1. New technologies to aid mathematics teaching Birgit Loch & Linda Galligan Department of Mathematics and Computing University of Southern Queensland Birgit.Loch@usq.edu.au & Linda.Galligan@usq.edu.au www.sci.usq.edu.au/staff USQ PD day, 1 December 2009

2. 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

3. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 University of Southern Queensland Tablet PC growth: 2005: 1 2006: 7 2007: 8 2008: 13 2009: 50 (+++50?) Graphics tablets Pen screens Smart boards?

4. USQ PD day, 1 December 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

5. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Example – Calculus, in PowerPoint Linear Algebra and Calculus. B.Loch

6. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Example – Operations Research, in Windows Journal Operations Research. B.Loch

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

8. USQ PD day, 1 December 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

9. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 One-to-many: the recorded lecture Record a class with screen capture software http://tinyurl.com/austms www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

10. USQ PD day, 1 December 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

11. USQ PD day, 1 December 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!

12. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Examples: Foundation maths and Nursing maths

13. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 One-to-few: online tutorials Online synchronous chat Web conferencing tutorials, recorded sessions Eg, Elluminate Breaks down feeling of isolation

14. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Web conferencing

15. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Web conferencing Linear Algebra and Calculus B.Loch

16. USQ PD day, 1 December 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

17. USQ PD day, 1 December 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.

18. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Recording of assignment feedback The Learning Centre. L.Galligan

19. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Screencast embedded in course material

20. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Student support

21. USQ PD day, 1 December 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)

22. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Other projects: one to one Electronic assignment marking Tablet PC: Word, PDF files Ebook reader trial: PDF files

23. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Other projects: student perspective Student Tablet PC trial

24. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Other projects: student perspective Digital note pen trial Electronic assignment submission

25. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Example Operations Research. B.Loch

26. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Alternative to tablet PCs Pen-enabled screens Reduces need for tablet PCs in class

27. USQ PD day, 1 December 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

28. USQ PD day, 1 December 2009 Acknowledgements This work has been undertaken in collaboration with Christine McDonald (Maths&Computing, USQ) Janet Taylor (now: Teaching and Learning Centre, SCU)

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