Apples for Teachers and Students and Staff. don’t hate me!

Apples for Teachers and Students and Staff

don’t hate me!

We really did provide 100% of our faculty, students, and staff with iPads.

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100 Students 24 Faculty 10 Staff

not that different than a graduate department in a

larger university

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Objectives– Increase non-classroom study time

– Provide access to digital materials

– Improve quality of life issues, including time management

graduate programs rely on demanding self-study outside of the classroom

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iPad may produce 500+ additional hours– 30 minutes at lunch

– Waiting for an oil change

– Commuting and travel

like a magic time machine

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Digital Academic Support– Video lectures, summaries, and

practice exams

– Course outlines and flash cards

– Supplemental content

better use of limited desktop “real estate” and fewer sore backs

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Classroom

- Faculty received iPads in Spring 2011- Initial use is supplemental to laptop- Casebooks not yet available- Ancillary materials are very valuable- Social networking has a role in class

shopping is goodso is scheduling

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Staff and administration

lessons learned . . . so far

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Lessons learned– Sometimes a good idea can be really obvious.

– For early results, be ready to give up a large measure of control.

– An “organic” process moves rapidly to better solutions.

– Cost/benefit analysis needs to consider intangibles.

– Everyone likes shiny new toys.

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Bad iPad study locations

drivers seat

cockpit

bicycle

under water

bathtub

what's next?

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Next steps– Access to digital casebooks (need publisher buy-in)

– Faculty training for classroom presentations

– iTunes U, Moodle for iPad, other LMS

– Apps to support small-group study sessions

– Standardize "cloud" information organization and distribution

– Increase licensing agreements for digital academic support

they already go to law school in one of the most beautiful places on earth . . . now they get iPads too . . . it just doesn't seem fair.

Thank you.