Educators

Reimagining Your iPad-Integrated Course

As the Digital Flagship program is evolving from its current form, and the university is transitioning beyond a universal iPad program for undergraduate students, the resources here can help educators reimagine aspects of their courses that relied heavily on iPad.

Resources for Educators

These resources can provide support for curricular design and connect you to consultations and workshops. 

Professional Learning for Educators

Learning opportunities designed to help instructors leverage technology to support student success.
Teaching and Learning Resource Center

A user-friendly hub of curated strategies, examples, and support documentation from across the university.
Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning

Find opportunities for instructional support, including consultations and workshops.
Departmental Discounts from Tech Hub

Special pricing is available for Ohio State departments purchasing technology.

Continued Student Access to Software

Students will continue to have access to the Ohio State toolset across all devices, including Microsoft 365 and Adobe apps. Beginning in June 2022, students will have access to additional tools for creativity via Adobe Creative suite, all of which can be leveraged in the classroom. By the fall, students will also begin to have access to a Virtual Desktop, allowing them to access high computing power from any device.

Students will no longer receive free access to Notability but do have access to the OneNote note-taking app as part of the Microsoft 365 suite. For creative projects, students will have access to the full range of Adobe Creative Cloud apps.

More Information

Read more about the changes to Digital Flagship. 

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Recommendations for Reimagining

With a look toward device agnostic approaches, below are some resources and recommendations to consider in planning ahead for fall 2022. 

  1. Leverage principles of Universal Design for Learning to create more freedom and flexibility for students with multiple kinds of devices and abilities.
  2. Revisit course and assignment goals and reflect on how they can be achieved without iPad hardware. Consider how objectives or assignment activities may need to be adjusted to be device agnostic, flexible and inclusive for all. A survey of students who received Digital Flagship iPad kits found 60% of students used their laptop or desktop most often for completing academic activities compared to 38% using iPad as the primary device for academic activities.
  3. As students without iPads encounter iPad-centric activities, they may ask about alternatives. This fall, take note of where in the course students encounter issues and how you provided options and flexibility. This may assist in adapting your course over time (as each semester fewer students will have iPads).
  4. The Drake Institute is available to instructors seeking individual one on one consultations, workshops and sessions, as well as course and curriculum design programming
  5. The Drake Institute cautions against returning to strategies used prior to iPad adoption. Recall the benefits, victories and success stories experienced as technology enhanced the student learning experience. Then build upon this to replicate these victories in a technology-agnostic setting.