Overview
The iPad offers endless possibilities for teaching and learning, but that doesn't mean it is always an effective learning tool. A faculty member's purpose for using the iPad is the most significant factor in determining successful use in the classroom.
The facilitators will discuss a framework to help you think about the iPad's potential in your classroom, including:
- Exploring iPads
- Purposeful uses for learning
- Pepperdine's five-step process to help guide faculty members' use of iPads in the classroom
- Adding one more step: Assessment
- Getting started
- Sharing case studies
Who Should Attend
Faculty, instructional designers and technologists, and academic computing service administrators will learn to use the iPad more effectively, including basic ways to use iPads in teaching and learning.
Facilitators
Timothy Chester, Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Chief Information Officer, Pepperdine University
Tim is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the IT division, the institutional effectiveness and research department, and the strategic planning department. He works closely with the academic leadership in the areas of student administrative services, faculty research support, and strategic planning.
Tim is a recognized authority in IT leadership and organizational change, technology services for international campuses and emergency operations, and application integration in complex enterprise environments, and his writings have appeared in CIO Magazine, Dr. Dobb's Journal, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, IT Pro, and Visual Studio Magazine. Tim's work at Pepperdine University and Texas A&M University has been profiled in leading industry outlets such as Gartner Executive Programs, Microsoft, Apple, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Computerworld, eWeek, and Ziff-Davis Publications.
Dana Hoover, Assistant CIO for Communication and Planning, Pepperdine University
Dana joined Pepperdine in August 2009 as the manager of communications and assumed the role of assistant CIO for communications and planning in September 2010. In addition to overseeing the strategic and daily communications efforts of the information technology (IT) division, Dana works to raise awareness of the value IT contributes to the university community. Her job responsibilities include working with the office of the provost and vice provost on special projects related to communications, research, and planning.
Since August 2010, Dana has led Pepperdine's iPad Research Study (http://services.pepperdine.edu/techlearn/tools/ipadresearch.htm), which was initiated to assess the iPad's potential to improve student performance on course learning objectives. Before arriving in at Peperdine, Dana served as the faculty development and communications manager at the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning at Columbia University in the City of New York. In this position, Dana led the center's faculty development efforts by creating workshop, conference, and event programs to help faculty use technology purposefully to enhance learning.