{"id":1630,"date":"2011-03-17T08:40:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T14:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2016-05-27T16:02:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T22:02:49","slug":"ipads-for-college-classrooms-not-so-fast-some-professors-say-technology-the-chronicle-of-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/03\/17\/ipads-for-college-classrooms-not-so-fast-some-professors-say-technology-the-chronicle-of-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. &#8211; Technology &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>There. It&#8217;s been said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/iPads-for-College-Classrooms-\/126681\/#\">iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. &#8211; Technology &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>early studies indicate that these finger-based tablets are passive devices that have limited use in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>professors cannot use them to mark up material on the fly and show  changes to students in response to their questions, a type of  interactivity that has been a major thrust in pedagogy.<\/p>\n<p>For their online final exam, 39 of the 40 students put away their iPads  in favor a laptop, because of concerns that the Apple tablet might not  save their material.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1630'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1630);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1630);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1630);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>There. It&#8217;s been said. iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. &#8211; Technology &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education. early studies indicate that these finger-based tablets are passive devices that have limited use in higher education. professors &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/03\/17\/ipads-for-college-classrooms-not-so-fast-some-professors-say-technology-the-chronicle-of-higher-education\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[388,389,143,163],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-academia","tag-educational-technology","tag-istuff","tag-user-experience"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-qi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2644,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/08\/22\/what-works-in-classroom-forums-wired-campus-the-chronicle-of-higher-education\/","url_meta":{"origin":1630,"position":0},"title":"What Works in Classroom Forums &#8211; Wired Campus &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"What a Tech Start-Up's Data Say About What Works in Classroom Forums - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education. 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