Designing Learning for Tablet Classrooms (eBook)

Innovations in Instruction

Donovan R. Walling (Autor)

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2014 | 2014
XV, 137 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-02420-2 (ISBN)

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The versatile, cost-effective technology of the tablet computer has proved to be a good fit with the learning capabilities of today's students. Not surprisingly, in more and more classrooms, the tablet has replaced not only traditional print materials but the desktop computer and the laptop as well.

Designing Instruction for Tablet Classrooms makes sense of this transition, clearly showing not just how and why tablet-based learning works, but how it is likely to evolve.

Written for the non-technical reader, it balances elegant theoretical background with practical applications suitable to learning environments from kindergarten through college. A wealth of specialized topics ranges from course management and troubleshooting to creating and customizing etextbooks, from tablet use in early and remedial reading to the pros and cons of virtual field trips. And for maximum usefulness, early chapters are organized to spotlight core skills needed to negotiate the new design frontier, including:

• Framing the learning design approach.
• Analyzing the learning environment.
• Designing learning that capitalizes on tablet technology.
• Developing activities that match learning needs.
• Implementing the learning design.
• Conducting evaluations before, during, and after.

This is proactive reading befitting a future of exciting developments in educational technology. For researchers and practitioners in this and allied fields, Designing Instruction for Tablet Classrooms offers limitless opportunities to think outside the box.

Donovan R. Walling is a writer and editorial consultant. He also is a senior consultant for the Center for Civic Education and formerly was director of publications for Phi Delta Kappa International. Prior to moving into education publishing, he was a curriculum administrator in public school districts in Wisconsin and Indiana, following a lengthy career as a classroom teacher in Wisconsin and for the U.S. Department of Defense in Germany.

Walling is the author or editor of sixteen books. Recent titles include Why Civic Education Matters; Writing for Understanding: Strategies to Increase Content Learning; Teaching Writing to Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners; Visual Knowing: Connecting Art and Ideas Across the Curriculum; Public Education, Democracy, and the Common Good; and Virtual Schooling: Issues in the Development of E-Learning Policy. He also has contributed articles to a number of professional journals, including a six-part series on student-produced media, titled 'Tech-Savvy Teaching,' for the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) journal, TechTrends. He is the co-author (with Phillip Harris) of 'Policies Governing Educational Technology Practice and Research' (Chapter 50) in Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, Fourth Edition. He also edits and designs the AECT quarterly e-newsletter, iTECH DIGEST.

Walling has written monographs; contributed articles to encyclopedias; provided pre- and post-publication book reviews; contributed chapters to various books, including scholarly history; published poems in journals and anthologies; and written several produced scripts for radio and stage as well as short story fiction. His Arts in View blog, which he began in 2009, is read literally around the world, as is his other blog, Advancing Learning and Democracy, which was launched in 2012. He was a founding associate editor of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education, now Journal of LGBT Youth, for which he continues to serve on the editorial board.

As a speaker, Walling has presented keynote and session presentations and workshops at international, national, regional and state education conferences in the United States, Canada and Germany.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments 6
Contents 8
About the Author 12
Introduction 14
Reference 16
Chapter 1: “i” Is for Innovation 17
1.1 Introduction 17
1.2 Technology Adoption Accelerates 18
1.3 Coming of Tablet Classrooms 18
1.4 How Tablets Are Changing Classrooms 19
1.5 Summary 20
References 21
Chapter 2: Tablet Technology as a Moving Target 22
2.1 Introduction 22
2.2 Critics Weigh In 23
2.3 Intuitive Integration 24
2.4 Moving Target 25
2.5 Summary 26
References 26
Chapter 3: Who’s the Learning Designer Here? 28
3.1 Introduction 28
3.2 The Learning Designer 28
3.3 Curricula 29
3.4 Standards 30
3.5 Tests 31
3.6 Technology Toolbox 32
3.7 Summary 32
References 32
Chapter 4: Framing the Learning Design Approach 34
4.1 Introduction 34
4.2 Technology-Mediated Learning 34
4.3 Learning Theories 36
4.4 Constructivism and Technology 37
4.5 Summary 38
References 38
Chapter 5: Analyzing the Learning Environment 40
5.1 Introduction 40
5.2 The ADDIE Model 40
5.3 Phase 1: Analysis 41
5.4 Using OPUS for Analysis 42
5.5 Summary 44
References 45
Chapter 6: Designing Learning That Capitalizes on Tablet Technology 46
6.1 Introduction 46
6.2 Phase 2: Design 46
6.3 To Tablet or Not to Tablet 47
6.4 Networking Considerations 49
6.5 Summary 50
References 51
Chapter 7: Developing Activities That Match Learning Needs 52
7.1 Introduction 52
7.2 Phase 3: Development 52
7.3 A Cognitive-Ecological Approach 54
7.4 Summary 57
References 57
Chapter 8: Implementing the Learning Design 58
8.1 Introduction 58
8.2 Phase 4: Implementation 59
8.3 Fostering Students’ Ownership of Learning 59
8.4 Using Formative Feedback 61
8.5 Summary 63
References 63
Chapter 9: Evaluation: Before, During, and After 64
9.1 Introduction 64
9.2 Phase 5: Evaluation 65
9.3 The Test as Summative Evaluation 66
9.4 Multifaceted Summative Evaluation 67
9.5 Summary 69
References 69
Chapter 10: Are eTextbooks More Than Books? 70
10.1 Introduction 70
10.2 A Digital Starting Point 70
10.3 Enhanced eTextbooks 71
10.4 Customizing eTextbooks 73
10.5 Creating eTextbooks 73
10.6 Summary 75
References 75
Chapter 11: Tablet Computer Reading: The How’s 76
11.1 Introduction 76
11.2 Early Reading 77
11.3 Remedial and Special-Purpose Reading 79
11.4 Enhanced Comprehension 80
11.5 Summary 81
References 82
Chapter 12: Tablet Computer Reading: The What’s 83
12.1 Introduction 83
12.2 Original Sources 84
12.3 Digital Libraries 84
12.4 Government Repositories 85
12.5 Commercial Sources 86
12.6 Summary 87
Reference 87
Chapter 13: Are Apps a Good Fit for Learning Goals? 88
13.1 Introduction 88
13.2 Blended or Flipped? 89
13.3 Critical Questions for Using Apps 90
13.4 Review Assistance 91
13.5 Summary 92
References 93
Chapter 14: The Immediacy of Connectivity: Pluses and Pitfalls 94
14.1 Introduction 94
14.2 Connectivity 95
14.3 Reliable Information 95
14.4 Security 96
14.5 Safety 97
14.6 Appropriate Content 98
14.7 Summary 99
References 100
Chapter 15: Using Tablet Technology for Multisensory Learning 101
15.1 Introduction 101
15.2 Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles 101
15.3 Multisensory Tablet Functionality 103
15.4 Adaptive Tablet Technology 104
15.5 Summary 106
References 106
Chapter 16: Can Virtual Be as Effective as Real? 108
16.1 Introduction 108
16.2 A Place for Games and Simulations 108
16.3 Virtual Versions of Real-Life Activities 110
16.4 Taking a Virtual Field Trip 111
16.5 Summary 113
References 114
Chapter 17: From the Tablet to the Big Picture 115
17.1 Introduction 115
17.2 Up-Front Instruction 116
17.3 Bring Your Own Device Strategies 117
17.4 Tablet Classroom Versus BYOD Classroom 118
17.5 A Global Big Picture 119
17.6 Summary 120
References 121
Chapter 18: Tablet Take-Home Strategies 122
18.1 Introduction 122
18.2 Accessibility Issues 122
18.3 Haves and Have-Nots 124
18.4 Connectivity Issues 124
18.5 Work Anywhere 125
18.6 Summary 126
References 127
Chapter 19: Do You Moodle? 128
19.1 Introduction 128
19.2 How Course Management Systems Work 129
19.3 Note-Taking 131
19.4 Professional Reading 132
19.5 Attendance and Grading 133
19.6 Summary 134
References 134
Chapter 20: Tackling Trouble in the Tablet Classroom 135
20.1 Introduction 135
20.2 Systemic Challenges 136
20.3 Device Challenges 137
20.4 Usage Challenges 138
20.5 Summary 140
References 140
Index 142

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2014
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 137 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: education material for tablet computers • Instructional design and tablets • Instructional technology with tablets • Learning and Instruction • Tablet computer adoption in the classroom • tablet-mediated teaching and learning • tablet technology in teaching and learning
• ISBN-10: 3-319-02420-5 / 3319024205
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-02420-2 / 9783319024202