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How Can You Use A QR Code in Learning?

OK – I’m one of those people that loves to check out the latest, greatest technology trends early. I don’t know if that makes me a geek or a trend-setter. The latest thing I’ve been seeing is the QR Code. They are everywhere – advertisements, t-shirts, newspapers, websites, business cards….

I have to wonder how long it will be before we start seeing QR Codes incorporated into learning programs. Many learning designers love to try the newest technology as soon as possible so you are bound to see it in a learning program soon.

What’s a QR Code?

That’s the thing most people said when I asked them if they could see how we could use one in learning.  QR Codes are two-dimensional bar codes that can contain any alphanumeric text and often features URLs. They are read by QR Code Readers on smartphones. QR Codes were invented in Japan and are extremely popular there. The use of QR Codes is now spreading quickly through Europe and now is spreading through America.

In my research on this subject, I found a few references to universities using QR codes, but not much about corporate use. Here is a sample of what I found:

• Andy Ramsden & Matt Roper have a presentation on using QR Codes at the University of Bath. It was an interesting presentation but few in-depth ideas. Through further research, I learned that they have a grant for researching the use of QR Codes in learning.
• QR Codes have been used in the public space for education about physical items on display. Uses might include plants at a Botanical Garden or painting at a museum. People can scan the code to get a link for deeper understanding of the physical item.
• Educators using QR Codes to do “Treasure Hunts” in the classroom.
• Educators using QR Codes on multi-media handouts to save paper.
• I even found an Australian P.E. Teacher that set up a “Geocache” type adventure using a GPS device and QR Codes for his students.

According to Dawn Gartin, a social media and learning expert, “A big consideration for using QR codes is making sure your audience members have a smart phone. You may consider pairs or teams. BUT, look for those numbers to keep changing as more and more buy smart phones.”

How Do I Get A Reader?

Smart phones have applications you can download to your phone. I just went to the iPhone App Store and searched for “QR Code” and I found several choices for readers. Once you’ve downloaded it, just launch the app, point your camera at any QR code (even the one below), and you’ll get the information on your phone like a link or phone number. Once you’re aware of QR codes you’ll start noticing them everywhere – on business cards, in marketing flyers, and even on TV commercials.

Try reading my QR Code

 

How to Generate Your Own Code:

Just google “QR Code Generator”.

You can have the code:

• open a url
• show text
• call a phone number
• or send a specific SMS to a specific cell number

 

A Few Ideas for Using QR Codes in Learning:

I can see many ways you can use QR codes in marketing. I can even see a few ways we can use these codes in learning, but I’d love to open the conversation for more ideas. Here are the few I’ve brainstormed:

1. Include the code on printed “How To” job aids. A field technician can scan the code to see a video that demonstrates a more in-depth task.

2. Put the code on equipment. Then instead of printed job aids, users can scan the code to get troubleshooting information or directions for use.

3. Put a scan code in your eLearning courses or printed material to launch a video with deeper versions of the story, a white paper, or perhaps bring up a list of related courses.

4. Facilitators can put their contact information on a scan code on the PowerPoint presentation.

5. Links to course evaluation instruments can be accessed through a QR Code.

6. Equipment training centers might include QR codes for tutorials on each piece of equipment.

7. Training centers might include a QR Code on the door of each room that allows someone to make a reservation of the room while standing in front of it – just using their smart phone.

8. Register for a class using a QR Code.

9. Create a real scavenger hunt for learners in the physical world. Each clue is on a QR code that leads to the next QR code – having them learn the physical space rather than the virtual space. I found a free software application called Mobile 2D Hunt that allows you to create urban games. It contains a leader board, maps with 2d code locations, and a list of clues. I plan on trying it very soon.

10. Links to assessment instruments like quiz questions.

11. Save paper by putting links to homework, outlines, slides for future reference in the PowerPoint presentation. Students can scan to get the link and reference after class as needed.

12 Use a QR code to poll the class for immediate feedback to see if your message is getting through.  You can use it throughout a longer class to make sure all is going well and be able to adjust as necessary.

13. Use a QR code to launch a sign-in form for the class. It will also act to make sure everyone has the QR Code scanner on their smartphone for the rest of the class and show any newbies how to use it.

My Own Opinion:

If we use them correctly, these could be useful additions to our blended learning toolbox. We can start an entire new thought process around linking learning and information to physical space. They could be used to discover new ways to have experiential learning. They provide us the opportunity to move eLearning away from the keyboard and mouse and into the real world.

I’m not sure the QR Code will be the final version of this type of technology, but it opens the door to a new way of thinking about learning design. As more and more people move to smartphones, more and more opportunities for mLearning innovation are being created.

Resources:

listed on my blog at http://ileighanne.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/how-can-you-use-a-qr-code-in-learning/

Thanks – Leigh Anne Lankford

About the Author

Leighanne Lankford has over 19 years of experience in the field of learning and instructional design. Leighanne works as a Relationship Manager for TrainingPros and also as the co-founder of revuuIT – an online system for streamlining the process of gathering SME feedback. You simply upload a PowerPoint file, invite people to review it, and wait for their feedback. They can see the slides, the instructor notes, and  each other’s feedback as they enter theirs. At the conclusion, you receive a PDF report of everyone’s feedback by slide, making it easier to make the changes, store the feedback, and distribute the feedback with the new updated PPT file.

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Lattice Boltzmann Method: Fundamentals and Engineering Applications with Computer Codes $140.71 "Lattice Boltzmann Method" introduces the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for solving transport phenomena – flow, heat and mass transfer – in a systematic way. Providing explanatory computer codes throughout the book, the author guides readers through many practical examples, such as: flow in isothermal and non-isothermal lid driven cavities;flow over obstacles;forced flow through a heated channel;conjugate forced convection; andnatural convection. Diffusion and advection-diffusion equations are discussed with applications and examples, and complete computer codes accompany the coverage of single and multi-relaxation-time methods. Although the codes are written in FORTRAN, they can be easily translated to other languages, such as C++. The codes can also be extended with little effort to multi-phase and multi-physics, if the reader knows the physics of the problem. Readers with some experience of advanced mathematics and physics will find "Lattice Boltzmann Method" a useful and easy-to-follow text. It has been written for those who are interested in learning and applying the LBM to engineering and industrial problems and it can also serve as a textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students who are studying computational transport phenomena.

The Puzzle Addict’s Book of Codes: 250 Totally Addictive Cryptograms for You to Crack $12.41 "The Puzzle Addict’s Book of Codes" is part of a new series of fun books aimed at puzzle fans of all ages who need a fresh challenge after Su Doku and the rest. If you ever fancied being an expert code-breaker or indeed code-maker, this is the book for you. The puzzles start off fairly straightforward and work up to the fiendishly difficult as you become more familiar with how they work. Try this one for starters: The manager of a Spanish football team sends the following encoded message to one of his scouts in England indicating that he is interested in signing a British player. Who is the player? (Answer below) Norwich City 3 Nottingham Forest 2 Aston Villa 4 Manchester United 3 Everton 1 Yeovil Town 1 If you think that’s tough, wait until you get to the really hard ones Along the way, you’ll discover how to unravel codes, ciphers, deception puzzles, standard and keyed cryptograms, pangrams and many more. You’ll also learn a bit more about the greatest codes and cryptic messages of all time. Answers to all questions are included if you get really stuck. So, get a pen and paper and get cracking "(Answer: ROONEY. Take the numbered letter of each team in turn as indicated by their score)"

Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind The Craft Of Everyday Cooking $5.89 WHEN YOU KNOW A CULINARY RATIO, IT’S NOT LIKE KNOWING A SINGLE RECIPE, IT’S INSTANTLY KNOWING A THOUSAND. Why spend time sorting through the millions of cookie recipes available in books, magazines, and on the Internet? Isn’t it easier just to remember 1-2-3? That’s the ratio of ingredients that always make a basic, delicious cookie dough: 1 part sugar, 2 parts fat, and 3 parts flour. From there, add anything you want — chocolate, lemon and orange zest, nuts, poppy seeds, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, almond extract, or peanut butter, to name a few favorite additions. Replace white sugar with brown for a darker, chewier cookie. Add baking powder and/or eggs for a lighter, airier texture. RATIOS ARE THE STARTING POINT FROM WHICH A THOUSAND VARIATIONS BEGIN. Ratios are the simple proportions of one ingredient to another. Biscuit dough is 3 : 1 : 2 — or 3 parts flour, 1 part fat, and 2 parts liquid. This ratio is the beginning of many variations, and because the biscuit takes sweet and savory flavors with equal grace, you can top it with whipped cream and strawberries or sausage gravy. Vinaigrette is 3 : 1, or 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar, and is one of the most useful sauces imaginable, giving everything from grilled meats and fish to steamed vegetables or lettuces intense flavor. Cooking with ratios will unchain you from recipes and set you free. With thirty-three ratios and suggestions for enticing variations, Ratio is the truth ofcooking: basic preparations that teach us how the fundamental ingredients of the kitchen — water, flour, butter and oils, milk and cream, and eggs — work. Change the ratio and bread dough becomes pasta dough, cakes become muffins become popovers become crepes. As the culinary world fills up with overly complicated recipes and never-ending ingredient lists, Michael Ruhlman blasts through the surplus of information and delivers this innovative, straightforward book that cuts to the core of cooking. Ratio provides one of the greatest kitchen lessons there is — and it makes the cooking easier and more satisfying than ever.

Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking $23.93 WHEN YOU KNOW A CULINARY RATIO, IT’S NOT LIKE KNOWING A SINGLE RECIPE, IT’S INSTANTLY KNOWING A THOUSAND. Why spend time sorting through the millions of cookie recipes available in books, magazines, and on the Internet? Isn’t it easier just to remember 1-2-3? That’s the ratio of ingredients that always make a basic, delicious cookie dough: 1 part sugar, 2 parts fat, and 3 parts flour. From there, add anything you want — chocolate, lemon and orange zest, nuts, poppy seeds, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, almond extract, or peanut butter, to name a few favorite additions. Replace white sugar with brown for a darker, chewier cookie. Add baking powder and/or eggs for a lighter, airier texture. RATIOS ARE THE STARTING POINT FROM WHICH A THOUSAND VARIATIONS BEGIN. Ratios are the simple proportions of one ingredient to another. Biscuit dough is 3: 1: 2 — or 3 parts flour, 1 part fat, and 2 parts liquid. This ratio is the beginning of many variations, and because the biscuit takes sweet and savory flavors with equal grace, you can top it with whipped cream and strawberries or sausage gravy. Vinaigrette is 3: 1, or 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar, and is one of the most useful sauces imaginable, giving everything from grilled meats and fish to steamed vegetables or lettuces intense flavor. Cooking with ratios will unchain you from recipes and set you free. With thirty-three ratios and suggestions for enticing variations, "Ratio" is the truth ofcooking: basic preparations that teach us how the fundamental ingredients of the kitchen — water, flour, butter and oils, milk and cream, and eggs — work. Change the ratio and bread dough becomes pasta dough, cakes become muffins become popovers become crepes. As the culinary world fills up with overly complicated recipes and never-ending ingredient lists, Michael Ruhlman blasts through the surplus of information and delivers this innovative, straightforward book that cuts to the core of cooking. "Ratio" provides one of the greatest kitchen lessons there is — and it makes the cooking easier and more satisfying than ever.

Animal Talk: Breaking the Codes of Animal Language $5.65 Is it possible that there is a universal language spoken and understood by all animals on earth, including humans? Is human language unique, as linguists and philosphers have taught for centuries, or could it share and combine well-developed components of other species’ communications? Do you long to know what wild animals are discussing and what your dog, cat, bird, fish, or horse is really saying? "Animal Talk, " the first authoritative, popular book about animal communication, answers these and other provocative questions with often astonishing news about the latest scientific discoveries. Using his ten years of field research and numerous interviews with preeminent scientists in the field and under the sea, veteran journalist and popular science write Tim Friend helps us understand what lies behind the eyes, within the sounds and scents, and beneath the flashy displays and postures of our animal neighbors. The world has an estimated 10 million species, all chattering away with noisy and smelly abandon, using their own seemingly unique and baffling signals. Nonetheless, Friend reveals that animals and humans can easily understand each other because every creature on earth "speaks" a common nonverbal language — an animal Esperanto that has developed through hundreds of millions of years of evolution. Through a skillful interweaving of amazing facts and compelling true animal stories, Friend demonstrates how similar human behavior and language are to other species’, including the ways we attract members of the opposite sex, rear children, and compete in society. A scientific Dr. Dolittle, author Tim Friend is your guide on a fascinating tour of the animal kingdom. Along the way, he enlists the enthusiastic translation services of the top scientists in animal communication to show a wonderful range of animals in action, to explain the intricate ways in which they use signals, and to interpret what they mean by them. From the Amazon and Central American rainforests to deep into the Ozarks, every environment Friend visits reveals a fascinating new insight and clue to the great puzzle of how animals communicate within and between species — and how the many tongues, stripes, and resonances of the animal kingdom laid the original foundation for our own language. "Animal Talk" tells the grand story of animal communication through the stories and signals of the animals themselves. Vital to our understanding of birds and bees, dogs and dolphins, and ourselves and our fellow primates, "Animal Talk" is also vital to the survival of our planet.

Hidden Codes & Grand Designs: Secret Languages from Ancient Times to Modern Day $6.99 Did the Masons hide messages in the street plan of Washington, D.C.? Does the Hebrew Bible conceal hidden mysteries? Ingenious methods for encrypting secrets have taken many amazing turns through the ages, from the military signals the Romans flashed from hilltop to hilltop to the computer codes that guard your cash at the ATM. Pierre Berloquin, one of FranceÂ’s leading puzzle book authors, takes you on a tour of them all in a book full of astonishing historical insights. With more than 150 brain-teasing problems for readers to solve, Hidden Codes & Grand Designs goes deep into the how-to of codes, ciphers, and other secret communication systems.