Using the Apple iPad to Facilitate Teaching and Learning in the Classroom: A Pilot Study

Bin Liu; Chao Hua Gong

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1006-1007.1174

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Using the Apple iPad to Facilitate Teaching and Learning in the Classroom: A Pilot Study

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iPads and their applications (also known as “Apps”) have become popular worldwide with a broad range of users since it released in 2010. Despite its wide use in research and practice, there is little empirical research that addresses what educational value iPad provided for both teachers and students in the classroom. This study aims to explore the potential advantages of iPad for classroom teaching and learning. To address this research goal, this case study reports findings from a four-week pilot study of using iPad with 6 teachers and 144 students in one primary school in Beijing. The results show that six advantages of using iPad facilitating teaching and learning, including rich applications for education, immediate interaction and feedback, capturing learning activities process, Information search and collection, collaborative creating products and wireless display. The findings contribute to the research concerning the advantages of using mobile learning devices for facilitating students’ active learning in the classroom.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1006-1007)

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August 2014

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Bin Liu, Chao Hua Gong*

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Classroom, Ipad, Pilot Study, Primary School, Teaching and Learning

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