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Learning Technology Forum for Students

Join Dr. Alex Hills, a distinguished service professor at Carnegie Mellon University, in exploring what universities like UA are currently doing with learning technology and what they could potentially implement in the future. Discover how technology is shaping the student learning experience, the effective use of technology by instructors, student preferences, and the potential enhancements to the university's online systems and classrooms. Explore innovative educational tools such as mobile devices, social networks, and interactive textbooks.

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Learning Technology Forum for Students

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  1. Learning Technology Forum for Students Dr. Alex Hills Distinguished Service Professor Carnegie Mellon University ahills@cmu.edu

  2. Learning Technology Forum For Students What UA is doing now What UA could do in the future

  3. Learning Technology Forum What UA is doing now

  4. Students like learning technology

  5. Technology helps students learn

  6. Instructors use some technologies effectively to teach, mentor and communicate with students

  7. Students want instructors to use some applications more

  8. How do students rate UA online systems (OLSs)?

  9. Why do professors use learning technology?

  10. Professors say UA should…

  11. What do faculty say about technology-equipped classroom reliability?

  12. Learning Technology Forum What UA could do in the future

  13. One vision of learning A classroom isn’t just one place Technology is an important part of students’ lives An approach: • Presentation of fact-based material (one way communication): outside class • Interaction and activities: in class

  14. A vision of learning Duke University “Changing the Classroom” Video – mpeg or http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/education/duke_university_transforms_learning.html

  15. A vision of learning Duke University “Open Chemistry Course” http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CmZtGPhiAac

  16. Today’s technology tools University infrastructure • Classroom technology • Online systems Mobile devices Tablet computers – iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc. • 29% of Americans own them Social networks – Facebook, Twitter, etc.

  17. Apple iBooks Textbooks for iPad • Interactive • Diagrams • Photos • Videos

  18. Apple iBooks Students can: • Find definitions • Search • Highlight text • Take notes

  19. Apple iBooks Professors can: • Create iBooks

  20. University learning infrastructure Purdue University case study • Publishing (Jetpack) • Video sharing (Doubletake) • Media sharing (Mixable) • Social networking (Hotseat) • Progress monitoring (Signals)

  21. “Jetpack” A new kind of coursepack • Published to mobile devices Capabilities • Documents • Images • Customized interactivity http://www.itap.purdue.edu/studio/jetpack/

  22. “Hotseat” Social networking “Micro-discussion” In class Outside class Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTT-MAftkCc&feature=player_embedded

  23. What do you think?

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