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And now onto the recap!

Arduino Demo

Josh Hjelmstad presented on the work he’s been doing with an Arduino and a gumball machine. Here is how Josh describes it.

“Arduino is an open-source, programmable, cost-effective hardware device that gives SCSU the ability to control our physical environment with code. The Arduino device is quickly expandable with over a thousand “shields” (plug-in modules) that allow you to interact with sensors (accelerometers, GPS, photo-receptors, voltage, temperature) and communicate with the world (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, high voltage circuits, servos).”

Potential Uses

1. Quadrocopter
2. Twitter/Foursquare controlled gumball machine
3. Washing machine availability notifications via email or web site
4. Computer lab workstation availability lights (blue/orange)
5. Robotics

D2L Widget Demo

Greg Jorgensen presented on the widget he created for D2L. He explained that the idea came from a faculty member who had asked about allowing students to see their office hours. The widget connects to Adobe Connect and allows students to know if their professor is available to help. More information here: http://desire4community.com/course-home-page-widget-contest-most-useful/

Windows 8 Demo

Special thanks to Eric Dietz for stepping in to present while Kristen was out sick. Eric showed off the new UI features of Windows 8. A good reference site for the features Eric showed can be found here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/basics

User Feedback & Data Collection Discussion

I spoke for a short time on ideas to capture user feedback and get users involved as a part of early adopters in upcoming projects. We cut this conversation a bit short to spend more time on the Collaborative Space discussion. Here is a link to a concept blog site

Collaborative Space Discussion

Mark Kotcho showed off examples of collaborative classrooms at different institutions. He discussed the concept of Active Learning Classrooms (defined here), SCALE-UP design (defined here), and Flipped Classrooms (defined here).

Below are a list of sites that were referenced as examples of collaborative spaces.

University of Minnesota Customized Presentation System Projects
Fresno State Technology-Enhanced Reconfigurable Learning Spaces (TERLS)
North Carolina State University SCALE-UP
Berkley Active Learning Classrooms
McGill Active Learning Classrooms
Wilfrid Laurier University Active Learning Classrooms
City University London Learning Spaces
University of Southern Mississippi Think Center
University of Southern Mississippi Think Center on Facebook
Virginia Commonwealth University Multimedia Collaboration Room
Aston University Collaborative Learning Space
Northern Michigan University Active Learning Classroom
Campus Technology – Studio Classroom: Designing Collaborative Learning Spaces

And here is a series of videos showing collaborative spaces and furniture.