Towards a research-informed use of iPads in schools
Dr. Kevin BurdenReader in Educational Technology
The University of Hull14th May 2014
Francis Combe School
Mobile learning is not just?
UNESCO and OECD publications on mobile learning
National research and evaluations
Edinburgh 1:1 Mobile project: 2012-2013
Personalisation
Collaboration
Authenticity
What have we discovered about mobile technologies?
Personalisation
Independence: where and how to learn
CustomisationAdaptive Learning
Collaboration
Conversations mediated by mobile devices, not replaced by them
Learner Generated Content
Students as authors (knowledge
constructors)
eBooks that understand your ‘reading’ habits
Authenticity
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Heritage learning - situated
‘bench-top to bedside’ in medicine
Translation research
there was a Map of Medicine for education????‘Concept to
classroom’
Imagine if teachers could access research based pedagogic knowledge
about.....
barriers to learning threshold concepts at a fine grain level
the most effective strategies for using iPads in the classroom
•the research evidence base for iPads is growing but is not organised for teachers
•Personalisation; Collaboration; Authenticity are emerging as powerful affordances of iPads
•MESH is an international, free, online project to map the pedagogical knowledge base in all subjects
Your take-away
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Contact details:
Dr. Kevin Burden: Reader,University Teaching Fellow,Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)Faculty of Education, The University of Hull, HU6 7RXTel: (44) 01482 466731Mobile: 07815184477Twitter: @edskjb
URL: https://hull.academia.edu/KevinBurden
MESH maps (iPads) http://www.richprocter.co.uk/cgi-bin/pathways/pad.pl
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