When University of Hartford faculty started using iPads, questions arose regarding how to make best use of the device in their teaching. Our approach was to focus on the iPad's functionality as a first step toward exploring best practices. This session will provide attendees with a faculty development framework for supporting tablet initiatives. Participants will be able to evaluate some of the key concerns of faculty iPad users and identify approaches for addressing these concerns.

1. Join in the conversation!
Go to http://m.socrative.com on your laptop, tablet or
cell phone. (no registration or login needed)
Enter room number 427676
Click Join Room

2. Who Are You?
Answer on Socrative:
(A) Faculty Member
(B) Educational Technology/Instructional Design Staff
(C) IT Staff
(D) Administrator (Dean, Provost, etc.)
(E) Other (Library staff, grad student, etc.)

3. Where are you in the iPad World?
(A) I own an iPad
(B) I own another kind of tablet
(C) I don’t own a tablet, but I use teaching and learning
apps on my smartphone or iPod Touch
(D) I don’t have any of these, but I’m thinking about
getting one.
(E) Other

5. Who Are We?
Dr. John Williams, Associate Professor of
Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Jean Lorelle Wilson, Director, Faculty Center
for Learning Development (FCLD)
Lisa Tassinari, Educational Technologist, FCLD
Kaitlin Walsh, Instructional Designer, Charter
Oak State College

6. The University of Hartford was the product of a merger
of several colleges and universities and was chartered in
1957.
Students: 7,366 total, with 4842 full-time UG, 853 part-
time UG, 1,671 Grads
Students represent 45 states and 49 countries, 70%
residential, 33% from Connecticut
Who Are We?

7. Faculty Development Overview
Diffusion is the process in which an innovation is
communicated through certain channels over time
among the members of a social system.
Everett Rogers,
Diffusion of Innovations

8.  Intersect with faculty interests
 Focus on teaching
 Offer a little something for all in training and offer high
quality, carefully-designed seminars, etc.
 Put it in words that makes sense to them, be a universal
translator
 Plan around faculty schedules
 Collaborate with faculty
 Foster community
Faculty Development Framework

9. Source: Carl Berger, The Next Killer App: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/carat.copy/presentations__listed_by_date_

10. Guiding Principles for Seminars
 Aim for seminars, rather than workshops
 Design for an “Aha!” moment within first 5 minutes
 Get them in and out of there, don’t cover everything
 Faculty-only is best if you can afford it…
 Package different ways for different folks
 Use good marketing, e.g., ‘grabber’ titles
 Record one-time events
 Vary offerings, be creative, take risks…

11. Where to Begin?

12. What to include in the iPad
seminars?

13. Olga
I’m traveling abroad
this summer…how do
I teach with my iPad?

14. Clark
I’m headed into a
meeting…how do I open
this PDF on my iPad?

15. Barb
How do I print?
Where do the files go?

16. Ray
Help!!!

17. How to begin? What to include in
the iPad seminars?We clearly had to rework the
plan!

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19. “It’s a steep learning curve”

20. Our Approach

22. Image source: By Leif K-Brooks from Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America (Old computers) [CC-BY-SA-2.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

23. If it’s so disruptive, why bother?
Light
Portable
(airports)
Touch
Blends
professional
& personal
Beautiful! Apps

24. What do they need to know?
iTunes/Apple ID?
Cloud
iCloud, Dropbox, files
Apps
iOS
Sync
Backup
Networks

25. What skills do they need?

26. Chunking
Break up the concepts
into a manageable
outline
Assign presenters to
each concept – staff
or guest faculty?

27. Culling
“What do they need to get started?”
“What’s already covered by other
departments?”

28. Prerequisites

29. Develop Materials: iPad Essentials

30. iConquered the iPad

31. Meet once or twice a semester
Start with a 30 minute talk by either
an internal or external speaker
Spend the rest of the time sharing
ways of using iPads in classrooms
iPad Circles

32. One of our iPad classrooms

33. 8 round tables with 4 chairs per table
3 screens with short throw projectors
3 apple TVs attached to the projectors
One smart podium connected to a projector
One interactive projector
WiFi network exclusive to the room
10 iPads for student use
Specs for Classroom

34. Lessons Learned
Make it fun!
Go slow!
Keep it ‘old school’
Keep track of apps you
show in seminars
Be clear about your
expectations
Find mentors from around
the campus

35. For More Information:
Handouts and Links
http://bit.ly/16xA5FW
Email Us!
fcld@hartford.edu

37. Wrap-Up Questions
True or False: My college currently offers
iPad/tablet training for faculty.
Short Answer: Tell us your favorite Teaching
and Learning app.

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were purchased through a third party
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law.