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Active Learning in the Library: Stewarding Funds and Cutting Cables

Explore how Seattle Pacific University revamped its library technology to enhance student learning experience, utilizing mobile technology and collaborative spaces. Learn about the challenges, celebrations, and future plans in this innovative project.

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Active Learning in the Library: Stewarding Funds and Cutting Cables

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  1. Active Learning in the Library: Stewarding Funds and Cutting Cables

  2. Overview • Place • Past • Dreams • Today • Celebrations • Challenges • Questions

  3. Place

  4. Place Seattle Pacific University 43 acres in North Queen Anne 4k+ students

  5. Place

  6. Place

  7. Place

  8. Place Ryan Ingersoll Head of Library Technology

  9. Past

  10. Past • Weaknesses • Dim projector • Sterile environment • Computers in one configuration • Computers only used for classes • Opportunities • Computers ready to be replaced • New library director • Limited one-time funds available • Ripe for change!

  11. Past

  12. Past

  13. Past

  14. Past

  15. Dreams

  16. Dreams • Transcend space and technology • Mobile, Flexible, Simple, Wireless • Invest in multipurpose educational technology • BYOD, Tech Desk check out • Maximize limited financial resources • Stewardship, Quality, 3-year cycle • Partner across the university • ITS, CIS, Facilities • Sandbox environment for the library • Place for Innovation

  17. Dreams

  18. Today

  19. Today • Transcend space and technology • Mobile • Dr. D. Christopher Brooks, researcher at Univ. of Minnesota, “Most important piece of technology is the table.” • Flexible • Adapts for different pedagogical teaching and learning needs and provides a collaborative workspace • Simple • No complicated technologies, mimics other classrooms • Wireless • Epson whiteboard, keyboard, mouse

  20. Today • Invest in multipurpose educational technology • BYOD • Space for students to bring their own technology they are comfortable using • HDMI • Tech Desk check out • Apple MacBook Pros reserved for classes, available for library check out when not in use • Boot Camp capability (OS X or Windows)

  21. Today • Maximize limited financial resources • Stewardship • Accessed about $14k in one-time funds • Continues 3-year replacement cycle • Reduce traditional desktops, provide more tools, and multi-purpose computing devices • Quality • Epson projector • KI tables • Apple computers with cart (higher resale value, less hardware repairs)

  22. Today • Partner across the university • ITS (instructional technology services) • Support with funding and design • Created similar space in their office • Research and faculty relationships • CIS (computer and information systems) • Facilities • Paint • Installation • Furniture

  23. Today • Sandbox environment for the library • Place for innovation • Meetings • Variety of teaching sessions with numerous table configurations • Librarians can teach how they want for an individual class • Faculty can use MacBook Pros to supplement student-owned devices or access special software (on OS X or Windows)

  24. Today What did we do?

  25. Today • 20x Apple MacBook Pros, Kensington locks, Bretford Cart • iMac server • iOS Server app, Profile Manager, and DeployStudio • KI Enlite mobile tables • 3 mobile whiteboards (opposed to whiteboard paint)

  26. Today • Epson BrightLink 485Wi short-throw interactive whiteboard with whiteboard • Upgraded Extron for HDMI capabilities • Walls with green paint! • Wireless keyboard and mouse

  27. 20x MBPs in Cart

  28. MBP w/ Boot Picker

  29. Kensington Locks

  30. MBP Sticker

  31. Mobile Tables

  32. Mobile Tables

  33. Mobile Tables

  34. Mobile Whiteboards

  35. Mobile Whiteboards

  36. Mobile Whiteboards

  37. Interactive Projector

  38. Interactive Projector

  39. Interactive Projector

  40. Interactive Projector

  41. HDMI

  42. Green Walls

  43. Wireless Kb + Mouse

  44. Today

  45. Celebrations

  46. Celebrations • Librarians and faculty appreciate the flexibility of the room • Archives, comp exams, general sessions • Interactive projector doesn’t require extensive training • Ad hoc study room for students when not in use (mobile furniture and whiteboards) • MBP check out is high • Computers on every level of the library

  47. Celebrations • No thefts of MBPs • No damage done to MBPs • Faculty need fewer MBPs as more students bring their own • Low cost • English professor (who hates technology) using projector and Camtasia to diagram sentences for Blackboard.

  48. Challenges

  49. Challenges • Extensive time labor required during first two quarters for setup/teardown • Apple TV • Windows management requires significant time and finesse • Epson whiteboard surface isn’t whiteboard marker friendly • Epson iOS app isn’t powerful

  50. Challenges • Furniture setup…

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