1. Leeds University Business School
Integrating iPads in our learning, teaching &
assessment strategies
Report from a pilot project at Leeds University Business School
iPad Project Meeting
31st July 2012
Nicolas Forsans
Centre for International Business
University of Leeds (CIBUL)

2. Key findings from the 2012 pilot
• Not ‘plug and play’ – there is a learning curve and support is key
• More for effective use of apps than for the actual use of the device
• Increased user engagement with the device
• Within formal lectures / seminars
• Outside
• iPad preferred to Android
• no contest whatsoever!
• 7’ tablets not suitable owing to the small screen
Leeds University Business School

3. Use in lectures…
•During lectures and seminars
– Downloading and reading material
– Note taking, including editing of pdf version of handouts
– Fact-checking
– Lookup facts, extend information and knowledge
– Use apps (web, calculator etc)
– VLE access
•User engagement
•Need for support in terms of
• app-specific training
• appropriate content
• suitable infrastructure

4. … and outside of it
•Prepare for seminars, extend classes
• Access VLE
•Associated reading • Web browsing
• Blog - read and post
– ‘Martini’ learning a key sell • Twitter
– Portability and quick access • Note taking
– Display – quite simply fantastic • Group work preparation
– Battery life – unbeaten! • Reading notes and texts
• Skype conversations
• Email access
• RSS feed monitoring
• Calculator etc
• TED talks and YouTube videos
• Dropbox
• ebooks
• Newspapers and infotainment

5. iOS vs. android
• More usage • Less usage
• More reliable • Less reliable - crashes and system hanging
• Better display – both bigger and sharper • Varied display qualities and sizes
• Apple centric - / + • More devices + / -
• Fragmentation -
• Lower cost (?)

6. Lessons we’ve learnt
• Users were pretty independent
• Devices were intuitive
• Need an ecosystem of apps and ways of accessing
information
• Need to support the use of key apps, which will require
training to get fastest and most effective engagement and
use
• No theft, no breakage
• It works well, but need for setting
• a purpose
• new workflows
• Infrastructure
• Going paperless might be an unrealistic objective, less
paper might be more achievable

7. Moving forward I
• Devices are only useful within an ecosystem where they have been given a purpose
• An attempt to integrate iPads into the curriculum
• through identification of learning, teaching and assessment activities that can be better facilitated through iPads
• supported by general, and app-specific training (hands-on and through iBooks) to facilitate new workflows
• All students on the MSc IB to be equipped with an iPad from September
• Book voucher replaced by an iPad voucher / BYOD
• Case of modules shared with other programmes
• Programme-level "policies"
• Programme & Module handbooks in digital form only
• Lecture handouts and material in digital form only - uploaded 24 hours before the session at the latest
• ebook version of textbook to be "bundled" with the device

8. Moving forward II
• Individual module-specific use
• For module leaders to decide
• Staff support available throughout the year
• Guides and iBooks
• iPad set up - PDF and iBook
• Apps for education guide - .docx
• iPad Project Getting Started - iBook
• Handout uploaded on the VLE in advance of the session
• Student support
• Dedicated sessions within 5213M Professional & Research Skills (NF) for productivity-enhancing apps
• Ad-hoc sessions (NF)
• PDF and iBooks covering specific apps

9. Support

10. What can you do with an iPad?
• Content consumption
• Material in digital form
• Internet access throughout • Collaboration and group work
• Video, audio, podcasts, journal and newspaper • Notes and web clips creation, storage and
articles
sharing with Evernote
• Social media
• RSS Feed monitoring
• Lecture handout and other material for consumption
and editing • Communication: Skype / social media
• Content creation
• PowerPoint presentations created on the device /
presented in seminars
• Assessment
• Video creation - built-in camera and video editing • Quizzes and MCQ tests
software • Journal / diary / reflective pieces
• Audio / podcast creation - Audioboo • Storytelling
• In-seminar research
• Mind maps making
• Blog contribution / reflective assessment pieces
• Content sourced, organised with Evernote then
shared through social media