The World in a Backpack: Learning with iPads

Nil GÖKSEL CANBEK

Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey

Dr. Jace HARGIS

Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates

AECT 2013 International ConventionOct. 29-Nov. 2, 2013 Anaheim, California

 

‘Society on the move’

Learning with iPads

www.makewav.es 

Walker (2006)

 

The advances in mobile learning (m-learning):

transformed •access to•connect to

« education »

Learning with iPads

www.technodo.com

m-learning is …

www.logotypes101.com

‘ just in time, just enough and just for me’

model of flexible learning (Peters, 2009)

 

commons.wikimedia.org

Learners:move from room to room shift from topic to topic

immense potential of …

(Sharples & Vavoula, 2005)

Overview

Aim:

- to focus on the current trends of m-learning

m-learning devices will be analyzed in terms of :appsiBooks with widgetembedded videosformative assessments iTunesU courses

iPad is …

www. bipixel.com

iPads can be described as

large iPhones with touch-screen (Pratt, 2010)

iBooks

www.mediameerkat.com

iBooks with engaging layouts, interactive diagrams, video and 3-D graphics

(Kilgore, 2012)

… with iBooks appsinteract with elements of the illustrations or diagrams, making these move or gaining further information

(Pratt, 2010)

www.allaboutiphone.net 

AU and ADWC use iPad

Anadolu University (AU) in Turkey

Abu Dhabi Women’s College (ADWC) in United Arab Emirates (UAE)

started using iPad

Anadolu University

e-book project published-hardcopy textbooks/e-books

distribution to all over Turkey & Europe touchscreen technology aided content for

150 courses adaptable to Tablet PCs and desktops no obligation for Internet access

Anadolu UniversityProposal:

a software program used on iPads for visually impaired open and distance education learners regular exams with other students with no physical or mental disabilitiespresented to the Ministry of National Education and the Student Selection & Placement Center of Turkey

Anadolu University

http://itunesu.anadolu.edu.tr/

Abu Dhabi Women’s College

Project: www.ipads.ae iPad mobile learning for 14,000 students• to share information about the project• begin discussions • sharing of resourcesiPads given to faculty in June of 2012mobile learning device as part of the m-learning ecosystem http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2012/09/28/b-mme-mobile.cnn

Abu Dhabi Women’s College

Faculty:created dynamic iBooksused iBooks Authorenhanced those iBooks with Widgets: video, photos, and other dynamic infoiTunesU courses info on the course posts of course lectures, videos

iBook Author

- students can: readhighlight their notes email specific portions of their notes make updates share current events/ specific info

Conclusion « mobility is a way of life »

Apple iPad, as a promising focal device, unveiled countless options for open and distance education within the wider context of m-learning.

Higher education institutions like AU and ADWC tend to follow the newest advances in m-learning technologies.

(Göksel-Canbek &Hargis, 2013)

Thank you for listening!