[edtech] Crosstalk Seminar - Thu Jan 20, 2:00 - 4:00, 4-237

[Jean Foster]

Please join us for this Thursday's Crosstalk seminar. The topic is
"Progress toward the Paperless Classroom: Using Tablet PC’s at MIT and
the HKU Medical Faculty", presented by Rutledge Ellis-Behnke from the
Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department.

***Note the time is 2:00 and not 2:30 as previously announced! 

TITLE: Progress toward the Paperless Classroom: Using Tablet PC’s at MIT
and the HKU Medical Faculty
SPEAKER:  Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Department
WHAT: Crosstalk Seminar on Educational Change
WHERE: 4-237
WHEN: Thursday, January 20 at 2:00 p.m. (Coffee at 2:00, presentation at
2:30)

Abstract
This project is the systematic replacement of paper by tablets for the
students as well as the replacement of the chalkboard for the professor.
We are attempting to understand the limiting factors associated with the
use of this technology on a daily basis. To this end we are recording
reliability, usability and the increase in learning that is derived from
the use of Tablet PC’s. We are also attempting to measure the
fundamental shift required to eliminate paper and to create
instantaneous access to the information for the students. This will
serve to increase the speed of learning. 

We started with two highly visual classes, Neuroanatomy and Mandarin. We
then extended Tablet PC’s to include special projects in various other
subjects, such as Biomedical Engineering, Health Science and Technology,
Business and a class at the University of Hong Kong Medical Faculty. 

I will present what we have learned, plus new ways to use Tablet PCs in
education. In addition, I will provide the data to show that not only
was there an increase in course material delivered but also a dramatic
increase in learning was achieved.

what we have learned, plus new ways to use Tablet PCs in education. In
addition, I will provide the data to show that not only was there an
increase in course material delivered but also a dramatic increase in
learning was achieved.

About the Presenter
Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, PhD, is part of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the past he has
held positions as a Senior Vice President of a public consulting company
and various other positions in companies culminating in a CEO position
before returning to school to pursue a PhD. His Ph.D. is in the field of
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience from MIT. Also, he received an
AMP/ISMP from the International Senior Managers program at Harvard
Business School and a B.S. from Rutgers University in New Jersey. He is
a member of Society for Neuroscience (SFN), American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS), Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology (ARVO), BioMatrix - MIT/Sloan/Health Science Technology
Biotech mentoring program and is on the committee for Harvard Business
School Health Industry Alumni Association. Rutledge is also a member of
the MIT Graduate Alumni Advisory Committee. In addition to his work in
CNS regeneration he has introduced the Tablet computer to the classroom
at MIT as part of the migration to the paperless classroom and the
delivery of all course material and texts to the students digitally.

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Jean Foster
Usability Consultant/
Communications Coordinator
MIT IS&T Academic Computing
77 Massachusetts Ave, n42-040
jfoster at mit.edu, 617.253.3909