The document discusses the use of iPads for mobile learning (m-learning) at two higher education institutions: Anadolu University in Turkey and Abu Dhabi Women's College in the United Arab Emirates. It describes how both universities have implemented iPad programs, with Anadolu University distributing iPads to provide e-books and adaptive content to over 150 courses. Abu Dhabi Women's College has given iPads to its 14,000 students and faculty to create dynamic iBooks and iTunesU courses. The document concludes that the iPad unveils new opportunities for open and distance education through m-learning.

1. The World in a Backpack:
Learning with iPads
Nil GÖKSEL CANBEK
Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey
Dr. Jace HARGIS
Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
AECT 2013 International Convention
Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2013 Anaheim, California

2. Learning with iPads
‘Society on the move’
Walker (2006)
www.makewav.es

3. Learning with iPads
The advances in
mobile learning
(m-learning):
transformed
•access to
•connect to
« education »
www.technodo.com

4. m-learning is …
www.logotypes101.com
‘ just in time, just enough and just for me’
model of flexible learning
(Peters, 2009)

5. immense potential of …
commons.wikimedia.org
Learners:
move from
room to room
 shift from
topic to topic
(Sharples & Vavoula, 2005)

6. Overview
Aim:
- to focus on the current trends of mlearning
m-learning devices will be analyzed in terms of :
apps
iBooks with widget
embedded videos
formative assessments
iTunesU
courses

7. iPad is …
www. bipixel.com
iPads can be described as
large iPhones with touch-screen (Pratt, 2010)

8. iBooks
www.mediameerkat.com
iBooks with engaging layouts, interactive
diagrams, video and 3-D graphics
(Kilgore, 2012)

9. … with iBooks apps
interact with elements of the illustrations or
diagrams, making these move or gaining
further information
(Pratt, 2010)
www.allaboutiphone.net

10. AU and ADWC use iPad
Anadolu University (AU) in Turkey
Abu Dhabi Women’s College
(ADWC) in United Arab Emirates (UAE)
started using iPad

11. Anadolu University
 e-book
project
 published-hardcopy textbooks/e-books
distribution to all over Turkey & Europe
 touchscreen technology aided content for
150 courses
 adaptable to Tablet PCs and desktops
 no obligation for Internet access

12. Anadolu University
Proposal:
a
software program used on iPads for
visually impaired open and distance education
learners
regular exams with other students with no
physical or mental disabilities
presented to the Ministry of National
Education and the Student Selection &
Placement Center of Turkey

13. Anadolu University
http://itunesu.anadolu.edu.tr/

14. Abu Dhabi Women’s College
Project: www.ipads.ae
iPad mobile learning for 14,000 students
• to share information about the project
• begin discussions
• sharing of resources
iPads given to faculty in June of 2012
mobile learning device as part of the mlearning ecosystem
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2012/09/28/b-mme-mobile.cnn

15. Abu Dhabi Women’s College
Faculty:
created dynamic iBooks
used iBooks Author
enhanced those iBooks with Widgets:
 video, photos, and other dynamic info
iTunesU courses
 info on the course
 posts of course lectures, videos

16. iBook Author
- students can:
read
highlight their notes
email specific portions of their notes
make updates
share current events/ specific info

17. Conclusion
« mobility is a way of life »
Apple iPad, as a promising focal
device, unveiled countless options for
open and distance education within the
wider context of m-learning.
Higher education institutions like AU
and ADWC tend to follow the newest
advances in m-learning technologies.
(Göksel-Canbek &Hargis, 2013)

18. Thank you for listening!