1. The iPad for Teaching and Learning
Dr. Iain Doherty
Associate Professor
Director eLearning Pedagogical Support Unit
Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and
Learning
3rd February 2012

2. Apple TV

3. No Apple TV

4. The Educational Process
• Intended learning outcomes and graduate attributes
• Resources to enable students to engage in learning
• Tasks and activities to help students to learn
• Supports both built in and human
• Assessment to determine whether learning has
occurred

5. Technology & Teaching
• Using technologies purposefully in teaching and
learning means being learning led and technology
enabled
• The question to ask has to do with how technologies
can support students in achieving the intended
learning outcomes for any particular program / course
• In other words, what place does the iPad have in
providing resources, engaging students in tasks /
activities, providing supports and carrying out
assessments

6. Doing Things Better
• Educational benefit can be conceived of in terms of
improving student learning
• Educational benefit can also be conceived of in terms
of enabling students to do things in the learning
environment that would not otherwise be possible
• These are not mutually exclusive.
Murray, O. T., & Olcese, N. R. (2011). Teaching and Learning with iPads,
Ready or Not? TechTrends, 55(6), 42-48. doi:10.1007/s11528-011-0540-6

7. Just Another Laptop?
• The form factor means that the iPad is more akin to a
mobile phone that is carried everywhere i.e. integrated
into a life / extension of self
• The iPad runs on code written specifically for the device
which means fast boot up + processing speed + the
battery life is good (about 10 hours)
• Interaction with the device is tactile and engaging giving
a distinct User Interface experience
• There are 200,000 + applications written specifically for
the iPad
http://www.ipadineducation.co.uk/iPad_in_Education/iPad_v_Netbook.html

8. Agile Space
• “I am using the term ‘agile’ here to signal a new
technology space in between handheld and portable.
Devices which fit this space are particularly useful for
teaching and learning purposes, as they offer the
flexibility needed for modern learning practices. It has
taken the iPad to really cement this space although
there will be countless others arriving in the market
fairly soon. Whether or not they will offer the right
blend of features successfully of course remains to
be seen”.
http://www.ipadineducation.co.uk/iPad_in_Education/The_Agile_Space.html

9. Let’s Be Clear
• There is a lot of hype and a lot of subjectivity in
claims made about the value of the iPad in education
• Only a limited number of the 200, 000 + applications
are specifically educational
• Whether there is actual educational benefit still has
to be shown through scholarly research

10. Doing Things Better
• “Our study suggests that there is a paucity of
applications that truly extend capability, much of what
these application allow can be done with other
devices, and this leads us to conclude that the
current trajectory will not revolutionize teaching and
learning. The lack of collaboration capabilities
underlie this point, as do the overwhelming number of
application that are simply drill and practice or
focused on delivering content for consumption.
Murray, O. T., & Olcese, N. R. (2011). Teaching and Learning with iPads,
Ready or Not? TechTrends, 55(6), 42-48. doi:10.1007/s11528-011-0540-6

11. Might Still Make It
• “Contemporary ‘digital age’ university students in
developed countries are familiar with social
networking through Facebook, instant communication
via Twitter and mobile technology through their
smartphones. They compare these with university e-
mail and e-learning systems, projected lecture slides
and handwritten assessment tasks. They have
expressed a desire for more varied forms of
communication and more vibrant learning methods”
Manuguerra, M., & Petocz, P. (2011). Promoting Student Engagement by Integrating
New Technology into Tertiary Education: The Role of the iPad. Asian Social Science,
7(11), 61-65. doi:10.5539/ass.v7n11p61

12. Might Still Make It
• The iPad may also become central in education in
order to graduate students familiar with devices that
will be used in the workplace e.g. agile devices for
maintaining patient records, accessing information
instantly, presenting to patients

13. Resources
• Digital Encyclopedia of Dentistry
• Glossary of Dentistry
• Restorative Dentistry Guide
• My Dental Hub Mobile

14. Digital Encyclopedia

15. Glossary of Dentistry

16. Restorative Guide

17. My Dental Hub

18. My Dental Hub

19. Activities
• White Board – Classroom interactions
• Mendeley Reference Manager- Complete readings
• Documents to Go - Work on assignments
• GoodReader – Read all document types
• Evernote - Solve problems
• Moodle Mobile - Interactions

20. White Board

21. Mendeley

22. Documents to Go

23. GoodReader

24. GoodReader

25. Evernote

26. Evernote

27. Mobile Moodle

28. Supports
• iTunes U – Built in supports such as rubrics
• Email – Personal asynchronous support
• Skype – Personal synchronous support

29. iTunes U Application

30. Skype

31. Email

32. Assessment
• Dedicated applications & Moodle quizzes - Multiple
choice, short answer
• Drop Box - Written assignments
• MindJet - Problems / cases for formative and media
rich PDF documents for summative

33. Moodle

34. Drop Box

35. MindJet

36. Application URLs
• Whiteboard http://www.gummybearstudios.com
• Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/
• Documents to Go http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/
• Good Reader http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html
• Evernote http://www.evernote.com/
• Skype
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-mobile/download/ipad-for-skype/

37. Application URLs
• Dropbox http://www.dropbox.com
• MindJet http://www.mindjet.com