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Tablet Technologies in Teaching and Learning
Cathy Lysy
Juan Pedro Paniagua
Carla Romney
Fabian Torres-Ardila
INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION CONFERENCE-March 2012
To survey the diverse tablet technologies that are now in use at
Boston University
Objective
Objectives of implementation? Hardware/software? Technical support? Funding? Assessment?
Questions
School of Hospitality AdministrationSHA HF 370 Revenue Management
School of ManagementSMG SM 222 Modeling Business Decisions and Market Outcome
Graduate School of ManagementExecutive MBA Business Marketing Seminar
College of Engineering ENG EK 301 Engineering Mechanics I
Metropolitan CollegeMET MA 118 College Algebra/TrigonometryMET MA 123 and 124 Calculus I and II
School of MedicineGMS Health Care Emergency ManagementMED Anatomy/Histology/Radiology
College of Fine ArtsCFA AR 484 Graphic Design
Implementations Surveyed
Mobile iPad ‘Lab’ of 65 iPads
Students use iPads or their own laptops
SHA Implementation Instructor uses iPad and
laptop
Primary purpose: polling and course-specific software
6 tables, each with netbook connected to wall-mounted displays
Multi-touch SMART board at front of room
Instructor and two TAs
Focus on problems projected on screens
SMG Implementation #1
EMBA students given iPads that contain all course documents
iPads used for polling, access to course documents, notetaking
SMG Implementation #2
Material projected on screen and on iPads
Work in small groups, sharing one iPad
Bi-directional, but not real time
2 Instructors and one TA
ENG Implementation
Networked student Tablet PCs and one instructor Tablet PC, LCD projector
Specialized software for real time bi-directional data and lecture capture
MET Implementation
Undergraduate and graduate Graphic Design students design materials specifically for use on iPad.
Students use iPads in a lab setting. “Apple-friendly” community and IT
support.
CFA Implementation
F2F and Distance Learning with multi-touch SMART board
Specialized software for remote computer control and lecture capture
BUSM Implementation #1
Separate slate tablet and stylus (Wacom Bamboo) to annotate images
BUSM Implementations #2 and #3
SMART Podium and SMART Sympodium
Faculty are open to trying new tablet technologies in order to meet students’ current needs and style(s) of learning.
MAIN FINDING
No coordinated management and sharing of best practices
Lack of faculty/staff training
Funding for faculty and course support staff
Technical support needed
Administrative Concerns
Insufficient faculty input prior to acquisition
Lack of clear pedagogical rationale for use of technology
Need to assess efficacy and satisfaction
Pedagogical Concerns
Establish a University-wide working group of faculty and administrators to identify strategies/goals/desired outcomes
Draw on University expertise
Measure efficacy of implementations
Develop best practices
Recognize faculty/staff time
Suggestions
We thank the following faculty and staff members who, on short notice, provided access to their classrooms
and generously shared their experiences.
Jana Brady, BUMC Erik Browning, SHA Janice Dolnick, SMG Caleb Farney, ENG Melvyn Menezes, SMG Jeanne Myers, SMG Keith Osher, SMG Nick Rock, CFA Kitt Shaffer, BUSM Kevin ‘Kip’ Thomas, BUSM Ann Zumwalt, BUSM
Acknowledgments