CE+HD/OIT iPad Project

1. CE+HD/OIT iPad Project • Bradley A. Cohen, David Ernst, and J.D. Walker • 11/10/11 Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

2. Project Background • Research Findings • Current Status • Q&A Agenda

3. iPad initiative A comprehensive partnership between the College of Education and Human Development and the Office of Information Technology, involving: • infrastructure improvement • faculty and student engagement • research and evaluation Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

4. The Project • Provide iPads to • ~450 CEHD First Year students. • ~30 CEHD First Year instructors • ~18 CEHD Student Services staff • Innovation project • Teaching and learning • Advising processes • Research

5. Project Timeline Overview • September, 2010First Year faculty opt-in • October, 2010iPads distributed to First Year faculty and students • Spring Semester, 2011First Year faculty use iPads in their courses

6. CEHD/OIT Strategic Alignment • CEHD: Technology and Innovation “CEHD can and should be a leader in e-learning.” - CEHD Vision 2020 Blue Ribbon report • OIT: Collaborative Environments “Optimize collaboration, standardization, and disciplined innovation in all IT services” • Together:Provide robust infrastructure, scholarly research, faculty/student support.

7. CEHD/OIT Collaboration Adopted from presentation by Linda Jorn

8. iPad initiative research • Faculty integration into classes • Enrichment of student learning environment • Effects on all students • Effects in particular classes Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

9. Faculty use of the iPad • Literature: Digital stories • Math: Data analysis • Psychology: Data collection Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

10. Student reactions to the iPad: Generally positive • 16 survey items loaded onto one factor (58% of variance, Eigenvalue 9.853) Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

11. Student reactions to the iPad: A distraction? • “Made me more likely to multi-task while doing coursework”: Mean = 3.12*** • Focus group comments: • “I couldn’t get any homework done because it was a new toy!” • “80% of the apps are games.” • Survey open-ended comments: • “I didn’t think the iPad was any more or less distracting compared to laptops.” • “I was often distracted because of the numerous apps that were offered to me.” Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

12. Student use of the iPad: Length, activity Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

13. iPads and laptops Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

14. The iPad: Experience matters Number of classes in which a student used the iPad positively and significantly correlated with: Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

15. The iPad: Ethnicity matters • Black students gave the iPad the highest ratings of any ethnicity. Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit

16. Current Project Status • Year 0: Finalizing Report • Year 1: • 440 iPads distributed September 2, 2011 • Development of strategic goals: • Sustainable Classroom • Information Literacy • Learning Beyond the Classroom • Personal Productivity

17. Educational Technology Research in OITFor more information http://z.umn.edu/ipadresearch http://www.cehd.umn.edu/mobile/ Bradley A. Cohen, cohenb@umn.edu David Ernst, dernst@umn.edu J.D. Walker, jdwalker@umn.edu November 10, 2011 Office of Information Technology | www.umn.edu/oit