From technical mastery to conceptual mastery

Constantly I am thinking about the positioning of IM in the our degree, and whether it makes sense of what I am teaching and contributing. Despite the differences I may have with other staff in defining what we should teach in IM courses, I find this piece of article that basically summarizes a lot of points that I firmly believe in. Especially I like the last sentence with - how lasts for five years, but why is forever.

This is the article, hope you enjoy it - Why is Forever

Microsoft research Tablet-Based Computing Projects

The Tablet PC for faculty- A pilot project

Tablet PC's as a teaching tool - links

Tablet pc’s as a teaching tool

Trials
Tablet pc's, Penn Stat trial
The trial is designed to investigate the potential benefits and challenges encountered by students and faculty members when using Tablet PCs. Faculty and students to complete a survey before and after the semester and also report any issues encountered using the Table PCs throughout the semester.Throughout these two semesters, the applications used, functions performed, benefits gained, and challenges faced by the users will be documented and explored so that future applications of Tablet PCs within educational environments can be better designed
http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/cic/projects/tablet_pc.aspx?p=24

Paper on the Tablet pc trial at Penn State with the online survey
http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie2006/papers/1683.pdf

In this study students are given a TPC for the class session, (could this work for a small BBIM class?)
http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/tablets/

TPC’s use by students, TPC links
http://www.merrimack.edu/~vpoteat/tablet.htm


Articles on teaching with TPC’s
Tablet power
http://www.cer.jhu.edu/index.cfm?pageID=364#2

Tablet pc substitute?
http://studenttabletpc.com/2007/05/a_tablet_pc_substitute.html

McGill laptop tablet programme
http://www.mcgill.ca/cio/computer/academic/

Collaborative learning & tablets
http://portal.cetadl.bham.ac.uk/ilogbook/Public/InteractiveLogbookResearchPaper25thJune.pdf

Tablet PCs: A Powerful Teaching Tool R Cicchino, D Mirliss - Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, …, 2004
http://technology.shu.edu/WEBS/tech/MainEngine.nsf/doITPresentations/737A314F8E0E6E4585256F66006B619C/$file/ElearnPaperfinal.doc


Learning with Tablet PCs: True Learning Tools or Trendy Devices
By Cyprien LomasUlrich Rauch
Tablet PCs have arrived on our campuses: appealing, lightweight devices that have all the features of laptops plus the option of pen-based or keyboard entry. But even with their obvious potential for mobile computing applications, their best uses in classrooms are yet to be defined.

http://isit.arts.ubc.ca/uli/Syllabus2003/Syllabus_TabletPC-article.doc


Using a tablet PC has given my academic writing a new lease of lifeAA Baddeley, AA Baddeley - Blackwell Synergy

Using the Tablet PC for InstructionC our FAQ, R Zone - Decision Sciences The Journal of Innovative Education, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com

Whattya Mean it’s Not All About Me? Involving Undergraduate MIS Students in an Analysis of a Tablet …P Sendall - isedj.org

TEACHING BRIEF Using the Tablet PC for InstructionWISAT PC - Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2007 - Blackwell Synergy
Exploring Tablet PCs. - all 4 versions »L Godsall, L Crescimano, R Blair - Learning & Leading with Technology, 2005 - questia.com

Using podcasts and tablet PCs in computer scienceBL Kurtz, JB Fenwick Jr, CC Ellsworth - Proceedings of the 45th annual southeast regional conference, 2007 - portal.acm.org

Faculty Perceptions OF Tablet PC S For Teaching, Research, & Service: AC OLLEGE OF Business …PH Schwager, JE Anderson, RL Kerns - Southern Association of Information Systems Conference, 2005 - sais.aisnet.org

Lecture Presentation from the Tablet PC R Anderson, R Anderson, C Hoyer, B Simon, F Videon … - Workshop on Advance Collaborative Environments, 2003 - sandiego.edu

CQU video on using Tablets in teaching
http://fahe.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/view.do?page=2513

BBIMers at work

It's good to see that our students actually learnt something from our Digital Media course. :)

Education and web 2.0

Just read a couple of article online and they both emphasize how important it is for educators to incorporate the concept of web 2.0 in their teaching. Personally I cannot agree more since the Internet is no longer just a tool to us, it is in fact part of us. Treating technology as a separate subject area is not exactly going to work well anymore.

FYI

To fix education, think Web 2.0
Web 2.0, a new wave of innovation for teaching and learning
Web 2.0 is taught in Oxford