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LectureTools Previews iPad App at CES
01/15/2012
LectureTools will soon release a student iPad app that allows students to relay feedback to their instructor in real-time during lecture. With larger screens than smartphones and smaller footprints than laptops, many students are beginning to tote iPads to class and many institutions are experimenting with iPad initiatives.
The app will offer the full functionality of the web version, optimized to deliberately engage iPads. Interactive activities can get students to think critically about material and provide a way for instructors to assess comprehension levels. Students can ask questions for teaching assistants to answer during lecture, which then become anonymously visible to their classmates. With access to lecture slides, the ability to take notes on a per-slide basis, and the student inquiry archives, the app will create a comprehensive learning environment contained within students' iPads for on-the-go study.
It really does make large classes seem small. It increases interaction in old-fashioned ways, as in—it increases student involvement. More students raise their hands. It’s very cool.
Mika Lavaque-Manty, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor, Political Science - University of Michigan
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