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The College of Education began the mobile learning initiative in 2016. As part of this initiative, students in certain education are required to purchase or obtain an iPad for use in the class.

This initiative is focused on transforming our classrooms to reflect the new reality: places of learning are becoming increasingly democratized, and students expect engagement and increased ownership of the classroom experience.

This is also an opportunity for 小草影院 to further its commitment to explore new technologies to improve student learning and success and to increase collaboration among faculty (InTasc, CAEP, & ISTE standards).

Why tablets?
Tablets offer true mobile access to “always on” teaching materials anytime and anywhere, including access to 小草影院 resources, like Blackboard and Google Classroom, as well as digital textbooks and a wide variety of productivity and content-specific apps. Tablets, unlike laptops, are extremely portable, multi-functional, and have long battery life. They can serve as interactive response systems, cameras, notepads, mind-mapping spaces, PDF and image annotators, calculators, video recorders, e-readers and more.

Okay, so why iPads?
iPads are part of a larger ecosystem that includes open access resources, built-in productivity and multimedia authoring apps (GarageBand, iMovie, Clips, Keynote, Pages, Numbers), and connectivity among multiple devices (AirDrop, Airplay). Additionally, the iPad has a number of accessibility features built into the device鈥檚 hardware and operating system, including assistive technologies for the visually and hearing impaired as well as those with physical or motor skills impairments. These accessibility features not only help those with disabilities but also benefit all learners in a variety of ways through the principles of (UDL).

Some students have asked why they need an iPad specifically for these courses. Besides the reasons stated above and the fact they no longer pay $150 for a textbook in many of these courses, it is important to remember that by learning how to use the iPad and the apps within the Apple ecosystem, they are expanding their ability to incorporate a wide range of technology-enhanced activities and assessments.

Some students may even be teaching at a school with 1:1 Chromebooks, and they may ask, “So, why not have us buy a Chromebook?鈥� The short answer is that 鈥淵ou can do anything you can do on a Chromebook on an iPad, but you can鈥檛 do everything you can do on an iPad on a Chromebook.鈥� Teaching and learning with the iPad allows students to experience a wider range of options than the Chromebook, which limits students to web apps and browsing. Furthermore, students with the iPad can easily share their digital creations with the instructor and their classmates with AirPlay and AirDrop.

One might also consider that there is so much more creative potential and mobility using the iPad. In many classes, we use most of the creative apps from the Apple side and the productivity apps from the Google (as well as Microsoft) side. Students should be well-versed in both ecosystems because they really don鈥檛 know where they will be teaching and what devices they will have available to them.

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