Larry C. Hurtubise, Team Lead Instructional Services, The Center for Knowledge Management; Pamela S. Bradigan, Associate Director, Prior Health Sciences Library; and Greg Rickabaugh, Senior Systems Consultant, The Center for Knowledge Management / The Ohio State University

Medical students at OSU have a history of using mobile devices to take advantage of Web-based learning objects including recorded (podcast) lectures and library eReserves. In 2006, incoming medical students received tablet PCs. Now students can annotate materials enabling active memory processes and reflection, while applying keywords to make their personal notes much more searchable. A team from the College of Medicine, the Prior Health Sciences Library, and the Center for Knowledge Management is studying the effect tablet PCs are having
on student learning and the support needed to effectively implement educational technology