BYOD! We don’t think so…… Stephen A Bowman Deputy Librarian University of Chichester

BYOD! We don’t think so……  Brought about by sessions with the Students Union at University of Chichester, and University of Portsmouth  “In a fee-based environment, what will students be expecting from library and information services, learning spaces and learner support?”

BYOD! We don’t think so……  University Perception  Since the BL/JISC report (Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future) move away from ‘Computer Labs’…  To ubiquitous Wi-fi…  Laptops in classrooms…  Apps for your mobile…

BYOD! We don’t think so……  University Perception  The Google Generation are ‘format agnostic’ and have little interest in the ‘containers’ that provide the context and wrapping for information `nuggets’  Google Generation are impatient and have zero tolerance for delay - information and entertainment needs must be fulfilled immediately  Google Generation have shifted decisively to digital forms of communication, preferring typing to handwriting, messaging to talking on the phone

BYOD! We don’t think so……  BYOD – Bring Your Own Device!  Seen as ‘the answer’ to technological change  Make your services and systems available across a range of platforms…

BYOD! We don’t think so……  Moves towards an ‘Information Commons’ model  Away from a didactic form of instruction…  Towards a more collaborative paradigm…

BYOD! We don’t think so……  Opening up a world of ‘Social Learning’, rather than sitting in IT Labs….  Creating ‘Independent Learners’  The information that you want, when you want it, on your own device!  How convenient!

BYOD! We don’t think so……  Student Perception  New Fees Regime!  ‘We are paying you £8,500 a year….  ….for our degree!’

BYOD! We don’t think so……  It is now a ‘consumer relationship’, not a ‘partnership relationship’  ‘Why are there not 200 copies of a book if there are 200 students on the course?’  Need help to find materials – can waste time trying to find it themselves.  ‘We want people to talk to, rather than machines, we want info given to us’

BYOD! We don’t think so……  We don’t want to read small screens….  We don’t want to have to carry laptops around….  We don’t want to have to look for stuff….  What we want is…….

BYOD! We don’t think so……  ‘…a first class library service’  Individual support and guidance….. ‘Why don’t you just tell us what we need to know?’  Free printing, and real books on the shelves  ‘I hate reading online’

BYOD! We don’t think so……  Value For Money ‘We are paying you…’  All course materials (stationery etc.) supplied for every student  ‘£25,500, I am giving you’

BYOD! We don’t think so……  A desktop machine for every student, where they want it, when they want it…  Quiet zones for when we want to be quiet…  …and noisy areas for when we want to be noisy…

BYOD! We don’t think so……  24 hr opening ‘Everywhere else does it’  Everything within 3 clicks  As many retakes as are needed to pass  Our degree (that we have paid for) at the end.

BYOD! We don’t think so……  In a nutshell…..  No additional income for the uni, but vastly raised expectations from the students…

BYOD! We don’t think so……  The new fees regime, with the student paying directly for their tuition is seen as…..  ‘a right to use whatever they want whenever they want it (at no extra cost)’  Students will require everything to be provided for them because they have paid for it

BYOD! We don’t think so……  In Conclusion…..  Students will want everything they have always wanted… BUT MORE!

BYOD! We don’t think so……  Contact details;  All images from clipart!