Teaching Ideas

Choosing appropriate mobile learning activities and managing their implementation is key to teaching success. As summarized in Chickering and Ehrmann's 1996 article, "Implementing the 7 Principles: Technology as Lever":

Any given instructional strategy can be supported by a number of contrasting technologies (old and new), just as any given technology might support different instructional strategies. But for any given instructional strategy, some technologies are better than others: Better to turn a screw with a screwdriver than a hammer -- a dime may also do the trick, but a screwdriver is usually better.

The resources below offer mobile learning ideas from various fields of study. Click each field of study to reveal web links.

General Resources (9)

Implementing the 7 Principles: A Library of Ideas for Using Technology as a Lever

http://www.tltgroup.org/Seven/Library_TOC.htm
Based on the Seven Principles of Good Practice, this resource describes some of the most effective and appropriate ways to use technology to advance the Seven Principles of Good Practice in higher education.

7 Things You Should Know About Google Jockeying

http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI7014
This article from The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative describes "Google Jockeying," an activity to incorporate web surfing with classroom lecture.

Teaching Ideas

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/
Created by the University of Tennessee's Innovative Technology Center, this resource includes wireless teaching strategies and ideas.

Laptop Pedagogy

http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss/laptop_pedagogy/
Developed by a Clemson University Math professor, this collection of PowerPoint presentations and PDFs focuses on use of the use of wireless laptops in math, science, and engineering courses.

Laptops in Coursework

http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/laptops/coursework
An assistant professor discusses how laptops are used in teacher education course work and field experiences at Teachers College at the Ball State University in Indiana.

Laptops in the Classroom

http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/laptops/classroom
A professor at Teachers College at the Ball State University talks about how she uses technology in the classroom.

CowerWeb: The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Portable Technologies

http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/9.1/coverweb.html
Kairos, a refereed online journal, presents collection of webtexts on The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Portable Technologies.

The Laptop University: A Faculty Perspective

http://editlib.org/index.cfm/files/paper_17787.pdf?fuseaction=Reader.DownloadFullText&paper_id=17787
This article evaluates some of the benefits and drawbacks of mobile computing and laptop programs in higher education.

Web Browsing, Mobile Computing and Academic Performance

http://www.ifets.info/journals/4_3/grace_martin.pdf
This article presents a study conducted on students' wireless access and web browsing during the course of a semester.

Architecture (1)

Landscape Architecture: It's Not Just About Hand Drawings Anymore

http://www.clemson.edu/ccit/crlt/articles/landscape_architecture.html

Arts (3)

ePortfolios and Laptop Technology Play a Role in Performing Arts Production Studies Curriculum

http://www.clemson.edu/ccit/crlt/articles/ePorts_Performing_Arts_Dzuris_FDF03.html

Art Mobs to Remix MoMA (With Your Help)

http://mod.blogs.com/art_mobs/
Art Mobs provides podcasts of unofficial audio guides to the Musuem of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York and invites others to submit additional audio guides.

Biological Sciences (3)

Business (5)

Good Practice Develops Reciprocity and Cooperation Among Students – Business Communication

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/cooperation.shtml

Good Practice Uses Active Learning Techniques – International Retailing

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/active.shtml

Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning – Finance

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/diverse.shtml

Wireless Interactive Teaching Simulations

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2002/09/wireless-interactive-teaching-simulations.aspx

Wireless Interactive Teaching Simulations (WITS) for Economics

http://www.edtech.vt.edu/WITS/about.html

Communication (5)

Good Practice Develops Reciprocity and Cooperation Among Students – Business Communication

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/cooperation.shtml

Good Practice Uses Active Learning Techniques – Professional Communication

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/active.shtml

Good Practice Uses Active Learning Techniques – Mass Media

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/active.shtml

Good Practice Gives Prompt Feedback – Speech Communication

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/prompt.shtml

Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning – Broadcasting

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/diverse.shtml

Education (6)

Electronic Portfolios in Teacher Education

http://www.clemson.edu/ccit/crlt/articles/ePorts_Teacher_Ed_FDS04.html

Good Practice Develops Reciprocity and Cooperation Among Students – Human Services

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/cooperation.shtml

Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning – Educational Interpreting

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/diverse.shtml

Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning – Special Education

http://itc.utk.edu/teaching/principles/diverse.shtml

Electronic Field Trips

http://www.bsu.edu/eft/home/00front.htm
Ball State provides a collection of well-designed Electronic Field Trips on topics including zero-G space training, the Grand Canyon, the legislative process, and the spread of non-native (invasive) species.