“We are exploring approaches that shift the classroom environment from a unidirectional flow of information to an environment in which students can control their own experience,” says Beth Simon, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Jacobs School, University of California at San Diego.
This work revolves around Ubiquitous Presenter — a Web-based technology developed at UCSD that allows lecturers to add notes to their electronic lecture slides during class via a tablet PC.
The program immediately posts these annotated slides to the Web and are accessible by students who bring laptops to class.