HR: 08:05h
AN: ED41C-01 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: LectureTools: An Open Source Technology to Promote Student Inquiry
AU: * Samson, P J
EM: samson@umich.edu
AF: Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences, 1539 Space Research Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, United States
AU: van der Pluijm, B
EM: vdpluijm@umich.edu
AF: Department of Geological Sciences, 4534b C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, United States
AB: While the use of data in introductory classes is not a new concept, technology offers some new and expanded opportunities to engage students with interpretation and analyses of authentic observations. LectureTools is an open-source tool that facilitates exploration of real-time and archived data sets through in-class activities including text-based and image-based questioning and map analyses. This talk describes the LectureTool System, developed by geoscientists for geoscience courses and how its use has spread to chemistry, statistics and even political science at the University of Michigan and how its value is being assessed in terms of student learning and student attitudes about science and technology.
UR: http://www.lecturetools.org/
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0820 Curriculum and laboratory design
DE: 0825 Teaching methods
DE: 0840 Evaluation and assessment
DE: 0845 Instructional tools
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting