1. Tablet PCs for on campus and distance teaching of mathematics Birgit Loch Department of Mathematics and Computing and Division of ICT Services University of Southern Queensland Birgit.Loch@usq.edu.au www.sci.usq.edu.au/staff/lochb AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010

2. Overview Tablet PCs for teaching maths/stats in other disciplines hardware alternatives for students

3. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 USQ Context USQ - regional, multi-campus, 27 000 students Large distance student population - 75% of students studying off campus in over 70 countries (WEB, EXT, ONC) Large percentage of students mature age, work full-time, study part-time, live remotely, low socio-economic background. Incarcerated students.

4. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Tablet PCs for teaching maths/stats Writing in lectures Recording lectures Marking assignments and theses Ink-chat tutorials Web conferencing tutorials Individual support via screencasts Student contribution through wireless projection

5. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Writing in lectures 1 st year Calculus 1 st year Operations Research

6. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Calculus, PowerPoint

7. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Operations Research, Windows Journal

8. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Recording lectures 1 st year Operations Research iPod/iPhone video files http://tinyurl.com/austms

9. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 New Camtasia software for lecture recording Beta trial in 2008 Faculty trial in S1 2009 Roll out across USQ in S2 2009 For ALL computers that can connect to the USQ server USQ first Australian University to adopt Relay

10. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Electronic marking 1 st year Operations Research Master of Computing student Word DOC files PPT files XLS files PDF files

11. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Electronic marking 1 st year Operations Research Master of Computing student Word DOC files PPT files XLS files PDF files

12. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Electronic marking 1 st year Operations Research Master of Computing student Word DOC files PPT files XLS files PDF files

13. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Ink chat tutorials MSN Messenger Discrete Mathematics and Data Analysis Foundation Mathematics

14. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Web conferencing tutorials Web conferencing Linear Algebra and Calculus Foundation Computing

15. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010Elluminate

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17. Individual support via screencasts Operations Research

18. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Tablet PCs to address stuck places Short snippets for course material Create a bank of resources L.Galligan

19. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Screencast embedded in course material

20. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Recording of assignment feedback The Learning Centre. L.Galligan

21. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Student contributions via wireless projection

22. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Journey from one to many tablet PCs 2005: 1 (maths) L&T Grant 2006: 7 (maths, stats, L&T support+3 for semester loan) L&T Fellowship S1 2009 + additional: 50+ (all 5 Faculties, Library, L&T support) 2010: 60+ Extension of L&T Fellowship into 2010: student tablet PCs

23. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 USQ Senior L&T Fellowship in 2009 $50,000: 100% teaching relief for 1 semester for fellow + Tablet PCs + software plus $120,000: All Deans, CTO, VC, Toshiba (in kind) Establishment of ICT policies and preferred model Recruitment: targeted individuals and volunteers Training and ongoing support Community of Practice of Tablet PC users Research into impact of Tablet PCs on teaching & learning Strategic direction: Tablet PC University

24. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Tablet PCs in other disciplines Faculties of Sciences Engineering and Surveying Business Arts Education Approx 5,500 students taught in S1 2009

25. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Thermodynamics: Andrew Wandell

26. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Biodiversity & Conservation: Andy Le Brocque

27. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Programming: Michael de Raadt

28. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Finance: Peter Phillips

29. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Statistics: Christine McDonald

30. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 The Library: Kaye England/ Ranald Simpson

31. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Hardware alternatives Pen-enabled screens (LTPF Project) Reduces need for tablet PCs in class

32. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Alternatives to tablet PCs Digital note pens

33. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Trevor Langlands/ Birgit Loch

34. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Alternatives to tablet PCs Ebook readers Faculty of Business trial

35. AMSI – Wednesday 20 January 2010 Tablet PCs for students S1 2010 (VC’s strategic funds, Fellowship) Multi-Touch net books