The Classroom Presenter Project Richard Anderson University of Washington
Using technology to bring elementary school pedagogy to higher education
Classroom Presenter
Classroom Pedagogy Active learning Classroom assessment Discussion around student artifacts Learner centric design
Why tablets? Flexibility of writing Expression of writing Annotation of existing content Form factor
Technology in the classroom Range of deployment scenarios My views and goals Pen based computing will become common Plan for student owned devices Range of platforms and form factors Research project to understand technology and pedagogy
Classroom Presenter Project Fall 2001, DISC Project, Microsoft Research Spring 2002, UW PMP Class Fall 2002, Presentation Application, UW Summer 2003, Major software development Fall 2003, Classroom Submissions, USD 2004, Studies of Ink in Presentation Winter 2005, Classroom Submissions, UW
Classroom Deployments University of Washington courses Computer Science Undergraduate courses Usually 15 to 20 tablet pcs Wireless environment Instructor supplied tablets Software Engineering Digital Design Data Structures Tablet PC Project Course CS Education Seminar Fourth grade math
Digital Design / Data structures
Fitt’s law / Geometry
Software Engineering Elementary school math
Preliminary Results Positive Student Responses Digital Design Survey (1-5 scale) Impact on learning 4.4 Value of seeing solutions displayed 4.3 Recommend to other instructors 4.1 High rate of student participation
Range of instructional use Student problem solving Interactive lecture
Classroom deployments Use of shared tablets 2-3 tablets per students Promote student discussion and group work
Impact on instruction Classroom experience is different Less material is covered Radical change in lecture preparation Learning goals first! Developing pedagogy and resources for this style of teaching will take time Mix technology supported instruction with conventional lecture
Use of student submissions and student behavior
Student examples for discussion
Partial results
Post lecture analysis
Tagging
Doodling
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