara Pearce
Learning Designer, QUT Law School

2. QUT Law School
• Very large student cohorts
• Range of reasons for studying Law
• QUT Real World branding
• Need to contextualise study
• Desire to inspire and engage

4. QUT Gardens Point has
direct physical access to
• Old Government House
• Parliament House
• Executive Building
• Inns of Court
• Commonwealth Law
Courts
• Magistrates Court
• Queen Elizabeth II Courts
Complex
• Legal Heritage Centre

5. Original Activity:
• Optional self guided walk during
Orientation Week
• Paper map or Google Map trail
• No further resources or information
• Not contextualised

7. Reinvigorated Walk Down George Street
• Included in LLB101 Curriculum
• Small group task
+ Collaborative learning
+ Fun and engagement
+ Build peer relationships
• Video with highlights of each location
• Extensive links to related online content
• Related to assessment
• Discussed in tutorials
• Hosted on Blackboard Community Site

8. Blackboard Learning Module
Questions – directly related to
online quiz assessment
Trivia – bonus, history or
general interest
Resources – relevant links &
textbook readings
Tasks – at each site, sometimes
take a selfie
Embedded video hosted on
YouTube

11. Learning Designer supervised IT Capstone Project Team
5 third year students:
3 x Developer, 1 x Project Manager, 1 x Graphic/Visual Designer

12. Students sourced
development tools
to suit their skills and
meet project deliverables

13. • Students get real project
experience
• Students given high level of
independence &
responsibility
• Law School achieved
outcomes with minimal
budget
+
• Range of student ability &
management of student team
• LD C# coding skills
• Late start/time management
• Incomplete project at the end
of semester
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15. Future Directions
#Evaluation
Student feedback and evaluation
#ComingSoon
Partnering with Urban Development students to develop realistic
and innovative interactive learning resources for Real Property
Law
#WishList
Partnering with multidisciplinary student team to develop
augmented reality Walk Down George Street

16. Questions?
tamara.pearce@qut.edu.au
@TamaraRPearce

17. References
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Aurasma (2016), Getting Started, https://www.aurasma.com/
Devin Rose (2015), Xamarin Header Image, http://talkingincode.com/2015/07/22/learn-xamarin-forms-with-a-free-workshop/
Diets in Review (2013), Students with Smart Phones, http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/02/mobile-apps-help-college-students-minimize-obesity/
GCS Photos (2015), QUT Open Day 2015, https://www.flickr.com/photos/gcsgp/20017273156/
John (2015), Brisbane High Rise George Street, https://www.flickr.com/photos/shebalso/16482957490/in/photostream/
Microsoft (2016), Using Xamarin to Code for Multiple Platforms, https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/wordament2-msdn.aspx
QUT (2013), QUT Science and Engineering Panaorama, https://jamesquek.net/2013/03/01/prime-minister-launches-quts-science-and-engineering-centre/
QUT(2015) Garden Point Campus, https://www.qut.edu.au/law/about/news-events/news?news-id=92135
Rae Allen (2010), Themus, https://www.flickr.com/photos/raeallen/4442238548/in/photostream/
Stephen Dann (2009), QUT sign + parliament, https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephendann/3856048826/
Xamarin Inc (2016) Xamarin Studio Screenshots, https://www.xamarin.com/android-player
All other images designed and created by Tamara Pearce, QUT Law School (2015 – 2016).