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Why tablets?

Explore the characteristics and benefits of 21st century education in the context of a digitally-catalyzed society. Discover how tablets are enhancing student engagement, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Gain insights into the evolving role of tablets in addressing diverse learning styles and fostering meaningful involvement in education. Ongoing research highlights the positive impact of intuitive tablet products on student motivation and willingness to learn.

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Why tablets?

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  1. Why tablets? patrick.camilleri@um.edu.mt Learning in the 21st century

  2. Structure • 21st century education • Context • Characteristics

  3. 21stCENTURY EDUCATION • Beyond the notion of life long learning to the emergence of the individual learner • Learning to know, do, be and learning to live together • Learning in context of a digitally catalyzed society with a universal access

  4. In the 20th century we expected school systems to sort people: those who would go to university and those who wouldn’t, those who would do professional jobs and those who wouldn’t, and those who would fill the semi-skilled and unskilled jobs for which minimal learning at school was required. (Barber, 2014)

  5. In the 21st century we are aware that this is not good enough - not good enough morally, not good enough socially and not good enough economically. (Ibid, 2014)

  6. […] we will see the new pedagogy emerge […] we would see learning outcomes that would include not only literacy and numeracy, vital though they are, but also those wider, less well-defined outcomes such as problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, thinking in different ways, and building effective relationships and teams. (Ibid. 2014)

  7. What I Think • students learn differently • students interact in new ways • private learning bubbles • they cannot fit in our shoes.

  8. the issue?

  9. MEANINGFUL LEARNING WE DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT IS TAUGHT BUT WHAT IS MEANINGFUL OUR STRONGEST MEMORIES ARE CREATED DURING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WE ARE ACTIVE LEARNERS BY NATURE

  10. characteristics

  11. multisensory

  12. touch Not point and click but point to click The most natural thing to do

  13. visual • Comprehension of complex subjects • Active visual learning. • Pictures, videos, maps, or graphs. • Forming a mental image • Conceptualisation • Self expression • Photo stories • Visual based projects

  14. MOBILITY • CONDITIONS • Chicago study with 5th grade students • provision of tablets to teachers and students. • wireless access at school and home. • OBSERVATIONS • Tablets can make a difference in students’ learning habits • Greater access to learning resources • Students did not engage in bad behaviour • Increasing learning sophistication • The creation of new learning environments • Group work • Originality • independence

  15. Digital Art Access Reading Writing Music. Experimentation and Creation Video connectivity/Social Media Visual science apps and simulations Presentations Blogging as diverse forms of writing Photography and video making More accessible research eBooks (OERs)and related sources Evolving computer skills. Games Addressing students learning styles

  16. Ongoing research • Intuitive products • Tablets favourably motivate students • Enhance willingness to learn • Engagement and meaningful involvement

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