Shenandoah University IM Learning Initiative Presented at the: @Hand Symposium 4-21-10.

Shenandoah UniversityIM Learning Initiative

Presented at the:@Hand Symposium

4-21-10

Shenandoah University

• ~ 3,500 students• Main campus located in

Winchester, VA• Mix of graduate & undergraduate

programs– 80 programs across 6 schools

Shenandoah University

• Best known for Conservatory

• Some schools had laptop program in place

IM Learning Initiative

• Goals– Provide all faculty/students with laptop and

iPod/iPhone (get faculty & students on same equipment)

– Go Green

IM Learning Initiative

• Distribution• Immediate tangible uses• SU Mobile application• Future teaching tools / software / applications

Distribution

• 2 year phase in for faculty– First wave late Spring 2009– Second wave May 2010

• New student issue– Several year phase-in

• Must pay own contract if select iPhone

Computer

• MacBook Pro• Dual platform via Boot Camp– VMware at initial faculty distribution– Several software application work best or only in

Windows

• Almost entirely recyclable

Going Global: First Year Seminar

• New course for all incoming freshman• Part of SACS accreditation for a QEP (Quality

Enhancement Plan)• Students used laptops and iPhones/iPods– Create a podcast about themselves– Started Portfolios– Created other videos and digital artifacts– Wikis and Blogs incorporated into some sections

iPod Use

• Project HOPE– Summer 2009– 3 students & 1 faculty to Caribbean & South

Pacific– Deployed Hippocrates for medication information,

side-effects, etc

• Clinical Rotation use of mobile devices with databases and reference material

Eco-Venture Program• Fall 2009• 1 faculty, 3 students, and several staff• Field research entire semester in Shenandoah

River Valley– Video podcasts– Blogged experiences

• Local middle school students watched from classrooms

• http://www.thedownstreamproject.org/ecoventure.html

Continuation Despite Physical School Closure

• University closed for several days due to snowstorms of February

• Pharmacy courses continued to be held– Some live via Elluminate– Some recorded via Camtasia Relay and placed on

iTunesU– Only had to make-up lab courses

SU Mobile App

• Available for free on iTunes Store• Native application• 5 RSS feeds encompassing– Events– Dining– Sports– Directory– Map

Classroom Benefits

• Students take notes right into computer• Take advantage of internet resources• Audience response systems– Turning Point installed as part of computer

‘image’

• Hold class outdoors or in “field”

Misc University Benefits

• Reduce paper printing– Laptops came with university catalog, student

handbook, etc imaged on computer

• Instant communication• Easier to work away from campus

Classroom Flip

• Idea– Faculty record ‘content’ portions to put on

iTunesU– Spend class time discussing material rather than

‘lecturing’

Pharmacy Uses Next School Year

• Anatomy models– http://photosynth.net/search.aspx?q=BJD– http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=73268b64-3

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• Dissections• Sterile Techniques

Future Pharmacy Uses

• Create apps for specific courses– Formulas for ‘math’ courses such as kinetics and

statistics– Patient assessment– Technique demonstration videos

• Attendance

University Challenges

• Deployment of large volume of devices• Upgrade wireless network• Server and infrastructure issues• Increase Bandwidth• Preparing & Training faculty and staff• Changing faculty mindset / teaching style