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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ970340 |
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- Tools of the Trade: How Mobile Learning Devices Are Changing the Face of Higher Education Wong, Wylie Electronic Learning Campuses Community Colleges Educational Technology Telecommunications Technology Uses in Education Influence of Technology Handheld Devices Pilot Projects Program Implementation Change Strategies Educational Change Students and teachers are increasingly embracing tablets and e-book readers in their personal lives, but do these devices have a place on community college campuses? Several institutions are exploring answers to that very question by piloting mobile technologies inside and outside college classrooms. Scottsdale Community College (SCC) in Arizona, for example, is equipping about 125 faculty and students in a handful of classes with Apple iPads. The college has also purchased iPads for the library and tutoring centers for student use, and it bought another batch for other faculty and staff to evaluate. In 2009, Doug Rowlett, director of educational technology services at Houston Community College (HCC) Southwest College, applied for and received a $100,000 grant to pilot emerging digital tools in classrooms. He purchased 100 Kindle e-book readers, 35 iPads, and 30 dual-screen tablet/e-book readers from a now-defunct manufacturer. After completing a three-semester pilot in fall 2010, administrators at HCC Southwest remain convinced of mobile computing's potential in the classroom. Meanwhile, SCC doesn't push faculty to adopt mobile devices. The strategy is to allow instructors to try new mobile technologies and see what works.