Sultan Qaboos University

College of Education
Department of Instructional & Learning Technologies

Done by:
Aaisha Al.badi (68701)
Atiya Al.saadi (68717)
A) Definition of the smart board:
The SMART BOARD is a interactive, electronic whiteboard which can enhance
instruction and learning.
Objectives of using SMART BOARD in distance education:
• Deliver the curriculum in more interactive and interesting way.
• Create two resources that include saving text and adding pages to SMART
Notebook files.
• Enhance the teaching/learning/training process.
• Motivate the student at the distance.
• Grab the student attention.
• Engage different student learning style.
• Increase the delivery quality of DE content.

B) Features of smart board:

• Touch-Sensitive Surface: Contact with the board is converted into mouse
clicks or electronic ink. You can use your finger as a mouse or write notes
on the durable, low-reflective surface.
• SMART Pen Tray: Optical sensors automatically detect when a stylus or
the eraser is selected, while buttons activate the on-screen keyboard and
right-mouse click. LEDs indicate the active tool. Four Whisper-tip styluses
and an eraser are included, but you don't need special tools to work on
this natural whiteboard interface. You can also begin the orientation
procedure for your SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard quickly and
easily while at the board itself by holding down the Keyboard and Right-
Mouse buttons simultaneously.

• Projected and Non-Project Modes: Use with a projector to display and interact
with computer materials or use in non-projected mode to save dry-erase
marker notes to the computer.
• OptiPro™ Surface: This optional screen surface is optimized for use with
high-lumen projectors and is available at no additional charge
• Bezel Finish: Textured, graphite-gray surface.
• Wall-Mount Bracket: Dovetail design supports the SMART Board™ when wall
mounted.
• SMART Ideas® Software: A free copy of SMART Ideas® software is now
available for use with SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards.

C) Advantages of using smart board:

• Utilize digital resources while still directly interacting with the classroom
• Use computer-based learning with a communal screen, not individual
computers
• Increase learner motivation.
• Student engagement enhances retention
• Save and archive a class session, unlike a traditional white board
 • Ease of use
Effectiveness of board as a teaching tool
Students' responses to the Board
Preference of whiteboard to alternative presentation methods
Value of interactive quality of board
Open-ended questions about notable successes with board, & what they liked
best /least about the board
• It makes the subject come alive
• It enables tutors to use multimedia resources and the internet with a whole class

D) Limitation of using SB:

Too expensive: in order to have smart board technology, it is necessary to pay a lot
of money.
Difficult to use at the beginning : If a student or teacher uses the smart board
technology for the first timethey will find that is difficult to use easily
• Difficult to install and management.

E) How to use SMART BOARD in DE?

By collaboration between videoconferencing and SMART BOARD
Weintraub said” We're using SMART Boards, videoconferencing, and course
delivery software at each location to enhance the course and the students will
follow the class presentation as it appears on their own SMART Board. ”
How to apply it ?
Two SBs at different locations can be connected to each other by
videoconferencing, and course delivery software and because of that any
information presented on one appears on the other simultaneously.

F) How SMART BOARD support DE?

• Bring the outside world in to the classroom: Linking one classroom to
another with videoconferencing: by this technology you can link more
than one classroom and make them as one classroom and student can
work with each other easily and effectively way.
• Bridges the gap between the haves and the have-nots in a cost-effective
way and that means use the same resources by many classroom in the
same time as explains Armstrong said
 “We find we can pool resources by using videoconferencing and our
interactive whiteboards because what one class may not have in the way of
resources, another class may”
• Document what happen in the class and make it is available to the
students and instructors.

G) Concerns raised by researchers and distance students/tutors about SB:

How to engaged/motivate distance learners by using SB?

1. These studies focus on finding the best way to ensure the learners interact
with the process of teaching and learning. Also developing the best methods
to motivate students through the use of smart board. Research indicates that
students respond to displays where color is employed, and marking can be
customized both in the pen and in the highlighter features to display a
number of different colors. Width of lines can also be adjusted to add flexible
marking choices.

How to make distance instructor and users use SMART BOARD effectively?
This research is designed to explain the reasons that lead students and teachers to
use smart board in Wrong way. Also it
aimed to improving the students and teachers deal with this technique to get the
advantage from using it.
How to overcome the limitations of smart board?
It is well known that every technology has advantages and Limitations ,so this
research aimed at finding alternative solutions to overcome the Limitations of the
technology and overcome them.

H) Real Example:
1) Wiegand how is a distance instructor said “My students are completely engaged
about what they are learning, seeing, Having the SMART BOARD has transformed
my teaching and allowed me to go to the next level. I can’t imagine teaching now
without one!”
This Teacher said that because he uses the collaboration between
videoconferencing and smart board technology in teaching students in New York
City as well as in another city at the same time and save his time and make the
teaching and learning process more effective.

2) Smart Technologies Company use SMART BOARD with videoconferencing in

teaching children in Africa:
This company has many programs that use the collaboration between
videoconferencing and smart board technology in teaching students.
One of its programs had been implemented in Africa, where this technology used to
bring the spatial dimension in solving the problem of limited resources within the
classroom. The application of this program was a result of the success of various
programs which applied by the company in various countries in the world.
Go to our presentation
 References:
1. (2001, Smart technologies) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-
_NlAn6Azs
2. (2002, Mary Ann Bell) http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/mabell.html
3. (2003,Al.qhtani) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgFxqXw3ock
4. (2003, Smart technologies) http://www.hits-inc.com/SB-
SmartBoardFeatures.htm
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