Meet with other Duke faculty and talk about ideas for using cell phones (or any small, mobile devices) in teaching, both in and outside the classroom.
At a previous meeting, participants discussed using these devices in class to engage students and foster interaction. Owen Astrachan demonstrated how he used Poll Everywhere with his class of 344 students. Poll Everywhere allows students to use their own devices as personal response systems, to give answers electronically in class.
Other participants discussed using applications that provide information relevant to the course, like Epocrates for accessing drug information, Labs 360 as a medical laboratory guide, or other applications for medical students. Other examples might be using the mobile version of the Wall Street Journal in a business class, flash cards for organic chemistry reactions, or spreadsheet applications for laboratories.
We discussed how instructors could incorporate the social networking and connectedness of applications like Smule’s Ocarina to engage students, and how Twitter could be used to build a community of students in an educational program.
Join us:
- Register for our next discussion at 10 am on October 13.
- E-mail Andrea Novicki to suggest topics.