Getting in amongst it - transformative technology to bring teaching to life

Getting in amongst it Mobile tablet teaching to large audiences

Kris Ryan

Faculty of Engineering

Blended Learning:

A change in the educational landscape

Live sessions:

Challenge the academic

Challenge the students

Active Learning is key

A Simple Idea Transforms Engagement

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

Two Active Class Examples

Interact with your students directly

when away from lectern

Two Active Class Examples

Give your students the

tablet… …as part of active

learning

Two Active Class Examples

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

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:

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.

How do I do it?

For an iPad:

Install reflector on your machine and follow the instructions

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