BACKGROUND Providing patient information to physicians in usable form is of high importance. Electronic presentation of patient data may have benefits in efficiency and error rate reduction for these physician facing interfaces. Using a cancer symptom measurement tool (the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI)) we assessed the usability of patient data in its raw paper form and compared that to...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of the iPad as a low vision aid in improving the reading ability of low vision patients (LVPs). METHODS In this study, 228 consecutive patients that came for their routine eye care examination at the University of Florida, Jacksonville eye clinic, were enrolled. Patients met inclusion criteria if they had best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 20/100 or worse in...

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 173 I. THE PROBLEM ............................................................................ 174 A. What Happened to the Daily Newspaper? .......................... 175 B. What’s an iPad, and Why Do Newspapers Care? ............... 177 C. Why the iPad Might Not Be a Savior ........................

During a two-day objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), we compared two types of checklists for student performance ratings: paper & pencil vs. digital checklists on iPads. Several subjective and objective measures from 10 examiners were collected and computed. Data showed that digital checklists were perceived as significantly more usable and less exertive and were also preferred in...

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The use of mobile technology in language learning has increased considerably, with an unprecedented adoption of mobile tablets in K-12 and higher education settings. Despite the number of recent smallscale studies that have found increased student motivation and engagement in learning as a result of using mobile tablets, there is a need to further examine the impact of these devices on student ...

In this paper we compare and critique four mlearning projects using iPads in 2010. Using an action research methodology the authors explored the impact of the integration of the mlearning projects on the pedagogical approaches of these four courses. The four iPad projects present four different approaches to the integration of the iPad within a variety of educational contexts. The four projects...

Apple’siPadandotherformsoftabletarereportedlygainingincreasingpopularitywithintheacademic premises.Mostofthepublishedresearchonthistopichashighlyadmiredthepositiveroleandimpact ofiPadsonteachingandlearningpractices,asifanexogenoustechnologicalinductioninanylocal contextwouldessentially revolutionizeand transformthewholeeducationalparadigm...