Promoting Student Engagement with Classroom Presenter Richard Anderson Department of Computer Science…

Promoting Student Engagement with Classroom Presenter

Richard AndersonDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of Washington

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Classroom Presenter Distributed, Tablet

PC Application Initial development,

2001-2002 at MSR Continuing

development at UW Collaboration with

Microsoft CP3 just released

Simple application Ink Overlay on images Export PPT to image

Real time ink broadcast UI Designed for use

during presentation on tablet

Presentation features Instructor notes on slides Slide minimization

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Classroom Presenter as a distributed application Designed as

distributed application for distance learning

Enables many scenarios

Mobility Walking and talking

Sharing materials with students

Note taking Classroom interaction

Student submissions

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Ink based presentation Tablet PC Inking on images Simple pen based controls Whiteboard, slide extension Multiple views – instructor/display

(dual monitor) Multiple slides decks with filmstrip

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Classroom Presenter

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Instructor View Public Display

“Typical ink usage”

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Draw a picture of something from Seattle

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Student Attention vs. Time

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Attention

10 20 30 40 50 60 Time

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Classroom Presenter

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Deployment StudiesUniversity of Washington Computer Science

Algorithms, Data Structures, Software Engineering, Digital Design

College of Forestry Environmental Science and Resource Management

Classroom set of HP 1100 Tablet PCs Average of one activity based lecture per week

Remaining lectures standard slide based lectures One to three students per tablet

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Key results Successful classroom deployments

Regular use throughout term Generally positive evaluation by all participants

Effective tool for achieving instructors’ pedagogical goals

Lecture – Activity model Alternating lecturing with activities Avg. 4 activities per lecture (50 min. classes) 4 min work time, 2 min discussion time per

activity 50% of class time associated with activities

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Classroom Activities Active Science/Engineering Teaching Information dissemination with

activities to support understanding of the material

Pedagogical Goals Classroom Activities

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Discussion Artifact Use student generated example to

explore different aspects of a topic Assess overall understanding Diagnose misconceptions

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Seattle Precipitation and Temperature

January December

Temperature

Daily average, degrees F

Use Blue

Precipitation inch per month

Use Red

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80

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Discovery Activity Have students derive a concept

from an example

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Topological Sort Given a set of tasks with precedence

constraints, find a linear order of the tasks

Label vertices with integers 1, 2, . . ., n If v precedes w, then l(v) < l(w)

142 143

321

341

370 378

326

322 401

421

431

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Find a topological order for the following graph

E

F

D

A

C

BK

JG

HI

L

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Collective Brainstorm

Generate student ideas for discussion

Build a list of ideas Analyze and evaluate responses

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Special problem: Large Size

List at least three problems trees must face (& solve) because of their large sizes.

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Problem Introduction Have students explore an instance

of a problem before topic is introduced

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Determine the LCS of the following strings

BARTHOLEMEWSIMPSON

KRUSTYTHECLOWN

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Submissions

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Design discussion Collect student ideas for public

display and discussion

Note: CP3 allows students to send information to the instructor, the instructor cannot (currently) return these to students

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Sketch the layout of an office for teaching assistants to hold office hours

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Challenge problems

Competition in getting solutions Simultaneous work Submission and discussion

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Handwriting Recognition:Identify the following words

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Recognition results

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Classroom Usage Data from Undergraduate Algorithms course Logged data – timings of submissions

Work time – students working independently on activities Discussion time – student work shown on public display Average work time 4:29 Average display time 2:41

Participation Rates Percentage of students present submitting work

Min 11%, Max 100%, Average 69% Some students would answer without submitting Resubmission common

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Collaboration One to three students per tablet Interaction between students often

encouraged Instructors would survey and

occasionally comment on student work during activity phase

Student work a key part of classroom discussion

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Anonymity Work displayed on public display without

any identification Limited information about submission

displayed on the instructor machine Anonymous display valued by the

students Students often believe the instructor can

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Results Comparison with classroom networks

Classroom response systems, “clickers” Single display of rich responses versus

aggregated, finite responses Support different classroom goals

Comparison with paper based activities Most of the activities can be done with paper! Improved logistics with digital system Anonymity Key is ability to incorporate into public display

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Classroom Presenter 3 3.0 Release – Available now! Website

classroompresenter.cs.washington.edu Most significant changes from CP2

Support for TCP/IP networking Improved ink support Direct import of PPT (no need for deckbuilder)

For more information contact Richard Anderson, anderson@cs.washington.edu Natalie Linnell, linnell@cs.washington.edu

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Any questions?

For more information, contact Richard Anderson (anderson@cs.washington.edu)http://classroompresenter.cs.washington.edu

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Acknowledgement This work has been supported by NSF, HP,

and Microsoft Research External Research and Programs

Classroom Presenter users have provided incredibly important feedback to the project

Many people have contributed to the project including Ruth Anderson, Crystal Hoyer, Jonathan Su, K. M. Davis, Craig Prince, Valentin Razmov, Oliver Chung, Julia Schwarz, Fred Videon, Jay Beavers, Jane Prey, Chris Moffatt, Natalie Linnell, Steve Wolfman, Eitan Feinberg, Peter Davis, Beth Simon

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