Class on the Go: Want Fries with That

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Class on the GoWant Fries with That?

• Educause
• November 5, 2003
• Ann L. Watts

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DMACCs Educational Mobility Initiative

• Bringing learning to students anytime, anywhere
  via
• Microsofts SharePoint Portal
• Wireless networking
• iPAQs and tablet PCs
• Partnerships!
• An amazing team

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Microsofts SharePoint Portal
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iPAQs
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iPAQs at DMACC

• Checked out to students
• Ebooks from publishers or written by
  instructors
• Software used in courses
• File sharing for collaboration with other
  students
• Easy transfer to PC or laptop

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Tablet PCs

• Collaborative groups are each assigned one tablet
  PC
• The group designs its product and creates a
  marketing campaign which is presented to the
  class projecting from the tablet.
• Students love the Journal program!

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Secure Digital Cards

• Versatile, inexpensive storage
• Make moving an iPAQ from one class to another
  very easy
• Syllabus, programs, texts, all materials for a
  course can be stored on a card
• We love them!

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So how does it help the students?
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Telecom
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Technology in Business Law

• iPAQs
• E-books
• Online quizzes
• Lecture notes in portal
• Secure digital cards
• Weblinks

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Bringing Technology to the Humanities
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Two Versions of Introduction to Literature

• Face-to-face
• E-books
• iPAQs
• Web Enhanced using portal

• Online
• Paper text
• Internet
• Uses WebCT

Shared Assignments Interaction between
classes Collaboration among two instructors and
instructional designer
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Online using WebCT
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Anns Rules for Mobility

• Look at mobility as a way to connect with your
  community.
• Keep in mind that you are doing this for your
  STUDENTS! Dont get distracted by technical
  glitches.
• Technology is just a tool.
• Have the whole picture in mind before you start.

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Rules, Continued

• Involve everyone affected from the very
  beginning.
• Communication, Communication, Communication!
• Partner, and always give to your partners before
  you expect to receive.
• Ask for help, and youll be amazed at the talents
  that surround you.

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Contact Information

• Ann Watts
• Instructional Design Coordinator, DMACC
• alwatts_at_dmacc.edu
• 515.965.7160
• Website http//www.dmacc.edu/instructors/alwatts