This document discusses CSUN's myCSUNtablet program, which provides iPads to students in certain majors to increase engagement, improve learning materials, and reduce costs. It began with 7 majors and over 1,100 enrollments in fall 2013. Challenges include ensuring faculty effectively integrate the tablets and developing affordable electronic textbooks. Assessment found tablets improved access to materials and engagement when used interactively, but benefits depended on faculty preparation. Next steps include expanding the program while addressing challenges through additional training, incentives for eText development, and becoming device-agnostic.

1. myCSUNtablet
Council of Presidents
President Dianne Harrison
April 22, 2014

2. Introducing myCSUNtablet Video
http://youtu.be/k6kBFoC4wZo

3. myCSUNtablet
• Increase student engagement
• Improve the quality of learning materials
• Reduce the cost of learning materials

4. 7 majors
70 faculty in program
1,100+ enrollments in Fall 2013
1,700+ enrollments in Spring 2014
myCSUNtablet

5. myCSUNtablet
• iPad required for courses
• Payment plans available
• Cost neutral after 3 semesters

6. Faculty Retreat
January 2013
Faculty Kickoff
April 2013

7. Expansion to Athletics

8. Expansion to Advisors

9. Tablets for Engaged Learning
Access Internet
Interactive apps
Lecture capture
Mark-up slides
Quizzes
eTexts
Email
Diagrams
Photo
Video
Exams
Social media

10. CoreApps

11. Discipline Specific Apps

12. Ensuring App Accessibility

13. Branding

14. Campus Bookstore Partnership
• Purchase iPads in the
campus bookstore
• First 500 students received
free Apple Care
• Bookstore became
authorized Repair Center

15. Helping
Students

16. iPad Classes listed in
Schedule of Classes

17. Wi-fi for the New Norm!

18. Helping Faculty

19. myCSUNtablet Academy

20. Textbook Content for Tablet
Delivery
Adopt lower-cost versions of print
textbooks
Assemble electronic course
readers
Create “born digital” textbooks
using faculty-authored material

21. CSUN Faculty Authored eTexts
Melissa Wall, Ph.D.
Melissa Wall, Ph.D.
Sloane Burke, Ph.D.
Dan Mathiyakom

22. Bringing iPads to the Classroom

23. The Active Learning Classroom

24. Do Students Understand?

25. Cheat-proof, Paperless Exams

26. Does It Work?
Assessment
1. Indirect
2. Direct
3. Pedagogy
4. Ethnography

27. “The in-class iPad
assignments made
sure you were
paying attention.”
“I loved how it
saved paper and
space. All the
information for my
course was saved
in one little iPad.“
“I was able to
actively draw
things in class
which helped with
my understanding
of the material.“
Student Comments
“We could make notes on
the instructor’s PowerPoint
slides, which allowed us to
get more out of the
lectures.”

28. “The worst part
was that I had to
buy an iPad right
after I’d purchased
my Samsung
tablet.”
Not Without Challenges
“The teacher didn't use the
iPads. The lectures were
not interactive. It was
basically pointless to have
one except for the tests.”

29. What Did Tablets Help Students Do?
Use less paper - 85%
Access course material more effectively - 78%
Study "on the go”- 72%
Engage more with the course material - 65%
Learn the material better - 63%
Improve my grades – 58%

30. Summary Findings from Surveys
Student satisfaction was largely function
of faculty skill, preparation, attitude
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Faculty say iPads have great potential
but adopting them requires pedagogy
redesign

31. Assessment: Biology Class #1

32. Assessment: Biology Class #2

33. Disability Resources &
Educational Services
Lesson Learned: It Takes a Village
Universal Design
Center
Assessment &
Program Review National Center on
Deafness
Information
Technology
Admissions and
Records
Institutional Research Bookstore
Apple
Advancement
Chairs and
Deans
Financial Aid
Financial Services
Faculty
Technology
Center
Faculty
Development
Faculty
Library

34. Challenges Thus Far
• Tool, not a panacea – iPad use has to be
thoughtfully deployed and assessed
• Faculty want time to redesign their courses
for effective tablet teaching and learning
• eTexts are fastest route to cost recovery but
require time and raise questions about RTP
• Requires expanded wi-fi in the
myCSUNtablet classrooms

35. Next Steps
• Expand classes in existing majors
• Add two new majors
• Expand faculty training and support
• Continue with faculty incentives to develop more eTexts
• Explore options to become tablet-agnostic
• Continue to focus on assessment