The document discusses the role of the iPad in education, focusing on how it can enhance learning through various technological applications and resources. However, it also highlights the limitations and the need for scholarly research to validate educational benefits. The iPad's unique features, such as interactivity and portability, may make it a valuable tool for students, but its impact on teaching and learning remains to be fully assessed.

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
20th 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 and to provide feed forward

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 / providing feed forward

6. 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

7. 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
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

8. 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, not creation or re-use.
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

9. 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

10. 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:
– maintaining patient records
– accessing information instantly
– recording patient data at point of care
– presenting information to patients

11. 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
• Interaction with the device is tactile and engaging
giving a distinct User Interface Experience
• 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)
• There are 200,000 + applications written specifically
for the iPad
http://www.ipadineducation.co.uk/iPad_in_Education/iPad_v_Netbook.html

12. Resources
• E-Anatomy
• ICD9 2012 Consult
• Inkling Medical Books
• Harrison’s Principles by Inkling
• All Patients

13. E-Anatomy
• E-Anatomy iPad application
– $3.99 and allows you to buy individual modules from
within the app
– Comes with the brain axial MRI and cranial nerves
illustration modules fully activated
– 2 other modules in demo-mode until they are
purchased as part of one of three different packages
– Each module costs $69.99, bringing the total cost for
the whole deal to $213.96
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14. E-Anatomy
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15. E-Anatomy
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16. ICD9 2012 Consult
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17. ICD9 2012 Consult
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18. Inkling Medical Books
• Inkling is a textbook application that was built
exclusively for the iPad platform and features
“interactive textbooks” — basically, bringing
textbooks alive.
• Once you download the free Inkling app, you are able
to view various textbooks they offer
• Currently have 23 medical books with another dozen
listed as being on the way
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19. Harrison’s Principles by Inkling
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20. Harrison’s Principles
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21. Harrison’s Principles by Inkling
• Less Searching
– Save time flipping back and forth to look stuff up.
Search function and glossary function.
• Formative Assessment
– Every chapter comes with quizzes and self-
assessment tools.
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22. Harrison’s Principles by Inkling
• Audio and Visual
– High resolution images, audio, and video
• Social Learning Network
– See other students’ notes and highlights in real time,
create running discussions, and star the most helpful
notes.
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23. All Patients
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24. All Patients
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25. All Patients
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26. 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

27. White Board

28. Mendeley

29. Documents to Go

30. GoodReader

31. GoodReader

32. Evernote

33. Evernote

34. Mobile Moodle

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

36. iTunes U Application

37. Skype

38. Email

39. Moodle

40. 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

41. Drop Box

42. Drop Box
• The iPad does not have a file browser so no file
browser functions e.g. folder creation are available.
• Drop Box application provides file browser
functionality.
• Also gives a cloud based workflow.
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43. MindJet

44. Application URLs
• E-Anatomy - http://www.imaios.com/en/e-Anatomy
• ICD9 2012 Consult - http://www.regularrateandrhythm.com/
• Inkling Medical - https://www.inkling.com/store/category/medicine/
• 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/

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