Getting in amongst it - transformative technology to bring teaching to life
- 1. Getting in amongst it Mobile tablet teaching to large audiences Kris Ryan Faculty of Engineering
- 2. Blended Learning: A change in the educational landscape Live sessions: Challenge the academic Challenge the students Active Learning is key
- 3. A Simple Idea Transforms Engagement
- 4. Integration with Active Learning Move away from the lectern – get closer to your students Scribe your notes – directly over content / videos / 3rd party software Interact with your students directly when away from lectern Give your students the tablet… …as part of active learning Windows machine? Get Screenmarker
- 5. Two Active Class Examples Interact with your students directly when away from lectern
- 6. Two Active Class Examples Give your students the tablet… …as part of active learning
- 7. Two Active Class Examples
- 8. Rules of Engagement • Randomly choose students to work with • Start by making the use of the system easy for the students • Develop strategies to handle embarrassed students • Allow students to help each other • Be clear on the benefits for the teaching process
- 9. How do I do it? 1x laptop & 1x tablet VNC (it’s free!) Works on windows and Mac OSX Install and setup on both machines Setup a local peer2peer network Start VNC and run For a non-iPad tablet:
- 10. How do I do it? Start VNC and run – what does that mean? The tablet is a VNC server (run the server program) The laptop is a VNC viewer – you can use this to log in and see the tablet screen.
- 11. How do I do it? For an iPad: Install reflector on your machine and follow the instructions
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- 13. Breaking down the walls Monash: • Multi-national University • Research intensive
- 14. Imagine
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- 16. Break down the wallsEngage with the world around us