Exploring Faculty and Student iPad Integration in Higher Education

Higher education institutions are exploring the impact of technology integration in educational settings since the release of marketed devices like the iPad and Chromebook. A university in the southern region of the United States launched a yearlong feasibility study to explore how mobile technologies support student learning, influence instruction, and identify how faculty and students perceive the usage of mobile devices for teaching and learning. The population consisted of freshman-level participants enrolled in a general education biology course. Student participants ranged from 17-21 years of age. All students were provided with an iPad to use during the year. Researchers used several data sources to collect bi-weekly observations on both faculty and students, a student survey, and post focus group interviews with students and faculty. Using the SAMR model paired with Bloom's taxonomies, findings described the various levels in which iPads were integrated into instruction by faculty and student participants. Research revealed student appreciation of iPad affordances and features of the device. The analysis also identified building infrastructure, technology support, and teacher training in technology integration as vital pieces to a successful schoolwide implementation.

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Teaching Music in Higher Education

10.1093/oso/9780190945305.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Colleen M. Conway

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Music Education ◽

General Education ◽

Student Learning ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

The United States ◽

Effective Teacher ◽

Developmental Needs ◽

Teaching Music ◽

Music Education Majors

This book is designed for faculty and graduate assistants working with undergraduate music majors as well as non-majors in colleges and universities in the United States. It includes suggestions for designing and organizing music courses (applied music as well as academic classes) and strategies for meeting the developmental needs of the undergraduate student. It addresses concerns about undergraduate curricula that meet National Association of School of Music requirements as well as teacher education requirements for music education majors in most states. A common theme throughout the book is a focus on learner-centered pedagogy or trying to meet students where they are and base instruction on their individual needs. The text also maintains a constant focus on the relationship between teaching and learning and encourages innovative ways for instructors to assess student learning in music courses. Teaching is connected throughout the book to student learning and the lecture model of teaching as transmission is discouraged. Activities throughout the book ask instructors to focus on what it means to be an effective teacher for music courses. As there is limited research on teaching music in higher education, the book relies on comprehensive texts from the general education field to help provide the research base for our definition of effective teaching.

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Practical Approaches to Higher Education

10.1093/oso/9780190863494.003.0005 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jane Kotzmann

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United States ◽

Human Rights ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Real Life ◽

Theoretical Models ◽

The United States ◽

Education Systems ◽

Higher Education Systems ◽

Human Rights Based Approach

This chapter explores the real-life operation of six higher education systems that align with the theoretical models identified in Chapter 2. Three states follow a largely market-based approach: Chile, England, and the United States. Three states follow a largely human rights-based approach: Finland, Iceland, and Sweden. The chapter describes each system in terms of how it aligns with the particular model before evaluating the system in relation to the signs and measures of successful higher education systems identified in Chapter 3. This chapter provides conclusions as to the relative likelihood of each approach facilitating the achievement of higher education teaching and learning purposes.

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Mobile Learning Technologies

International Journal of Advances in Applied Sciences ◽

10.11591/ijaas.v7.i3.pp298-302 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 298

Author(s):

Khalil Alsaadat

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Mobile Learning ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Technological Development ◽

Learning Technologies ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

University Campuses ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

The World ◽

Good Environment

<p>Technological development have altered the way we communicate, learn, think, share, and spread information. Mobile technologies are those that make use of wireless technologies to gain some sort of data. As mobile connectedness continues to spread across the world, the value of employing mobile technologies in the arena of learning and teaching seems to be both self-evident and unavoidable The fast deployment of mobile devices and wireless networks in university campuses makes higher education a good environment to integrate learners-centered m-learning . this paper discusses mobile learning technologies that are being used for educational purposes and the effect they have on teaching and learning methods.</p>

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Derivation of electronic course templates for use in higher education

Research in Learning Technology ◽

10.3402/rlt.v20i0.18665 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robin K. Hill ◽

Jill W. Fresen ◽

Fawei Geng

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Teaching Practice ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Learning Technology ◽

Pedagogical Practice ◽

Technology Support ◽

Initial State ◽

Web Technologies ◽

Learning Platform

Lecturers in higher education often consider the incorporation of web technologies into their teaching practice. Partially structured and populated course site templates could aid them in getting started with creating and deploying webbased materials and activities to enrich the teaching and learning experience. Discussions among instructional technology support staff and lecturers reveal a paucity of robust specifications for possible course site features that could comprise a template. An attempted mapping from the teaching task as understood by the instructor to the envisaged course website properties proves elusive. We conclude that the idea of an initial state for a course site, embodied in a template, remains useful and should be developed not according to a formula but with careful attention to the context and existing pedagogical practice. Any course template provided for the use of lecturers should be enhanced with supporting instructions and examples of how it may be adapted for their particular purposes.Keywords: course template; learning platform; pedagogical dimensions; course site properties(Published: 17 December 2012)Citation: Research in Learning Technology 2012, 20: 18665 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v20i0.18665

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Interdisciplinary Pedagogies in Higher Education

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198733522.013.45 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Debora DeZure

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Interdisciplinary Learning ◽

Professional Students ◽

Online Tools ◽

Interdisciplinary Problem Solving ◽

The Many ◽

Impact Of Technology ◽

The Impact

“Interdisciplinary Pedagogies in Higher Education” explores the increasing integration of goals for interdisciplinary learning in American higher education. The chapter begins with working definitions of interdisciplinary learning and the many factors that have led to its proliferation. It then reviews the elaboration of new methods to teach and to assess interdisciplinary learning, emerging models of interdisciplinary problem-solving, and practice-oriented resources and online tools to assist undergraduate, graduate, and professional students and their instructors with interdisciplinary problem-solving and communications in cross-disciplinary and interprofessional contexts. The chapter concludes with the impact of technology, for example, e-portfolios and other digital and technology-enabled tools, and evidence of an emerging body of scholarship of teaching and learning focused on interdisciplinary learning.

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Historical Review of Distance and Online Education from 1700s to 2021 in the United States: Instructional Design and Pivotal Pedagogy in Higher Education

Journal of Online Learning Research and Practice ◽

10.18278/jolrap.8.1.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kristen Betts ◽

Brian Delaney ◽

Tamara Galoyan ◽

William Lynch

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United States ◽

Instructional Design ◽

Online Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Historical Review ◽

The United States ◽

Face To Face ◽

Education Leaders ◽

Higher Education Leaders

In March 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted education worldwide. In the United States, the pandemic forced colleges and universities across the nation to adopt quickly emergency remote teaching and learning. The ability to pivot instruction seamlessly and effectively across learning formats (e.g., face-to-face, hybrid, online) while supporting student engagement, learning, and completion in an authentic and high-quality manner challenged higher education leaders. This historical review of the literature examines distance and online education from the 1700s to 2021 to identify how external and internal pressures and opportunities have impacted and influenced the evolution of educational formats pre-COVID-19, and how they will continue to evolve post pandemic. This historical review also explores how instructional design and pedagogy have been and continue to be influenced by technological advancements, emerging research from the Learning Sciences and Mind (psychology), Brain (neuroscience), and Education (pedagogy) science.

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Redesigning GE Language

10.4018/978-1-7998-8463-7.ch002 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 22-40

Author(s):

Paula Cronovich ◽

Jacqueline Mitchell

Keyword(s):

General Education ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

The United States ◽

People Of Color ◽

Cultural Contexts ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Faith Based ◽

And Gender ◽

Diverse Groups

This case study delineates changes enacted in the cultural program for beginning-level Spanish language students at a private, faith-based university. Given the restrictions of the pandemic insofar as virtual teaching and learning, as well as the national and international context of racial strife and inequities, the instructors took the opportunity to utilize antiracist pedagogy in order to reach the goals of meaningful content and measurable student outcomes. One of the General Education learning outcomes demonstrates how well students understand the “complex issues faced by diverse groups in global and/or cross-cultural contexts.” Within the context of Latin America and the Latina/Latino experience in the United States, the assignments focus on the intersections of race and gender as they relate to cultural expressions, ensuring that the approach does not obfuscate contributions nor realities of people of color.

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Distance Education

The Design and Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs ◽

10.4018/978-1-930708-20-4.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Diane A. Matthews

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Education ◽

Classroom Environment ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

The United States ◽

Department Of Education ◽

Learning Systems ◽

Post Secondary ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Virtual Universities

Technology-based distance education is emerging as an increasingly visible feature of post-secondary education in the United States (U.S. Department of Education, 1999). Educators have the opportunity to define, design, and manage effective and robust teaching and learning systems, programs, and courses. As distance learning becomes a serious alternative to the standard classroom environment, enormous opportunities and dilemmas present themselves for the players. This chapter examines the technology used in distance education; the type of student utilizing distance education; advantages and disadvantages for the student, the instructor, and the institution in the use of distance education; and the players involved—including higher education institutions, virtual universities, states, and consortia.

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Indigenous Students in Higher Education in the United States

Education ◽

10.1093/obo/9780199756810-0245 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Student Affairs ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

The United States ◽

Indigenous Students ◽

Indigenous Student ◽

Student Affairs Professional ◽

Shed Light

This article attempts to highlight literature that focuses on Indigenous students, including the various areas that work to support and honor Indigenous students, faculty, staff, and communities. Only since 2000 has there been more literature produced by Indigenous scholars that honors Indigenous peoples’ lived experiences. This article attempts to focus on Indigenous-authored and Indigenous-centered literature whose goal is to shed light on how we better support Indigenous students through representation, research, teaching, and learning to the praxis of being an Indigenous student affairs professional and faculty member.

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