1. Ubiquitous Presenter: Supporting Active Learning in the Classroom and more! Beth Simon University of California, San Diego Computer Science and Engineering

2. Ubiquitous Presenter (UP) What is it? –How is it related to UW CP? –How is it different? Usage reports –Who is using it and how? –What do students think? How do I use it?

3. UP: An extension of UW CP Intended to be a strict superset –Usually within six months of UW CP release Replaces networking technology with web- based networking Supports student interaction from any web- enabled device –Tablets, Laptops, Cell phones, PDAs, etc. Web-based storage of lecture materials –Instructor notes –Student activities

4. How does UP work? Instructor Hosted Classroom Class Projector

5. Differences with UW CP Network uses standard web-based technology through a central server Automatic web-archiving and review of Support for student interaction from non-Tablet devices

6. Differences with UW CP: Networking TCP/IP through a central server –Time delay for student device update (3 second polling) –Instructor must have internet access to store lectures Though we are network interruption tolerant –No un-tethered lecturing

7. I have to buy and install a server? We provide hosted classrooms on our server –http://up.ucsd.eduhttp://up.ucsd.edu –Server in San Diego is supporting: British Columbia Missouri Georgia… –But you are more “at the whim” of network status Planned summer code release if you want to run your own locally

8. Differences with UW CP Web storage of instructor inked notes –Provides student portal-like access to instructor notes for stroke-by-stroke review (at instructor’s discretion) Web storage of student-produced work –Allows review of peer materials –Instructor can control which specific submissions are viewable

9. Supporting all devices Students interact with any web-enabled device through a browser Ink solutions –Require Java to be installed Text solutions –Only require a browser –Enter text in a box, then click to place it on the screen Can be moved, updated later More text boxes can be made Multiple Choice solutions –Choice of how many times students can vote –Results summarized and can be repeatedly “polled” Students select their mode of interaction

10. Who is using it and how? Fall 2005 –More than 10 active classrooms at more than 6 institutions UCSD, California State San Marcos, San Diego State, Northwest Missouri State, UBC, Ft. Lewis College Computer Science(N), Mathematics(1), Physics(3), Economics(1), Biology(1) Recent Classrooms around the country –Medicine(2) –We are looking to target a broad range of disciplines and explore K-12

12. Does it improve student learning?

13. Do the students like it? Heck, do they use it?

16. What about outside CS? Economics AnswerECON1 (N=239)Junior/Senior ECON (N=108) Paid much more attention 28.9%26.8% Paid a little more attention 52.3%40% No Change14.2%27.8% Paid a little less attention 3.3%7.4% Paid much less attention 1.3%0% Do you think the instructor's use of the tablet presentation system in this course had an effect on your attention to lecture?

17. Lecture Presentation System CS1 (N=59) 81%: –Paid more attention to lecture 97% –Felt understanding lecture was easier 95% –Would encourage other faculty who use PPT 90% –Felt reviewing ink on line made understanding lecture easier

18. Student Participation System 77% –Increased their confidence in their abilities 91% –Seeing other students’ solutions had positive effect on learning experience 77% –Would have rarely or never volunteered an answer in class 67% –Reviewed other student solutions after class

19. Summary Tablet PCs can enhance learning in the classroom Classroom Presenter and Ubiquitous Presenter support active learning in novel ways with novel affordances –Anonymity –Electronic capture –Quick display and review with class INVITATIONS TO USE THE SYSTEM –Classroom Presenter –Ubiquitous Presenter http://up.ucsd.edu to request a hosted class!

20. Your Questions? References: Contact info –Richard Anderson (anderson@cs.washington.edu) UWCPanderson@cs.washington.edu –Valentin Razmov (valentin@cs.washington.edu) UWCPvalentin@cs.washington.edu –Beth Simon(esimon@cs.ucsd.edu) UPesimon@cs.ucsd.edu Classroom Presenter-related –Downloads: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter/ –Papers: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/presenter/papers.html Ubiquitous Presenter –http://up.ucsd.edu Acknowledgements: HP Classroom Presenter is built on top of the ConferenceXP research platform. This work was supported in part by grants from External Research and Programs, Microsoft Research.