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Active Learning in the Library: Stewarding Funds and Cutting Cables. Overview. Place Past Dreams Today Celebrations Challenges Questions. Place. Place. Seattle Pacific University 43 acres in North Queen Anne 4k+ students. Place. Place. Place. Place. Ryan Ingersoll
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Active Learning in the Library: Stewarding Funds and Cutting Cables
Overview • Place • Past • Dreams • Today • Celebrations • Challenges • Questions
Place Seattle Pacific University 43 acres in North Queen Anne 4k+ students
Place Ryan Ingersoll Head of Library Technology
Past • Weaknesses • Dim projector • Sterile environment • Computers in one configuration • Computers only used for classes • Opportunities • Computers ready to be replaced • New library director • Limited one-time funds available • Ripe for change!
Dreams • Transcend space and technology • Mobile, Flexible, Simple, Wireless • Invest in multipurpose educational technology • BYOD, Tech Desk check out • Maximize limited financial resources • Stewardship, Quality, 3-year cycle • Partner across the university • ITS, CIS, Facilities • Sandbox environment for the library • Place for Innovation
Today • Transcend space and technology • Mobile • Dr. D. Christopher Brooks, researcher at Univ. of Minnesota, “Most important piece of technology is the table.” • Flexible • Adapts for different pedagogical teaching and learning needs and provides a collaborative workspace • Simple • No complicated technologies, mimics other classrooms • Wireless • Epson whiteboard, keyboard, mouse
Today • Invest in multipurpose educational technology • BYOD • Space for students to bring their own technology they are comfortable using • HDMI • Tech Desk check out • Apple MacBook Pros reserved for classes, available for library check out when not in use • Boot Camp capability (OS X or Windows)
Today • Maximize limited financial resources • Stewardship • Accessed about $14k in one-time funds • Continues 3-year replacement cycle • Reduce traditional desktops, provide more tools, and multi-purpose computing devices • Quality • Epson projector • KI tables • Apple computers with cart (higher resale value, less hardware repairs)
Today • Partner across the university • ITS (instructional technology services) • Support with funding and design • Created similar space in their office • Research and faculty relationships • CIS (computer and information systems) • Facilities • Paint • Installation • Furniture
Today • Sandbox environment for the library • Place for innovation • Meetings • Variety of teaching sessions with numerous table configurations • Librarians can teach how they want for an individual class • Faculty can use MacBook Pros to supplement student-owned devices or access special software (on OS X or Windows)
Today What did we do?
Today • 20x Apple MacBook Pros, Kensington locks, Bretford Cart • iMac server • iOS Server app, Profile Manager, and DeployStudio • KI Enlite mobile tables • 3 mobile whiteboards (opposed to whiteboard paint)
Today • Epson BrightLink 485Wi short-throw interactive whiteboard with whiteboard • Upgraded Extron for HDMI capabilities • Walls with green paint! • Wireless keyboard and mouse
Celebrations • Librarians and faculty appreciate the flexibility of the room • Archives, comp exams, general sessions • Interactive projector doesn’t require extensive training • Ad hoc study room for students when not in use (mobile furniture and whiteboards) • MBP check out is high • Computers on every level of the library
Celebrations • No thefts of MBPs • No damage done to MBPs • Faculty need fewer MBPs as more students bring their own • Low cost • English professor (who hates technology) using projector and Camtasia to diagram sentences for Blackboard.
Challenges • Extensive time labor required during first two quarters for setup/teardown • Apple TV • Windows management requires significant time and finesse • Epson whiteboard surface isn’t whiteboard marker friendly • Epson iOS app isn’t powerful
Challenges • Furniture setup…