TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nilson,Linda Burzotta
AU  - Weaver,Barbara E.
TI  - Enhancing learning with laptops in the classroom
T2  - New directions for teaching and learning,
SN  - 0787980498
AV  - LB1028.5 .E53 2005
U1  - 371.334 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - San Francisco, CA
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - Computer-assisted instruction
KW  - United States
KW  - Laptop computers
KW  - Computers
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Educational technology
KW  - Computer literacy
KW  - College teaching
KW  - Education, Higher
N1  - "Spring 2005."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Laptops in class : what are they good for? What can you do with them? / Barbara E. Weaver, Linda B. Nilson -- Laptops in psychology : conducting flexible in-class research and writing laboratories / Benjamin R. Stephens -- Appreciating music : an active approach / Andrew R. Levin, Roy P. Pargas, with Joshua Austin -- Teaching statistics by taking advantage of the laptop's ubiquity / Paul Hyden -- Laptops in computer science : creating the "learning studio" / Roy P. Pargas, Kenneth A. Weaver -- Teaching with laptops for the first time : lessons from a social science classroom / Ellen Granberg, James Witte -- Incorporating laptop technologies into an animal sciences curriculum / Glenn Birrenkott, Jean A. Bertrand, Brian Bolt -- Using laptops in engineering courses for real-time data collection and analysis / Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan -- Laptops in the humanities : classroom walls come tumbling down / Barbara E. Weaver -- Concluding comments : laptop learning communities / David G. Brown; Also issued online
N2  - "This volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning is the first major publication on teaching with laptops in the classroom. Its primary purpose is to show that university instructors make pedagogically productive and novel use of laptops in the classroom. As the chapters illustrate, laptops indeed offer rich new opportunities to make classes more student-active, thereby enhancing student engagement and learning. Moreover, these benefits can accrue without compromising the quality of student-instructor interaction or increasing the student workload." "This volume also has timely secondary purpose: to advise institutional leaders on how to make a laptop mandate successful at their university. Some of the more creative and effective laptop faculty are showcased in this volume. They address not only positive outcomes for student attitudes and learning but also the challenges, glitches, and extra energy required in teaching with laptops."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -