Share Paper: Using the iPad & iPhone for Education-- A Report from Abilene Christian University's 4th Year of Mobile Learning Research

  1. Scott Hamm, Abilene Christian University, United States
Tuesday, March 6 2:45 PM-3:45 PM Terrace North

Abstract: In a world of search engines, social networking, and mobile computers, students have access to more information than one could process in a lifetime. At ACU, we are training students to not merely consume these vast amounts of information, but to assess information, to synthesize thoughts, to generate new ideas, and to contribute meaningfully to conversations of global importance. We are exploring how these technologies can be used to help people learn in new ways. In the fourth year of our mobile learning research, we have faculty members who will present their year -long research in mobile pedagogy. The ACU ...