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Learning Technology Forum for Students
Dr. Alex HillsDistinguished Service Professor
Carnegie Mellon [email protected]
Learning Technology
Forum For Students
What UA is doing nowWhat UA could do in the future
Learning Technology Forum
What UA is doing now
Students like learning technology
Technology helps students learn
Instructors use some technologies effectively to teach, mentor and
communicate with students
Students want instructors to use some applications more
How do students rate UA online systems (OLSs)?
Why do professors use learning technology?
Professors say UA should…
What do faculty say about technology-equipped classroom
reliability?
Learning Technology Forum
What UA could do in the future
One vision of learning
A classroom isn’t just one placeTechnology is an important part of students’
lives
An approach:• Presentation of fact-based material (one way
communication): outside class• Interaction and activities: in class
A vision of learning
Duke University“Changing the Classroom”
Video – mpegor
http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/education/duke_university_transforms_learning.html
A vision of learning
Duke University“Open Chemistry Course”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CmZtGPhiAac
Today’s technology tools
University infrastructure• Classroom technology• Online systemsMobile devicesTablet computers – iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc.• 29% of Americans own themSocial networks – Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Apple iBooks
Textbooks for iPad• Interactive• Diagrams• Photos • Videos
Apple iBooks
Students can:• Find definitions• Search• Highlight text• Take notes
Apple iBooks
Professors can:
• Create iBooks
University learning infrastructure
Purdue University case study• Publishing (Jetpack)• Video sharing (Doubletake) • Media sharing (Mixable)• Social networking (Hotseat)• Progress monitoring (Signals)
“Jetpack”
A new kind of coursepack• Published to mobile devicesCapabilities• Documents• Images• Customized interactivityhttp://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/jetpack/
“Hotseat”
Social networking“Micro-discussion”In classOutside classVideo:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTT-MAftkCc&feature=player_embedded
What do you think?
