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Moving Targets: Instruction With Ipads, Necia Parker-Gibson, Michelle Gibeault, Marei Houpert
Moving Targets: Instruction With Ipads, Necia Parker-Gibson, Michelle Gibeault, Marei Houpert
University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations
This contributed paper details a project involving the creation of a mobile instruction ‘classroom in a box’, which consisted of twelve iPads, a laptop and a charging cart. What went well, what was changed, some recommendations, and how the tablets have been most commonly used, in a competitive exposure to library resources called Library Rally in the first year Communication and English classes, are covered.
Using Ipads To Facilitate Library Instruction Sessions In A Scale-Up Classroom, Michelle Gibeault
Using Ipads To Facilitate Library Instruction Sessions In A Scale-Up Classroom, Michelle Gibeault
University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations
This study details a trial in which three undergraduate library instruction sessions were conducted on a class set of iPads, within a SCALE-UP classroom. The iPads suggested strong potential as replacements for desktop computers and demonstrated support for key active learning approaches: instant polling, content sharing, and navigation of web pages and databases. The SCALE-UP classroom has made notable contributions in promoting undergraduate learning, and its advantages were found to be extensible to library instruction. The pedagogy which the space is designed to reinforce, collaborative learning segments interspersed with lecture components, seemed to promote student engagement in library instruction sessions.