TABLET COMPUTING & INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNAn emerging educational technology or trend and its potential impact on both online and traditional classes

Objectives

• What makes an emerging technology/trend appropriate

for instructional design?

• Why choose tablet computing?

• Tablet computing for traditional classes (web-enhanced,

hybrid and blended)

• Tablet computing for online classes

What makes an emerging technology/trend appropriate for instructional design?

• Flexible among pedagogical standards• Cognitive, behavioral, constructivist instruction theories (empirical

data)

• M. David Merrill “First Principles of Instruction”

What makes an emerging technology/trend appropriate for instructional design?• Flexible among learning styles and delivery methods

Categories of Instructional Methods (Heinich et al. 2002):1. Presentation

2. Demonstration

3. Discussion

4. Drill-and-practice

5. Tutorial

6. Cooperative Learning

7. Gaming

8. Simulation

9. Discovery

10. Problem solving

BlackboardRespondusLimeSurveyCamtasiaFlashlight 2.0Studymate

What makes an emerging technology/trend appropriate for instructional design?• Compatible with aspects of e-learning design:

• ADDIE MODEL

• Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) or LearningManagement Systems (LMS); i.e. Blackboard, Wimba, etc.

Why choose tablet computing?

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• Appropriate for IDS population (higher education,

commuter, non-traditional, multi-disciplinary, diverse, etc.)

• Incorporates other emerging technologies/trends

• Portable and flexible

• Variable monetary expense to students

Why choose tablet computing?

• Incorporates all pedagogy delivery methods

• Becoming compatible with applications across platforms

• Interaction is ingrained (live video, streaming, podcasts,

social media)

• Students can customize their experience and level of

technical involvement

Tablet computing for traditional classes (web-enhanced, hybrid and blended)

• Using e-books for texts

• Typing notes and/or annotating PowerPoint presentations during

class

• Taking pictures of the white board

• Ad-hoc research on topics to add to an in-class discussion (i.e.

Goggling terms, examples, authors, etc.)

• Forming/collaborating with a team in the LMS

• Preserving paper for syllabi, handouts

Tablet computing for traditional classes (web-enhanced, hybrid and blended)

• Completing course evaluations during class time

• Completing essay exams in class

• Enable collection via “Knowledge Assignment Tool” and use of

• Increases efficacy for online tools with faculty

• Increases aptitude of online learning with students

• Metacognition – learning how to learn

Tablet computing for online classes

• Synchronous learning• Asynchronous learning• Social Media for collaboration• MOOC model?• K12 model?