iPads in higher education - Hype and hope

Using iPads to improve academic gains for students with disabilities

Students with disabilities have a difficult time making academic progress in the classroom. Depending on the type of disability, students need various modifications and support to assist with academic tasks. This literature review examines the effectiveness of the use of iPads to help improve achievement for students with disabilities. Both benefits and difficulties of using iPads in the classr...

iPads in early education: separating assumptions and evidence

Since their first appearance in 2010, iPads and other comparable tablets have been heralded for their potential to revolutionize education, including that of young children. Like previous multimedia technologies (e.g., whiteboards, Kozma, 1991), iPads are multimodal, allowing users to use texts, pictures, and sounds. In comparison with other, so far available multimedia technologies, iPads have...

Touching the virtual, touching the real: iPads and enabling literacy for students experiencing disability

In this paper we discuss the potential of iPads for supporting literacy learning in special education, with a focus on how the gestural and sensory experience of touch can enable young learners with moderate to complex physical and/or cognitive disability to engage in fun, independent and inclusive classroom-based literacy activities. We report on a case study where we observed the literacy lea...

The Role of Hope in the Recovery of Pervasive Diseases (With Emphasis on Coronavirus (COVID 19) in Iran)

Introduction: Coronavirus (COVID 19) disease is an unknown disease and medical science has not been able to find a suitable treatment for it. Preventive discussions all emphasize being away from society and being at home. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of hope in the recovery of pervasive diseases (with emphasis on coronavirus (COVID 19) in Iran). Methods: This research is a ...

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