COEHS Faculty Innovators Explore iPad Use - University Relations - Western Illinois University. COEHS Faculty Innovators Explore iPad Use December 1, 2010 MACOMB, IL -- Innovation is "something that deviates from established practice or doctrine," according to "Merriam-Webster Unabridged" online dictionary. The definition implies that innovation happens when one or more individuals change an approach or take the initiative to bring about new methods or ways of doing things. In the case of the Faculty Innovators program -- comprised of faculty members who use technology to bring about change in their own instruction and in their fellow faculty members' instruction -- in Western Illinois University's College of Education and Human Services (COEHS), the innovation began in 2001, the inaugural year of the program.
Back then, Faculty Innovators started with the laudable goal of meeting students' expectations for technology integration in undergraduate and graduate courses. Sweet noted, in recent years, the chosen device has been a laptop computer. Patterson School iPad Project. Article Profile - Northeastern University’s Mobile Learning Initiative. Northeastern University’s Educational Technology Center recently began offering iPad2s to faculty as part of a Mobile Learning Initiative.
This initiative grew out of an earlier program aimed at giving faculty members the opportunity to experiment with new technologies for teaching and learning by providing them hardware (digital recorders and digital cameras), and instructional design and digital media support. To launch the Mobile Learning Initiative, the EdTech Center sent out an RFP inviting faculty to describe what they wanted to accomplish with the new technology, and how they would measure their success.
The EdTech Center was specifically looking for proposals that described how faculty planned to use features and functions unique to the iPad and not available on a laptop. Project goals needed to go beyond using iPads simply because of their portability. Trinity College iPad Program. iPad Pilot (2) Research and Evaluation Literature Review TOC and Select Works Cited (Jennifer Mitchell) TrinityCollegeFoundationStudies,MelbourneAustraliaiPadResearchandEvaluationGroup:LiteratureReview-TableofContents,Introduction,andSelectWorksCited3 IntheprocessofworkingwithstaffiniPadtraining,andhearingattitudestotheproject,Ifirmlybelieveattitudesarekeytoanyoutcomesoflearningorengagementimprovementwemightmeasure. Therefore,tomeasuretheeffectivenessoftheprogramdesignanddelivery,akeyresearchgoalshouldbeexploringtherelationshipbetweenteachingstaffattitudes,andstudentperceptionsandengagement AreweexploringthequestionofwhethertheiPaditselffacilitatesbetterlearningoutcomes?
Or,arewemoredirectlyevaluatingtheeffectivenessofthecurriculumdevelopedanddeliveredfortheiPad,andtheinfrastructuretosupportteachersinthatdevelopmentanddelivery,toengage,andstimulatelearninginourstudents? TheLiteratureReview (notincludedinthisdocument) ResearchQuestions iPad on the Hill.com - Seton Hill. iPad Studies at Other Institutions | Technology and Learning | Pepperdine Community Community | Pepperdine University Departments A – Z Index Faculty/Staff Directory Search Information Technology Share This: Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailMore Sharing Services iPad Studies at Other Institutions Pepperdine University's iPad pilot initiative is one of many similar studies occurring at colleges and universities across the country.
George Fox University George Fox students put iPads to the test Houston Community College: Southwest Southwest College's iPad program allows students to revolutionize classroom Indiana University iPads in the classroom Lafayette College Lafayette College iPad Users Group Oberlin College iPad Pilot Program @ Oberlin Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University to launch Apple iPad student pilot initiative Reed College iPad Pilot Project Overview Seton Hill University iPad on the Hill Trinity College Trinity College iPad Pilot University of the Incarnate Word iPad Pilot Project University of Maryland University of Minnesota University of Notre Dame. San Francisco University HS: 1:1 iPad Initiative.