1. Tablet Technologies in Teaching and Learning Cathy Lysy Juan Pedro Paniagua Carla Romney Fabian Torres-Ardila INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION CONFERENCE-March 2012

2. To survey the diverse tablet technologies that are now in use at Boston University

3.  Objectives of implementation?  Hardware/software?  Technical support?  Funding?  Assessment?

4.  School of Hospitality Administration SHA HF 370 Revenue Management  School of Management SMG SM 222 Modeling Business Decisions and Market Outcome  Graduate School of Management Executive MBA Business Marketing Seminar  College of Engineering ENG EK 301 Engineering Mechanics I  Metropolitan College MET MA 118 College Algebra/Trigonometry MET MA 123 and 124 Calculus I and II  School of Medicine GMS Health Care Emergency Management MED Anatomy/Histology/Radiology  College of Fine Arts CFA AR 484 Graphic Design

5.  Mobile iPad ‘Lab’ of 65 iPads  Students use iPads or their own laptops  Instructor uses iPad and laptop  Primary purpose: polling and course-specific software

6.  6 tables, each with netbook connected to wall-mounted displays  Multi-touch SMART board at front of room  Instructor and two TAs  Focus on problems projected on screens

7.  EMBA students given iPads that contain all course documents  iPads used for polling, access to course documents, notetaking

8.  Material projected on screen and on iPads  Work in small groups, sharing one iPad  Bi-directional, but not real time  2 Instructors and one TA

9.  Networked student Tablet PCs and one instructor Tablet PC, LCD projector  Specialized software for real time bi- directional data and lecture capture

10.  Undergraduate and graduate Graphic Design students design materials specifically for use on iPad.  Students use iPads in a lab setting.  “Apple-friendly” community and IT support.

11.  F2F and Distance Learning with multi-touch SMART board  Specialized software for remote computer control and lecture capture

12.  Separate slate tablet and stylus (Wacom Bamboo) to annotate images  SMART Podium and SMART Sympodium

13. Faculty are open to trying new tablet technologies in order to meet students’ current needs and style(s) of learning.

14.  No coordinated management and sharing of best practices  Lack of faculty/staff training  Funding for faculty and course support staff  Technical support needed

15.  Insufficient faculty input prior to acquisition  Lack of clear pedagogical rationale for use of technology  Need to assess efficacy and satisfaction

16.  Establish a University-wide working group of faculty and administrators to identify strategies/goals/desired outcomes  Draw on University expertise  Measure efficacy of implementations  Develop best practices  Recognize faculty/staff time

17. We thank the following faculty and staff members who, on short notice, provided access to their classrooms and generously shared their experiences.  Jana Brady, BUMC  Erik Browning, SHA  Janice Dolnick, SMG  Caleb Farney, ENG  Melvyn Menezes, SMG  Jeanne Myers, SMG  Keith Osher, SMG  Nick Rock, CFA  Kitt Shaffer, BUSM  Kevin ‘Kip’ Thomas, BUSM  Ann Zumwalt, BUSM