Learning Technology Forum for Students Dr. Alex Hills Distinguished Service Professor

Learning Technology Forum
for Students
Dr. Alex Hills
Distinguished Service Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
[email protected]
Learning Technology
Forum For Students
What UA is doing now
What 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 place
Technology 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 – mpeg
or
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 systems
Mobile devices
Tablet computers – iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc.
• 29% of Americans own them
Social 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 devices
Capabilities
• Documents
• Images
• Customized interactivity
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/jetpack/
“Hotseat”
Social networking
“Micro-discussion”
In class
Outside class
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTTMAftkCc&feature=player_embedded
What do you think?