Keynote Day two – Why Tablets – Gordon

There is a difference between Data and Information, and Knowledge and Wisdom.  There is a disconnect between between the two.

Tablets change what happens in the classroom:

Papers on how people learn – Bransford et al 2000; Poole, 2007.  Need to get these!

Notetaking literature – Fisher JL and Harris HB, 1973 – Effect of note taking and review on recall – Journal of Educational Psychology 65:321-325

Notetaking relates to repetition, generative processing and the potential to form internal connections.

* Note – when a lecturer/teacher writes notes, it slows them down!  This means that students can keep up!  This is so true – even during this very talk I am finding that I can’t keep up – the speed of delivery is engaging and interesting, but there is no way I can take the notes I normally would in a blog entry!

Hi Fidelity v’s Low Fidelity….  Low fidelity is very important – why give a high level of detail if a low level of detail is what is needed to show the point.  Detail can be distracting – a tablet can be used to give generic low detail so students can see the wood for the trees.

The powerpoint will be made available!  I hope so, my notes are not very good!  It was so fast!