Different
people have carried out different research to answer if there is any difference
in the performance of students using and not using tablets. Performance can be
their results which can be physically measured or even it can be how they show
their participation in classwork. A qualitative study of lager iPad one to one
program was carried out to find out how the introduction to tablets can affect
teaching and learning was carried out by a secondary school of the United Kingdom
known as Lonfield. Among the teacher and students, 820 students and 71 teachers
were equipped with pads. The research concluded that the majority of the
teachers and students who used the iPads found the benefits of using iPads.
34 out of 71 teachers reported that the usage of iPads has increased the
student's levels of collaboration on their school works and while, 43 of them
reported that the applications in iPads were much more reliable and useful in
their classroom instructions than the traditional ways of teaching and learning
(Heinrich 2012). Calgary Science School is another school in which they had
successfully introduced tablets in their classroom. They have found that usage
of tablets in their classrooms have made the students become producers and
creators, rather than passive consumers (Johnson et al. 2012, p.20). Tablet
applications make student explore and achieve their learning objectives.
According to Koehler and Mishra’s (2005) framework for integrating technology
into education, effective technology can be achieved with effective technology,
new pedagogical practices and educational content.
A quantitative study was done by (Young, 2016) on
Teachers’ Attitudes to using iPads or Tablet Computers; Implications for
Developing new skills, Pedagogies, and school- provided support, identified that
there is a large barrier between usage and enabling factors. The study
furthermore, suggest that school leaders have to make sure that in order to
successfully use tablets in education certain factors have to be kept in mind.
The factors include; the teachers should be given enough professional
development programs before and while using tablets in the classroom, make sure that teacher is given enough time to make their lessons ready and to share
their experience with other teachers, the curriculum has to be available in
digital form and most importantly internet connection and Wi-Fi has to be
provided in the school.
A
qualitative research was done by Soykan, Özdamlı & Özcan,( 2017)on the
emotional analysis of children with special needs during tablet usage in
education, shows that the students are much happier while using tablets in
learning than the traditional method of teaching. The research furthermore
concludes that even the students with special needs are motivated and their
communication skills have been improved by using tablets while teaching. The
research was carried out with the help of specified software and the results
were selected by observing students facial expression and smile. When a person
is happy, they are able to avoid potential problem or dangers and have the ability
to focus on the given task (Konrad ve Hendl, 2001; Schober, 1999). To
analyze student performance using tablets, the research could be carried out to
check the disadvantages of using tablets in studies. In this way, a better
conclusion could be made.
