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Interdisciplinary learning through accessible, intentional technology

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Hong Qu, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, taught Data Visualization virtually last spring to over 70 students from different Harvard Schools, levels of experience, and corners of the world.

Research: A meta-analysis of the effects of audience response systems (clicker-based technologies) on cognition and affect

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A meta-analysis of 53 studies compared classrooms that did and did not use student response systems (e.g., mobile polling, clickers), finding significant effects on learning outcomes both cognitive (e.g., measures of knowledge transfer) and non-cognitive...

Polls (Canvas)

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The Polls for Canvas app is the easy way for instructors to request student opinion in the classroom. All students need is a smartphone. Download the Polls for Canvas app on Android and iOS devices.

MagicMarker iOS Tablet Guide (Canvas)

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The MagicMarker app for Canvas is designed for instructors and is the efficient and effective way of recording mastery of learning outcomes in the classroom.

Mobile (Canvas)

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The Canvas by Instructure app is the mobile version of Canvas that helps you stay current with your courses anywhere you go. Download the Canvas by Instructure app on Android and iOS devices.

How Some Professors Deploy Mobile Technology in Their Teaching

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This Chronicle of Higher Education article shares how instructors are experimenting with ways in which to deploy mobile technology in their teaching.

The Use of Mobile Devices in the College Classroom

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The Derek Bok Center recently summarized research on the effects of cell phone use in class.

Research: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard

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Researchers found that students who took notes on laptops performed worse on conceptual questions than students who took notes longhand, likely because computers encourage verbatim transcription rather than synthesis.

Devices in the classroom? Things to consider

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Alison Simmons, Samuel H. Wolcott Professor of Philosophy, made a decision in 2012 to include a policy in all her syllabi stating that electronic devices be put away during class time.

Professor Simmons's device policy

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The below is excerpted from the Hum 10a. A Humanities Colloquium: From Homer to Descartes Fall 2015 syllabus: Course Policies Electronics Laptops and other portable electronic devices are not permitted in lecture. The reasons for this policy are: (a)...