New technologies for mathematics teaching Birgit Loch & Linda Galligan Department of Mathematics and Computing University of Southern Queensland & Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009

Three ways to use a Tablet PC in maths teaching One-to-many teaching One-to-few teaching One-to-one teaching Stuck places Link between pedagogy and technology

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 University of Southern Queensland Tablet PC growth: 2005: : : : : 40 (+++40?) Graphics tablets Pen screens Smart boards?

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 One-to-many: the lecture Replacing the black/white board Can now face the class No need to type up the maths Can keep record of writing in class

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Example – Calculus, in PowerPoint Linear Algebra and Calculus. B.Loch

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Example – Operations Research, in Windows Journal Operations Research. B.Loch

Example – Chemistry course, in PowerPoint Chemistry course. B.McCabe

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Some feedback Students: Allowed more interaction between lecturer and student Kept focus on one spot Lecturers: Saved time in class Less cumbersome than jumping between whiteboard and PC A few cautions: Technology may not always function properly Clear handwriting is still required

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Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 One-to-many: the recorded lecture Record a class with screen capture software

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Camtasia Relay

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Some feedback Students I was able to pick up vital information during lectures that is summarised well by the lecturers, sometimes explanations which cannot be made in a book I often paused the lecture when a new problem was displayed, solved the problem, and then played the lecture to see if I was correct I wasn’t able to attend all of the lectures so this allowed me to go at my own pace

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Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 One-to-few: face-to-face University context: face-to-face tutorial Wireless projector – lecturer can move around, students can contribute Control of the pen given to students International students: participation with minimal speaking Helps identify gaps in student understanding You need to change the nature of the tutorial!

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Examples: Foundation maths and Nursing maths

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Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 One-to-few: online tutorials Online synchronous chat Web conferencing tutorials, recorded sessions Eg, Elluminate Breaks down feeling of isolation

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Web conferencing

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Web conferencing Linear Algebra and Calculus B.Loch

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Web conferencing Operations Research. B.Loch

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Example: Foundation Computing

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 One to one: consultation Teacher to student Virtual office hours, real time interaction Face-to-face: –record session –give to students –they can review later for further understanding and reflection

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Addressing “stuck places”: one to one Whole lecture too long. Instead: focus on troublesome concepts, recording outside class Create a bank of resources Students are always online/connected and they have portable video players.

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Recording of assignment feedback The Learning Centre. L.Galligan

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Addressing “stuck places”: one to many

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Screencast embedded in course material

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Student support

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Your turn jingproject.com

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Summary of tools to use on Tablet PCs Snipping Tool MS Office: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote Windows Journal PDF Annotator Camtasia Studio, Camtasia Relay, Jing (, SnagIt)

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Other projects: one to one Electronic assignment marking Tablet PC: Word, PDF files Ebook reader trial: PDF files

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Other projects: student perspective Student Tablet PC trial

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Other projects: student perspective Digital note pen trial Electronic assignment submission

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Example Operations Research. B.Loch

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Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 ICT considerations Which model Tablet PC is best? Cost? Can they be shared, or should each teacher get their own? ICT support for tablet PCs Software license costs (eg, Camtasia, OneNote, PDF Annotator) Teacher uptake: internal support program (technical and pedagogical side) Pedagogy needs to drive technology not the other way around Audio recording hardware

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Acknowledgements This work has been undertaken in collaboration with Christine McDonald (Maths&Computing, USQ) Janet Taylor (now: Teaching and Learning Centre, SCU)

Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009