Colleagues on the iPad Coffee Club (Audio)

I interviewed four colleagues about the iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club and they were happy for me to use clips of their interviews to promote the Coffee Club. These audio clips reveal that the Coffee Club at the University of Huddersfield is having a positive impact on colleagues.

I was keen to get diverse views on the Coffee Club  from a cross-section of colleagues with different roles in the University. 

May iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club

Image source: Olaojo Aiyegbayo

I facilitated a Coffee Club session last Tuesday which 14 colleagues attended. The attendees were mainly academics, subject librarians and learning technologists.  I decided to do something different during this session. Coffee Club attendees were given paper slips and asked to write down their three favourite apps which they use for work-related purposes other than Mail, Calendar and Dropbox. Attendees were divided into three groups and had to share their three apps with their group members. I captured each group’s apps on a flip chart during the feedback stage of the session. This list of apps can be found below.

MARCH IPAD (AND OTHER TABLETS) COFFEE CLUB

                                                                                 Image by Jane Gaffikin

 

I facilitated another iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club session yesterday; the third one for this academic year. 15 colleagues attended the session. Some of the apps mentioned at the event included:

Video Enhanced Observation (VEO) – teaching observation app developed by Newcastle University staff

Paper – drawing app

Timer+ – timer app which can be used for presentations

Scannable – scanning app

Camscanner – another scanning app

Edtech Teacher – iPad teaching video tutorial app for schools but some tutorials could be customised for University teaching.

I also got Coffee Club attendees to share the following apps via Padlet.

January iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club

Image source: Olaojo Aiyegbayo

The first 2015 iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club event was held on Tuesday and there were 13 attendees. Most of the hour-long event was devoted to the ‘Show & Tell’ session.

Taking iStock of 2014

Image source: Photo Giddy

2014 has been a good year with regards to both iPad research projects {BJET and CLL}.

I completed the Changing the Learning Landscape project, submitted a final report and presented the project findings at two conferences:

Aiyegbayo, O. (2014) Piloting the iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club at the University of Huddersfield. 21^st Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C), Coventry, 1-3 September, 2014.

 Aiyegbayo, O. (2014) Exploring academics’ formal and informal iPad support systems. Media Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (MELSIG) Conference, Manchester, 14 April, 2014.

Using Padlet for an iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club Group Activity

Image by Stephen White (c)

I facilitated an iPad (and other tablets) Coffee Club session last week during the Technology Enhanced eLearning Education (TEEE) Festival at the University of Huddersfield. 12 colleagues attended which was a decent turn-out as the Coffee Club sessions tend to average 10-15 attendees.