bringing more to the table(t): ideas and insights for using tablets in instruction
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Presented at LOEX 2012 in Columbus, OH, on May 5, 2012.TRANSCRIPT
BRINGING MORE TO THE TABLE(T): IDEAS AND INSIGHTS FOR USING TABLETS IN INSTRUCTION
REBECCA K. MILLER LOEX 2012
CAROLYN MEIER COLUMBUS, OH
VIRGINIA TECH
#TEACHTABLET
http://loex2012teachtablet.pbworks.com/
Alan Kay
DYNABOOK (1968)
Steve Jobs
IPAD (2010)
2011 ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and IT
MAC V PC
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
2011 ECAR NATIONAL STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND IT
PEARSON FOUNDATION STUDYAS REPORTED BY THE CHRONICLE (3/14/2012)
2011: 7% of students owned a tablet
2012: 25% of students owned a tablet
1/3 plan to buy a tablet in the next 6 months
63% believe tablets will replace textbooks in the next 5 years (a 15% increase from 2011)
6/10 prefer to read digital books
ECAR MOBILE IT IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 2011
MOBILE DEVICE ENABLERS
Mobile networks accessible to > 90% of the world’s population
By 2017, 1 billion people expected to access the Internet via mobile devices
Improved speed (4G), power (1 GHz), and capabilities (GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, compasses)
ECAR Research Bulletin: The Future of Mobile Learning
May 1, 2012
APPS & MOBILE SITES
53% of colleges and universities mobile enabled at least one service, site, or application in the previous year
55.3% of public universities, 43.6% of public colleges, and 40.9% of community colleges have developed mobile apps (as of fall 2011)
50% of private universities and 25.2% of private colleges have deployed mobile apps
ECAR Research Bulletin: The Future of Mobile Learning
May 1, 2012
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
MOBILE LEARNING:PEDAGOGY
Rick Oller, ECAR (The Future of Mobile Learning)
I feel that one of our obligations as educators is to consider how the mobile Internet changes not only how we teach, but what it means to be knowledgeable and educated in our culture. And just as important, the mobile web opens up a host of pedagogical possibilities.
David Parry, EDUCAUSE Review
MOBILE INFORMATION LITERACY
Scranton Smartphone Survey (2010)
Kristen Yarmey, Student Information Literacy in the Mobile Environment
MAJOR CONCEPTS
“Mobile learning is personalized, learner centered, situated, collaborative, ubiquitous, and contextual…”
Rick Oller, ECAR (The Future of Mobile Learning)
• Mobile technologies are changing higher education in ways that we cannot yet completely understand
• Student access to and use of information is radically changing
• We have a responsibility to help students become familiar with and effectively use new technologies
CREATE YOUR RECIPESelect the following ingredients for your instruction recipe:
• An objective related to mobile IL
• Searching for information effectively• Critically evaluating information• Organizing and converting information found into knowledge
• A disciplinary context
• First year experience• Distance education • Science• Humanities• Any other context you’d like to explore
• Method of assessment
• Informal or formal• 2 apps
• Choose from list or use your own• 2 mobile sites, services, or databases
• Choose from list or use your own
GOT QUESTIONS?
http://www.loex2012teachtablet.pbworks.com
Rebecca Miller, [email protected]
Carolyn Meier, [email protected]
IMAGE CREDITS• http://westgatenetworks.com/anytech/tablet-and-smartphone-dinner-table-etiqu
ette/
• http://www.theiphoneaddict.com/the-new-ipad/using-a-twitter-client-on-the-new-ipad/
• http://musictherapyservices.net/from-ipad-skeptic-to-ipad-enthusiast-how-i-came-to-realize-that-the-ipad-could-enhance-therapy-sessions/
• http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/the-original-kindle-from-1968/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipad
• http://www.talkandroid.com/2853-for-power-users-the-iphone-vs-android-showdown/
• http://www.ipadebookslibrary.com/
See the wiki for all literature references