ipad pilot projects at framingham state university: three use cases
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Framingham State University has embraced the use of iPads in the library and in the classroom. In collaboration with the Educational Technology Office, the curriculum library and reference department are supporting three pilot projects: e-textbooks and apps for two biology courses, a small scale iPad lending program for the education students, and the use of iPads and apps within reference. This presentation is geared toward academic libraries, but informative for school and public libraries as well. For more information please contact: Clair Waterbury at [email protected]; Kim Cochrane at [email protected]; Millie Gonzalez at [email protected]TRANSCRIPT
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iPad Pilot Projects at Framingham State University: Three Use Cases
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Presented by Kim Cochrane Curriculum Librarian [email protected] Millie Gonzalez Reference Librarian [email protected] Clair Waterbury Instructional Technologist [email protected]
About FSU • Public Liberal Arts University • 6,110 total students • 3,960 undergraduates • Student/Faculty Ratio 16:1 • Class Size 98% of classes have 50 or
fewer students
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iPads go to School
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•New Initiatives Funding •SMART Board for Curriculum Library •Furniture upgrade •Technology for Education Students’ Use
•iPad2s •Document Camera •Kodak PlaySport Video Cameras •Nikon Digital Cameras
•LCD Projector
iPad Lending Program – Who can borrow them? – Circulation time? – Restrictions?
Process : •Set up the iPads with (free) Education Apps •Agreement form •Checkout policy •Check in policy •One little problem
• Folders: – Art & Music
• Artists Hall • Squrl • Piano • Draw Free • Getty: Life of Art
– Social Studies • ShakeEmUp • Presidents • Stack the States
– Mathematics • Hockey Hoopla • Splash Math (various grades) • Adding Apples • Fill the Cup • Hungry fish
– Science • Science 360 • Google Earth • NASA • Planets • Moon Globe • 3DBrain • Leaf Snap
– ELA Folder • PopWords • Nagaram • Phonics Tic Tac Toe • Word Warp • Evernote • Dragon Dictation • Sight Words • Brain Quest
• Other apps included – Voice Thread – Idea Sketch – QR Code – Dropbox – Prezi Viewer – TED talks – Common Core – Blackboard Mobile Learning – Skype – PBS Kids
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Who used them?
Student Teachers
Supervising Teachers
Students
Grade levels:
Settings:
One-on-one 100%
Small Group 25%
Whole Group 25%
3-5
ELA
Math
Science
Social Studies
Languages
% Used iPad
ELA
Math
Science
Social Studies
Language
Rate your opinion of student learning after using the iPad
•Let students take out the iPads for longer than 2 weeks •Get iPads with 4G for those people in schools with no WiFi •Get more durable cases •Add a link to the Curriculum Library website that lists sources, ideas and suggested iPad apps
iPads at the Reference Desk
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iPads at the Reference Desk Millie Gonzalez Reference and Electronic Resources Librarian [email protected]
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Pilot Overview 2010 – iPod Touch purchased for experimentation 2011- iPad for professional development, roving, and experimentation (in conjuction with IT and Curriculum Library’s iPad project)
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Accessories impact adoption. Relied on standard apps on the iPad: camera, Facetime, Notes, browser
Free apps for reference work • Bookmark your library page on iPad, create icon • Twitter: tweet from the desk • Google Voice: monitor SMS texts* • Meebo: monitor instant messaging* • Wolfram Alpha: computational search engine
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Free apps for reference work • Adobe Reader: read pdfs, annotate • iBooks: house books, documents • Browsers: Safari, Google, Bing, Opera Mini, Dolphin HD • EasyBib: cite a book by scanning • Bamboo Paper: note taking
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Free apps for reference work •Overdrive: show how to download Overdrive titles •Kindle: Overdrive titles on Kindle •Foursquare: check in and leave library tips •Dropbox, Evernote: storage
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$ apps for reference work •Pages: word processing •Keynote: presentation software •Side by Side: split screen app
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Free database apps • Gales’ Access My Library/Access My Library College* • EBSCOhost* • Science Direct* • WorldCat • Mango Languages* • Blackboard Mobile Learn* • PubMed
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Literature Review* Few articles on specifically using the iPad at the reference desk. Focused on roving reference as defined by Courtois and Liriano: “library employee circulating within the reference area or other parts of the library to offer assistance to users.” In Roving Reference with iPads, the authors of the study found the iPad offered advantages like, “portability, suitability for simple on-the-fly web searching, ease of gathering user feedback for assessment, and ability for several people to easily see the screen.” “The multifunction capabilities and long battery life” were found useful. Some librarians disliked the pop-up keyboard and missed the keyboard shortcuts. In Using the iPad for reference services, the iPads were primarily used for roving reference. “The inability to ‘multitask’ by toggling through several applications has some negative implications…” The authors hope to use the iPad for video chat reference.
*Citations to articles on roving reference are included in list of references at the end.
Survey of reference staff • All of the reference staff used the iPad in varying degrees. • The librarians who used the iPad more actively played with
the apps, used Facetime and camera. They have also used the iPad with students.
• The rest browsed the web, played with the keyboard and/or read email.
• All of the reference staff preferred to use the computer at the reference desk. One would like to use both the iPad and the computer at the reference desk (the iPad to check for links and searching databases).
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Survey of reference staff •All found value in using the iPad for roving reference (only two used it for this purpose). Those that “roved” used the iPad in the stacks for catalog/periodicals searching on the catalog. One person would like to take it to meetings and conferences as well.
•Most found benefit in using the iPad as a second screen at the reference desk. The majority did not feel it was a necessary tool.
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Next steps / future • Roving reference trial with ipads and/or ipod
touch for the fall semester. Suggested location: campus center
• Discussion of Facetime/messenger reference • Survey collection using LibAnalytics • Departmental communication via ipad
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Resources • Bibliography on Refworks:
http://www.refworks.com/refshare2?site=042421170651600000/RWWEB1041458836/IPAD
• Recommend ALA course: iPads, Tablets, and Gadgets in the Library: Planning, Budgeting, and Implementation eCourse
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The Anatomy of iPads:
A look at iPad study conducted by a Biology professor
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Pilot Involvement and Goals
• Faculty/ ITS/Library and Student Collaboration
• Increase student engagement • Multi-dimensional Analysis • Evaluate e-book, Apps, overall
use
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Phase One
Hardcopy Text
e-book on Laptop e-book on iPad
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Phase Two
Instructor Selected iBook
Institution Purchased Apps
Text on CourseSmart
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Recommended Apps!
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Issues, Results and Implications: Not as many volunteered as anticipated
Students liked:
BB Mobile App, Portability, Easy Access
Reading Preferences: No preference for e-book or Hardcopy
All agreed on using eText again
Phase 2: Concluded May 2012
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Mobile Task Force
User Services
Networking
Education Technology Faculty
Library
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Task Force creation
Where to start
Categories
Procurement
Support
Mobile presence
Teaching & Learning
iPad Pilot
Strategies
Next Steps
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FSU GOes Mobile!
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Questions or comments