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Evaluation of Tablet PC Supported Pedagogy http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter/. University of Washington. Richard Anderson. Classroom Interaction with Tablet PCs. Classroom Presenter Tablet PC based classroom interaction system Developed at University of Washington
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Evaluation of Tablet PC Supported Pedagogyhttp://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter/ University of Washington Richard Anderson Classroom Interaction with Tablet PCs Classroom Presenter Tablet PC based classroom interaction system Developed at University of Washington Built on ConferenceXP Research Platform Pedagogical goals Lower barriers for participation Integrate student work into discussion to promote peer learning Provide feedback to the instructor on student understanding Student Submissions Instructor’s slides broadcast to student devices Slide based activities embedded in lecture Students answer activities with digital ink and send results wirelessly back to instructor Instructor selectively shows student work on public display Student work displayed anonymously Research Questions How do the stake holders react to the technology? Does the student submissions pedagogy increase engagement? Which types of activities support the educational goals? Can we transfer best practices between instructors and disciplines? Methodology Study wide range of deployments Classroom observation to understand practice Surveys and interviews Activity logs Artifact analysis Study plans University level courses Courses at UW with supplemental results from external partners Courses under study: Environmental Science Data Structures Software Engineering Digital Design 1. Instructor displays a slide with an exercise for the students to work 2. Students write answers on slides on their tablets and send them back to the instructor 3. Instructor receives student answers in a film strip view for preview 4. Instructor selects student submission to show on public display for discussion Classroom Presenter is free for educational and non-commercial uses. It is available from: www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter/ For more information contact: Professor Richard Anderson Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Washington anderson@cs.washington.edu