Guided slides: Flexible lectures using a tablet PC

Numerous studies tout the effectiveness of guided lecture notes in improving the quality of student in-class notes, and subsequently improving student performance on quizzes and exams. We have extended this idea, producing electronic dasiaguided slidespsila for use in a first semester discrete mathematics course taught for undergraduate computer science students. Using a tablet PC, the instructor augmented these slide outlines during lectures. The resulting slide images were posted on-line after each lecture for students to access. This paper reports our experiences with this method over two consecutive semesters. Survey feedback shows that students overwhelmingly support this lecture approach.