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TEACHING & LEARNING
North Carolina State University
Project: MyTech: Bring-Your-Own-Device Physics
At North Carolina State University, specialized, hard-to-use lab equipment is no longer a barrier to learning physics. The institu- tion created a free app that transforms students’ smartphones into lab instruments, saving money in lab setup and maintenance and giving learners the tools to explore physics anywhere.
Project lead: David Tredwell, senior interaction designer/ developer
“We used to spend about $13,000 per lab space just on electronic sensors. We are saving that amount of money for each lab we are setting up, which is a significant savings.” — Colleen Countryman, North Carolina State University
 Tech lineup: Developed in-house
Johns Hopkins University
Project: Reveal Image Annotation Tool
Johns Hopkins University (MD) developed a web application to help learners explore and easily document relationships among visual materials. Users can annotate images with rich multimedia content and link to image, audio and video re- sources to put the materials in a visual context.
Project lead: Reid Sczerba, multimedia developer, Center for Education Resources
“One of the most exciting aspects of Reveal is that we haven’t seen anything like it developed yet. The project really engaged the student staff to think creatively and take ownership for their part on this unique application.” — Reid Sczerba, Johns Hopkins University
 Tech lineup: Developed in-house
STUDENT SYSTEMS
& SERVICES
Purdue University
Project: Pattern: Quantified Self-Assessment for Students Engineering students at Purdue University (IN) can track their study behaviors with Pattern, a quantified-self app designed to help learners improve their habits. The app evaluates behavior changes, compares students to their peers and makes rec- ommendations on when to study,
how long to spend on tasks and how to be more efficient.
Project lead: Beth Holloway, assistant dean of undergraduate education, director of women in engineering
Reveal uses a tree data structure to link annotated images with associated media items.
NC State students can use their smartphones to explore physics both in and out of class.
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“I think sometimes we don’t al-
ways think through the fact that
the learning environment has
two groups in it — instructors
and students. They both need
to be committed. If we are only feeding data back to admin- istrators and instructors, then we are missing out on an op- portunity to have students be agents of their own success.” — Beth Holloway, Purdue University
 Tech lineup: Developed in-house4
Holloway
Courtesy of Purdue University
Courtesy of North Carolina State University