General Description: Objectives, research questions and theoretical framework

Objectives

There is significant scope for further evaluation of the potential of Tablet PCs to enhance learning and teaching. Schools and universities have started to invest in tablet PCs, thus we need to widen our understanding about the ways in which learning can be enhanced by using tablet PCs in teaching. We need more information and research about the ways how tablet PCscan be used in meaningful ways in teaching to enhance learning, and this presentation is based on the study about the use of tablet PCs in learning and teaching, where the focus is on about learning.

Research Questions

In this poster I will present a study which focuses on the use of table PCs in teaching and learning at the secondary education level. Especially the following research questions will be explored: presentation is based on s study on tablet PCs in secondary education to address the following questions:

RQ1: To what degree and in what ways do teachers use tablet PCs in teaching?

RQ2:  In what ways does the use of tablet PCs affect students’ motivation, attitudes and learning processes and outcomes?

Theoretical Framework

The world is changing; the definition of knowledge have been changed; the technology used has been influenced on the way how learning is seen nowadays; and therefore, teaching and teaching practice should change from classical teacher-centred to more learner-centred through active participation of learners and interactive learning environment. Tablet PC is the newest technology to implement in learning and education, since its initial release in 2002 it has gradually acceptance as a useful tool for educators and professionals. Many studies and surveys have shown that the use of tablet teaching is effective tool in the classroom for both students and teachers (Berque, 2006; Anderson et al, 2007).  However, there is still a need to take into account students’ and teachers’ perceptions in use of tablet PCs, correlation between tablet PCs integrated and normal lesson plans taking the generic and technology enhanced school’s curriculum into consideration.

This study will focus on characteristics of learning, including constructivism learning approach, learner-centred and knowledge construction. Various theories and models in the adoption of information technology innovations will also be analysed. Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) is the one but not only the theory to name. In addition, the theory of reasoned action (TRA), which has extensively used to study technology acceptance, (Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975); the technology acceptance model (TAM), which is intended to predict information technology acceptance across diverse technologies, (Davis et al, 1989); the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) (Ajzen, 1991) are to be used in this study.

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