1. New technologies for 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 Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 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. Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 University of Southern Queensland Tablet PC growth: 2005: 1 2006: 7 2007: 8 2008: 13 2009: 40 (+++40?) Graphics tablets Pen screens Smart boards?

4. 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

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

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

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

8. 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

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

10. Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 One-to-many: the recorded lecture Record a class with screen capture software http://tinyurl.com/austms www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

11. Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Camtasia Relay

12. 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

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

14. 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!

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

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

17. 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

18. Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Web conferencing

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

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

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

22. 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

23. 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.

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

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26. Addressing “stuck places”: one to many

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

28. Science and Technology Forum – Monday 19 October 2009 Student support

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

30. 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)

31. 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

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

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

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

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

36. 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

37. 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)

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