2. About the project Through the Chancellor’s Innovation Grant a pilot program was offered through Houston Community College Southwest allowing students to revolutionize their classroom experience and save money by using Apple’s newest innovation, the iPad. The program allowed a select group of students the use of an iPad for the semester to download a copy of their textbook and lectures– completely for free. Project Goals: Determine whether current eBooks and eBook readers would work well pedagogically in a college classroom Determine whether current eBooks and eBook readers would stand up to student use (and abuse) Determine whether eBooks and eBook readers are cost effective and reduce student textbook costs
13. Pre-Assessment Student Survey I spend on average $______ per textbook? Many students based this answer on a per semester cost and not book cost. Throwing out every answer above $150 and every answer below $45, the average textbook cost was $103 (based on 66 responses).
15. The Kindles – Fall, Spring, Summer 9.7 inches Started out at $599 and now it is $379 Includes free 3G network Non-glare screen Holds up to 3500 books, articles PDF reader Read to me – text to voice Large selection of books from Amazon Lower cost for books – free book samples
16. Popular Kindles now 6 inch - $189 3G + Wi-Fi – best choice if you do not have an Internet connection. This kindle uses the 3G network or Wi-Fiand can be used in over 100 countries. 6 inch - $139 Wi-fi – best choice if you have a access to a wireless internet network or Wi-fi hotspot.
17. Apple iPad $499 Not just a reader Apps – thousands Mail Photos Videos - Youtube Games iPod iTunes Calendar Notes – keyboard Maps iWork
20. 1. What did you like best about the eBook pilot? (Rank the items in terms of importance)
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25. 3. What did you like least about the eBook pilot? (Rank the items in terms of importance) Note: the Kindle uses a proprietary format, AZW. The open standard format is epub
26. 4. What did you like least about the eBook pilot? OTHER RESPONSES (Please write in your response below)
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30. 5. What should the institution do differently regarding eBook environment? (Please write in your responses)
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34. 6. How was the implementation of the eBook Kindle DX initiative in the class?
35. 7. What features should eReaders have.. (answer all sub questions)
36. 8. What features should eReaders have immediately? (rank in order of importance with 1 being the most)
45. The Instructors for the Pilot Cali Lewis from MEVIO'sGeekBrief TV Laurel Lacroix - English Stephen Dessens- Chemistry Paul Garcia - Biology Susan Goll – English and Philosophy
46. Some Questions for the Instructor(s) What strategies did you use in your course to take advantage of the Kindle? What innovations in pedagogy did you develop to take advantage of the Kindle? What hardware problems did you experience, if any? What software problems did you experience, if any? What kinds of student problems did you have and what were the solutions? What kind of document and document conversion problems did you have, if any? Was training adequate? If not, can you suggest improvements? Once the pilot is over, would you consider using the Kindle in your classes? What is your overall impression of ebooks in the classroom? Did the Kindle and ebooks provide any advantage to your teaching and to your students? What was you overall assessment of ebooks and the Kindle in the classroom this semester?
48. Spring 2010 - Comparison In Spring 2010, the project was extended to evaluate eBook student learning (a course using eBooks) compared to traditional textbook student learning (the same course number using printed textbooks).
As a part of the innovation grant research component, the grant called for several pre and post student and faculty surveys. In the fall semester two surveys were conducted. These surveys contained a variety of technical, curricular and personal use questions. The pre-survey, which was taken the first two-three weeks of the semester, was contained questions covering the student’s ability to use technology and their attitude toward working online (including a paperless classroom). Out of two classes (in the fall) there were 29 responses or about half of the students. The results were somewhat surprising in the areas of connectivity, desire to be paperless and amount spent on technology (per month). The results follow.
An environmental scan survey was taken by students the first month of class in the fall and spring.If the audience wants to see these results --- escape from presentation view and double click on the word file on the right.
Very few kindles were lost due to CLEARclassroom policies.
