PROJECT
ABSTRACT: We are
using HP Mobile Technology to include the community in our classrooms. Students from Management Information
Systems, Computer Engineering and other disciplines (e.g. Health Science)
collaborated on the development of mobile computing applications for community
agencies. Students learned important cross-functional team skills as well as
civic engagement.
Impact on Student Learning
Strong interest
in and experimentation with Mobile computing among faculty in a wide range of
disciplines – Health Science, Management, Urban Planning, Art and Design,
Engineering, Marketing, etc.
TabletPCs part of
tool set in Academic Success CenterÕs Incubator Classroom where faculty get a
semester to try out innovative uses of technology to transform their
courses.
Popular courses
on Mobile Software Development in the Computer Engineering Department.
Mobile tools
transform out-of-classroom course activities, facilitating data collection and
remote presentations. Developing
multimedia eBooks for TabletPCs.
*Measured using Measured using Diaz-Gallegos, D., Furco,
A. & Yamada, H. (1999). The
Higher Education Service-Learning Surveys.
Retrieved April 4, 2004 from::
http://gse.berkeley.edu/research/slc/evaluation.html
Student Civic Engagement*
Cross-Functional Team Skills***
* p<.01
** p<.05
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***Measured using MATES,
the Member and Team Evaluation Survey by Turner, M. (2003).
Developing MATES. Paper presented at the Celebrating the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Conference, San Jose, CA. April 2003.
Faculty
Team: Malu Roldan, PI,
malu@email.sjsu.edu
Weider Yu, Computer Engineering
Xiao Su, Computer Engineering
Kathleen Roe, Health Sciences
Weider Yu, Computer Engineering
Xiao Su, Computer Engineering
Kathleen Roe, Health Sciences
Community Based Technology and Learning Innovation (Cohorts Ô03
& Ô04)