The decision to require all full-time ACU undergrad students to have an iPad by August 2013 has still not been made yet. Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, created a new team to work together to come to a consensus on the direction the university will go with mobile learning. The educational innovations team, made up of many faculty ... [Read More…]
No decision made yet on iPad mandate
The decision to require all full-time ACU undergrad students to have an iPad by August 2013 has yet to be made. Team 55 sent an email to rising juniors encouraging them to choose the iPad option from the Mobile Learning Initiative because all full-time undergrads will be required to have an iPad in the fall of 2013. However, George Saltsman, ... [Read More…]
ACU should adopt tablet textbooks
Team 55 mistakenly sent out an email saying the university was considering adopting a policy requiring all students to have an iPad by 2013. And as long as the Mobile Learning Initiative team follows through on the idea, we think this would be a change that benefits students and the future of the university. There are a lot of genuine benefits ... [Read More…]
Grad students receive iPad for class
The Graduate School of Theology is handing out iPads to 10 different students in Dr. Tim Sensing's "Contexts of Ministry" course for the duration of the spring semester. The purchase of the iPads was made possible by a $10,000 grant from the James A. "Buddy" Davidson Charitable Foundation of Midland. James Prather, president of ACU's Graduate ... [Read More…]
In the future
"Oh Dear, Christian College" - by Ben Miller In the future March 23, 2012 Go to the "Oh Dear, Christian College" Gallery ... [Read More…]
Students develop mobile games and apps
The trend of social media and app development is being utilized in information technology classes as well as other departments across campus. App development is a way for software and information to be transportable. Applications are used among all ages. It seems college students are using apps all the time and in all places. Not only are they ... [Read More…]
Apple honors mobile learning initiative
ACU was among 49 programs across the nation to be recognized as a center for educational excellence and leadership with the Apple Distinguished Program award on Jan. 18. This honor is given to programs that take the initiative to merge technology and education and focus on the development of new educational resources for students and ... [Read More…]
Instructor, students create iPhone app
After several years of research and development, an education-based app created by ACU faculty and students is now available for all Apple devices. Mitzi Adams, instructor in ACU's Department of Teacher Education, worked alongside three other ACU students to develop an application called "Count On It." Adams applied her 25 years of teaching ... [Read More…]
ACU staff to attend Apple Education Event in NYC
Apple has invited two representatives from ACU and several media outlets to attend an event announcing its next step toward revolutionizing education. George Saltsman, executive director of the Taskforce for Innovation in Learning and Educational Technology and Dr. Bill Rankin, director of educational innovation, will attend the event at the ... [Read More…]
Mobile learning to be evaluated, altered
Amidst budget woes across campus, rumors of cuts in the mobile learning initiative have surfaced. Initially, local media outlets reported that the program would stop giving incoming freshman iPhones and iPods beginning in 2012. Director of Educational Innovation and associate professor of English Bill Rankin, said this story is not true. He said ... [Read More…]
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