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The Duke iPod First-Year Experience
Ginny Cake Senior Director, Office of Information Technology
Lynne O’Brien Director of Academic Technology and Instructional Services, Perkins Library
Educause ~ Orlando, FL ~ Oct. 19, 2005
Context for 2004-05 Duke iPod projectOriginal iPod project activitiesWhat we’ve learned from the iPod projectEvolution to Duke Digital Initiative and
future plans
Overview
Duke University
Private, 4 year, Research I9 schools: undergrad and professional12,000 FTE students, 2,350 faculty
Teaching at Duke
Few distance education programsMainly traditional classroom instruction
Earlier technology experiments
Laptops, Blackboard, PDA’s, streaming media, videoconferencing and more
The Duke iPod Project
What did we do in 2004-05?
iPod Project goals for 2004-05
Mostly an experiment, “scattering seeds”Technology innovationStudent life, campus communityNew academic uses of technology
One of several projects directed toward technology goals of our University strategic plan, Building on Excellence
http://www.planning.duke.edu/
Project Participants
Duke University Office of the ProvostOffice of the Executive Vice PresidentOffice of Information TechnologyDivision of Student AffairsCenter for Instructional TechnologyApple Computer, Inc.
Pre-launch activities
Pre-loaded iPod content at factory
Custom engravingDuke Page on iTunesProject archive site:
http://www.duke.edu/ddi/ipodfye.html
Identification of pilot projects
Distribution to Freshmen
Distributed 1,599 20 GB iPods on 8/19/04 along with Belkin voice recorders and 10 free iTunes
2004-05 Academic iPod projects
EconomicsEducationEngineeringGerman LiteratureEnvironmental Studies Foreign Languages
Spanish, Turkish, Chinese
ISISMusicWritingAsian/African Language &
Literature
Cultural AnthropologyEnglishPublic PolicyReligionTheater Studies
Non-course academic usePerkins & Divinity LibrariesUniversity Writing Program
Fellows
See handout with matrix of course activities and academic goals.
What did courses do with iPods?
Portable access to course materials
Recording Lectures, discussions,
writing workshops Field notes and interviews Student performance
(spoken, sung) for review, practice, or assessment
Hands-on lab activities Hard drive for multimedia files “Podcasting” / audio blogging
Study new technologies Provide richer course content
via digital media Promote interactive, project-
based, collaborative learning Increase student engagement Foster flexible & efficient
course delivery mechanisms Support writing and research
in undergraduate curriculum
Respond to individual needs and learning preferences
iPod activities Academic goals
Computational Methods in Engineering
Students examine a graph generated by attaching an iPod to the computer and running a program to measure the audio from a song on the iPod.
Radio Theater of the Mind
Students listen on their iPods to old time radio shows recorded in the 1920’s …
… then do their own productions of the shows and podcast them on The mp3ater Project Web site.
Intermediate Spanish
Students complete oral comprehension exercises at their own pace using iPods to record their speech.
Professor Lisa Merschel recorded "audio flash cards" for students to listen to on their iPods to review pronunciation.
Students listen to a dramatic reading of the Don Juan Tenorio by Duke Spanish instructors
Economics (large lecture)
Information Science and Information Studies (small seminar)
Different ways to use recorded lectures outside of class.
The Duke iPod Project
What have we learned so far?
Evaluation focusWas iPod a stimulus to innovation in
teaching and learning?Which uses were most fruitful and should
shape planning for academic technology? How feasible was it to use iPods, and
should the experiment be continued, dropped or changed?
Evaluation strategies
Faculty and student questionnaires
Faculty and student focus groups
Classroom observations
Faculty / deans/ staff discussion sessions
Staff focus groupsFaculty project
reports
Full report at end of year available at:
http://cit.duke.edu/pdf/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf
Findings: Yes, they used them!
iPod use in15 fall, 33 spring courses*75% of first-year students said they used
iPod in a class or for independent support of their studies*
Recording = most widely used feature for academic purposes, although all features used in at least some ways*
Of course they listened to music!
* Includes formally designated iPod courses plus independent use
Findings: Yes, iPods drove innovation
Faculty ideas and interest exceeded expectations
Innovation with iPods prompted exploration of other new technologies
“Fun factor” and low learning curve drove class use
Faculty who previously had not experimented with IT tried new things
Findings: Internal impact
Little device made big ripple in technology infrastructure
Increased collaboration among Duke IT groups
New conversations among faculty, staff, students and administrators about technology in teaching
Findings: External impact
Significant and unanticipated publicity
Many inquiries from and opportunities for collaboration with other educational institutions
New partnerships with publishers, hardware and software vendors
Increased visibility for Duke as technology innovator
10.14.05 3p.m.
The Duke Digital Initiative
Transitioning from iPods to DDI
DDI – Overarching Goals
Innovative and effective teachingCurriculum enhancementInfrastructure developmentKnowledge sharing
Based on what we learned, Duke is now focusing this on extending parts of the experiments which seemed most promising. The Duke Digital Initiative emerged with the following goals:
DDI – How do we implement?
Year One“Experimentation”
Year TwoExtension & Transition
Year ThreeStandard Support
& Integration
Three year implementation cycle
Hands-on student use of iPods in Duke courses
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iPod use in courses
DDI – 05/06 Technology Explorations
Collaboration Tools Digital Audio – new applications Digital Images Digital Video Tablet PC’s & Handhelds
Related websites
http://cit.duke.edu/about/ipod_project.do
http://www.duke.edu/ddi/
Credits
Yvonne Belanger (evaluation)
Fred Brackett, Apple Computer (Freshman night photos)
…and the rest of the Duke iPod team