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The Duke iPod First-Year Experience

The Duke iPod First-Year Experience. Ginny Cake Senior Director, Office of Information Technology Lynne O’Brien Director of Academic Technology and Instructional Services, Perkins Library. Educause ~ Orlando, FL ~ Oct. 19, 2005. Overview. Context for 2004-05 Duke iPod project

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The Duke iPod First-Year Experience

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  1. The Duke iPod First-Year Experience • Ginny Cake • Senior Director, Office of Information Technology • Lynne O’Brien • Director of Academic Technology and Instructional Services, Perkins Library Educause ~ Orlando, FL ~ Oct. 19, 2005

  2. Overview • Context for 2004-05 Duke iPod project • Original iPod project activities • What we’ve learned from the iPod project • Evolution to Duke Digital Initiative and future plans

  3. Duke University • Private, 4 year, Research I • 9 schools: undergrad and professional • 12,000 FTE students, 2,350 faculty

  4. Teaching at Duke • Few distance education programs • Mainly traditional classroom instruction

  5. Earlier technology experiments Laptops, Blackboard, PDA’s, streaming media, videoconferencing and more

  6. The Duke iPod Project What did we do in 2004-05?

  7. iPod Project goals for 2004-05 • Mostly an experiment, “scattering seeds” • Technology innovation • Student life, campus community • New academic uses of technology One of several projects directed toward technology goals of our University strategic plan, Building on Excellence http://www.planning.duke.edu/

  8. Project Participants • Duke University Office of the Provost • Office of the Executive Vice President • Office of Information Technology • Division of Student Affairs • Center for Instructional Technology • Apple Computer, Inc.

  9. Pre-launch activities • Pre-loaded iPod content at factory • Custom engraving • Duke Page on iTunes • Project archive site: http://www.duke.edu/ddi/ipodfye.html • Identification of pilot projects

  10. Distribution to Freshmen Distributed 1,599 20 GB iPods on 8/19/04 along with Belkin voice recorders and 10 free iTunes

  11. 2004-05 Academic iPod projects • Economics • Education • Engineering • German Literature • Environmental Studies • Foreign Languages • Spanish, Turkish, Chinese • ISIS • Music • Writing • Asian/African Language & Literature • Cultural Anthropology • English • Public Policy • Religion • Theater Studies Non-course academic use • Perkins & Divinity Libraries • University Writing Program Fellows

  12. Portable access to course materials Recording Lectures, discussions, writing workshops Field notes and interviews Student performance (spoken, sung) for review, practice, or assessment Hands-on lab activities Hard drive for multimedia files “Podcasting” / audio blogging Study new technologies Provide richer course content via digital media Promote interactive, project-based, collaborative learning Increase student engagement Foster flexible & efficient course delivery mechanisms Support writing and research in undergraduate curriculum Respond to individual needs and learning preferences What did courses do with iPods? See handout with matrix of course activities and academic goals. iPod activities Academic goals

  13. Computational Methods in Engineering Students examine a graph generated by attaching an iPod to the computer and running a program to measure the audio from a song on the iPod.

  14. Radio Theater of the Mind Students listen on their iPodsto old time radio shows recorded in the 1920’s … … then do their own productions of the shows and podcast them on The mp3ater Project Web site.

  15. Intermediate Spanish Professor Lisa Merschel recorded "audio flash cards" for students to listen to on their iPods to review pronunciation. Students complete oral comprehension exercises at their own pace using iPods to record their speech. Students listen to a dramatic reading of the Don Juan Tenorio by Duke Spanish instructors

  16. Economics(large lecture)Information Science and Information Studies(small seminar) Different ways to use recorded lectures outside of class.

  17. The Duke iPod Project What have we learned so far?

  18. Evaluation focus • Was iPod a stimulus to innovation in teaching and learning? • Which uses were most fruitful and should shape planning for academic technology? • How feasible was it to use iPods, and should the experiment be continued, dropped or changed?

  19. Evaluation strategies • Classroom observations • Faculty / deans/ staff discussion sessions • Staff focus groups • Faculty project reports • Faculty and student questionnaires • Faculty and student focus groups Full report at end of year available at: http://cit.duke.edu/pdf/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf

  20. Findings: Yes, they used them! • iPod use in15 fall, 33 spring courses* • 75% of first-year students said they used iPod in a class or for independent support of their studies* • Recording = most widely used feature for academic purposes, although all features used in at least some ways* • Of course they listened to music! * Includes formally designated iPod courses plus independent use

  21. Findings: Yes, iPods drove innovation • Faculty ideas and interest exceeded expectations • Innovation with iPods prompted exploration of other new technologies • “Fun factor” and low learning curve drove class use • Faculty who previously had not experimented with IT tried new things

  22. Findings: Internal impact • Little device made big ripple in technology infrastructure • Increased collaboration among Duke IT groups • New conversations among faculty, staff, students and administrators about technology in teaching

  23. Significant and unanticipated publicity Many inquiries from and opportunities for collaboration with other educational institutions New partnerships with publishers, hardware and software vendors Increased visibility for Duke as technology innovator Findings: External impact

  24. 10.14.05 3p.m.

  25. The Duke Digital Initiative Transitioning from iPods to DDI

  26. DDI – Overarching Goals Based on what we learned, Duke is now focusing this on extending parts of the experiments which seemed most promising. The Duke Digital Initiative emerged with the following goals: • Innovative and effective teaching • Curriculum enhancement • Infrastructure development • Knowledge sharing

  27. DDI – How do we implement? Three year implementation cycle Year One “Experimentation” Year Two Extension & Transition Year Three Standard Support & Integration

  28. iPod use in courses

  29. DDI – 05/06 Technology Explorations • Collaboration Tools • Digital Audio – new applications • Digital Images • Digital Video • Tablet PC’s & Handhelds

  30. Related websites http://www.duke.edu/ddi/ http://cit.duke.edu/about/ipod_project.do

  31. Credits • Yvonne Belanger (evaluation) • Fred Brackett, Apple Computer (Freshman night photos) • …and the rest of the Duke iPod team

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