1. iPods to Enhance Student Learning
Health Aide Program Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne, IN

2. Who is today’s student?
Almost all of our students are non-traditional in some way! - Younger - Older - Returning - Working adult/ Displaced workers - Family responsibilities - Wide range of technical and information gathering skills

3. Who is today’s student?
Entry Level: Reading, Writing, Math skills minimal
Beginning College Student
Pre-Health Care Student (all areas)
Visual Learner
Displaced Workers
English and Other Languages

4. How can we teach all students with different needs?
Ivy ViLos
Video Interactive Learning Objects
Have specific objectives
Are very short (5-15 minutes)
Present video recordings of lessons or procedures
Have built-in quizzes and are interactive
Are widely accessible to students 24/7
Are viewed repeatedly

5. Visual Learners Need to see and hear about a skill
Reading not especially useful
Verbalization alone not effective
Understand AFTER they see it
How do you show them enough times to make it stick?

6. How is this different than class?
Viewed prior to class as preparation
Not a substitute for class
Viewed by students when they are studying
Available on DVDs
Available via iPod (and other MP4 players)
Available
Used for self remediation rather than instructor remediation

7. VILO and iPod Benefits Improve mastery of learning objectives
Appeals to visual learners
Enhance performance of skills during assessment
Accommodate diverse learning styles
Serve needs of students with disabilities
Available 24/7

8. Why iPods Portable Consistent in demonstration Available 24/7
Self pacing
Engages students in learning
Increases motivation to learn
Individualized

9. Cost ? Each iPod and all accessories cost approx. $300
Relatively inexpensive
Less time and money spent in review time with instructor
No assess to computer by students at home

10. Results

11. Results

12. Results

13. How are the iPods acquired ?
Carried by all clinical instructors to clinical areas
Signed out by the department secretary to the students
May be checked out through campus library
Must be turned in before State testing takes

14. iPod use out of class
Waiting for class
Clinical
Home

15. Add-ons
YouTube links
Pdfs
iPod apps

16. Next ?
iPhones and Smart phones
Narrative flash drives
iPads

17. Summary
Portable: takes learning beyond the boundaries of the classroom
Any time, anywhere opportunities for teaching and learning
Easy access for students
Enables teachers to promote collaborative, independent, and differentiated learning, adapting to the needs of each learner
Inexpensive relative to laptop and desktop computers