Developing Digital Wisdom by Students and Teachers: The Impact of Integrating Tablet Computers on Learning and Pedagogy in an Elementary School

Autor/inn/en	Shamir-Inbal, Tamar; Blau, Ina
Titel	Developing Digital Wisdom by Students and Teachers: The Impact of Integrating Tablet Computers on Learning and Pedagogy in an Elementary School
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Computing Research, 54 (2016) 7, S.967-996 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0735-6331
DOI	10.1177/0735633116649375
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Handheld Devices; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Technology Integration; Elementary Education; Case Studies; Grade 5; Interviews; Elementary School Teachers; Administrators; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Computer Literacy; Qualitative Research; Foreign Countries; Observation; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Elementarunterricht; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Computerkenntnisse; Qualitative Forschung; Ausland; Beobachtung
Abstract	This article investigates a pilot of integrating tablet computers in the elementary education. The research questions address the impact of tablet integration on learning and pedagogy. This qualitative case study crosschecks non-participated observations on students who work with tablet PCs, the school staff reflection on the integration as presented on the school blog, a focus group of fifth graders, interviews with the school principal and four teachers who are involved in the implementation, and three parents who assisted in a tablet-based extracurriculum project. The findings revealed that the most significant added value of tablet use is in mobile learning in out-of-class setting, while in in-class learning teacher would prefer using laptops because of tablet technical limitations. The findings are discussed in terms of technological pedagogical and content knowledge TPACK framework and "digital wisdom" of teachers and students. Pedagogical potential of tablet in developing digital wisdom is analyzed based on five metaphors of mobile learning: using a device as a "toolbox," "creative mind," "participation activator," "shared mobile desktop," and "connected world." For massive implementation in the education system, we recommend that decision makers should integrate tablets only if mobile learning is a significant component in the instructional design. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01