iPads, iClickers, and Apps Session

Clark Shah-Nelson

JHSPH Center for Teaching & Learning

David Schwartz

Clinical Information Systems Education Center

Emily L. Jones

JHUSON Office for Teaching Excellence

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT VIA CLASSROOM POLLING

Clark Shah-Nelson

JHSPH Center for Teaching & Learning

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Interactive Learning

Eric Mazur - Peer Instruction

Interactive Learning

http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/twilight-of-the-lecture

Triples students’ gains in knowledge

Erases the gender gap between male

and female undergraduates

Fosters better retention of knowledge

Interactive Learning

http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/twilight-of-the-lecture

Peer-instructed students who have actively argued for and explained their

understanding of scientific concepts hold onto their knowledge longer.

Polling uses

• Engage students

• Conduct real-time formative assessment 1

• Reduce fear of responding verbally

• Minimize impact of constant hand raiser

1 On-going assessments, reviews, and observations in a classroom

Caveat

• Not for all courses

• Could be useful for large classes

• Ideally: consult Instructional Designer

Polling at JHSPH

Poll Everywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/

• Operates via web technology

• Students answer using web browser, mobile phones or

Twitter

PollEverywhere

•

• Web/SMS-based, most any, already-owned device

• Less authentication for students

o better for anonymous polling?

o implications for quizzing

Let's Give it a Whirl If you have a web browser

(or smartphone):

• Go to the website

• http://pollev.com/twtf12 • Click on the answer (choice)

you want to submit If you have a phone with texting/SMS capability: • Compose a text message to

the number: 37607 and enter a

code into the message

• Twitter: tweet @poll with code

http://pollev.com/twtf12

According to educational literature, after 8 weeks,

university student recall of content delivered by

straight lectures is:

85%

76%

54%

24%

A study @JHSPH compared two groups:Group

A participated in straight 60 minute lectures. Group

B had active breaks every 15 minutes during

lectures.

The average grade for Group B, increased __ %.

DESIGNING ENGAGING CONTENT FOR MOBILE DEVICES

David Schwartz

Clinical Information Systems Education Center

E-Learning Design for mobile devices

• Design principles for learning are

unchanged

• Context of mobile device is key

Time is limited

• Learning on the fly

• 5 minutes or less

• Simple and need-to-know

Screen size

Know your audience’s devices.

Use large fonts

and few words.

Consider narration for full content.

Limit

• Deliver information as quickly as possible

• Use graphics, animation, and interactivity

only when learning requires it

Technical issues

• Flash vs. HTML5

• Connectivity

• Screen sizes

http://pollev.com/twtf12 How soon do you intend to develop mobile

e-learning?

1. No plans/don’t know

2. Within the next year

3. Within the next 6 months

4. Within the next 3 months

5. Already developing mobile e-learning

BUILDING A MOBILE TEACHING & LEARNING COMMUNITY

Emily L. Jones

JHUSON Office for Teaching Excellence

Mobile Ownership Trends

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Smartphone-Update-2012/Findings/Findings.aspx

There’s an app for that…

Volume Purchasing • Institution purchases discounted apps for volume licenses

• Purchase 20+ apps for ½ price • Send code/link to faculty to download app

• License becomes “their” license • Encourages attendance for Mobile Workshops

• (training) shhh!

Academic Framework for iPad pilot

Building Community

• Standardized “build” for new users

• Monthly User’s Group Meetings

• Short training sessions with free apps

• Opportunities for faculty to talk to other faculty about mobile strategies

• Start with solving a problem…

Providing Timely Feedback • App: iAnnotate PDF • Great for:

• Grading long papers • Having all of your work with

you in one place • Less paper shuffling • Rich feedback • Email directly back to

students

• Bonus Points for: • Marking up course

readings • Annotating journal articles • Projecting in class

Junos Pulse (one app to start using right now)

Access Welch Library resources on mobile devices 1. Connect to iTunes and download the Junos Pulse

application. (Search iTunes for Juniper or Junos Pulse) 2. Once the application is installed, launch Junos Pulse and click on

Configuration 3. In the Configuration screen select edit 4. Select the option to Add new configuration 5. Under the name enter whatever makes sense to you. It is

cosmetic 6. In the URL enter https://sslmobile.johnshopkins.edu 7. Set the Certificate to None 8. Click Save

(Junos Pulse also available for Android devices)

http://www.it.johnshopkins.edu/services/network/junos/

Essential Apps to Start With Consuming Content

• eReaders

• Kindle, Nook, iBooks

• iAnnotate PDF Annotation

• TED Talks, PBS, iTunes U

• Instapaper, NYT, CNN

• NPR for iPad

• Flipboard

• Stats of the Nation

• Junos Pulse (Welch Library)

Creating Content

• Keynote, Numbers, Pages

• Screenchomp

• GarageBand

• iMovie

• Sonic Pics

• Notebook Apps

• Penultimate

• Noteshelf

• Sketchbook Pro

• Dragon Dictation

Collaborating

• Facetime

• Skype

• Voicethread

• Dropbox

• iCloud

• Google Docs

• MagicalPad

(brainstorming)

• Medical Apps for

Patient Education

http://pollev.com/twtf12

What kind of mobile learning device do you

primarily use? • iPhone

• Android Smart Phone

• Blackberry

• Other SmartPhone

• iPad

• My phone is not smart

Questions?

emjones@jhu.edu dschwa29@jhmi.edu cshahne@jhsph.edu