BIBLIOTECAR: iphone

segunda-feira, 9 de maio de 2011

UNIVERSIDADE AMERICANA COM INQUIRED-BASED LEARNING

A Abilene Christian University já vai no seu 3º ano de ensino com base no uso de iPod, iPhone e, agora, iPad. Vale a pena ler o artigo abaixo.

Abilene Christian University (ACU) began equipping its students with iPods and iPhones in 2008 (now students can also choose an iPad).

Faculty have used the presence of phones in their classrooms in numerous creative ways. The theater department put on an interactive production of Othello, the student newspaper launched an iPad version and teachers have used phones to facilitate discussions on controversial topics.

The phones have also helped create a teaching style that the faculty refer to as “mobile-enhanced inquiry-based learning” — combining mobile phones and a learning theory that teaches through experimentation and questioning.

“Most students don’t really have a foundation that allows them to know what questions to ask,” says Dwayne Harapnuik, director of faculty enrichment at ACU. “[The phones] transfer to a model where students access the information when they need it and then make more meaningful connections based upon what they already know.”

Professors use the phones to deliver information, flashcards, key words and other basic information that students need in order to come to class ready to discuss and experiment. The project recently won a nearly $250,000 grant from Next Generation Learning Challenges to test the method at Del Mar College and California University of Pennsylvania as a way of reducing dropout rates.