Thoreau's classroom is in full effect here. In many classes students are interactively building the syllabus, creating the questions and finding the answers. The professors are taking on a new role as "coaches," focusing more on helping students learn to solve problems and answer questions than on rote learning and testing.While it sounds like there's more going on than just "everybody gets an iPad", it's an interesting read.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Students and iPads: ACU study shows positive results
TUAW has followed up with Abilene Christian University which has been working to incorporate iPads and iPhones into the classroom.
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