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Later this month, the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development will issue iPads to all freshmen, about 450 total. Students are receiving the devices this fall so they can be prepared to use them for spring coursework. Faculty will […]

iPads in Higher Education – Ambitious Project at University of ...

October 8, 2010

I’ve reported on iPad projects and pilots at colleges and universities in previous posts. Indiana University is approaching the integration of iPads through Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs). The primary goal of an FLC is to explore best practices in teaching and learning. Each […]

iPads in Higher Education – Faculty Learning Communities at Indiana ...

October 5, 2010

Ian Wilson writes about iPads in Education. His site offers recommendations for apps in art, geography, history, literacy, numeracy, music, productivity and science. He also comments on why schools should use iPads. Most intriguing is his description of “technology spaces” as a means […]

iPads in Education – Apps, Articles and the Agile Space

September 28, 2010

In recent weeks I’ve written about both Inkling and Reed College. Lynn Neary at NPR brings us a story concerning e-textbooks that addresses both topics. The CEO of Inkling talks about the future of textbooks, a Reed College professor compares Kindle and iPad pilots at […]

E-textbook Experiments – Comments from Creators and Users

September 22, 2010

In previous posts I’ve written about iPad projects and pilots at U.S. colleges and universities. Not all projects are happening in the U.S. however. The University of Adelaide in Australia plans to replace traditional undergraduate science textbooks with iPad versions. As a result, all students […]

University of Adelaide Will Replace Science Textbooks with iPads

September 14, 2010

Connie L. Bauer, Ph.D., has a new site focusing on iPad Apps for Instructors & Students. Categories of apps are Classroom, Create/Edit, View/Store Files, eBook Readers, Social Networking, Utilities, Web, and Miscellaneous. While at the site, you can also visit her “About Me” page, where she describes using […]

iPad Apps for Instructors and Students

September 7, 2010

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