Title: iPadagogy: appropriating the iPad within pedagogical contexts

Authors: Thomas Cochrane; Vickel Narayan; James Oldfield

Addresses: Centre for Learning And Teaching, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand ' Te Puna Ako, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand ' Department of Accounting and Finance, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract: This paper critiques eight m-learning projects, including four m-learning projects using iPads in 2010 followed by a further four iPad projects in 2011. Using an action research methodology, the authors explore the impact of the integration of the m-learning projects on the pedagogical approaches of these courses. The eight iPad projects present different approaches to the integration of the iPad within a variety of educational contexts. The projects were informed by six critical success factors identified from thirty m-learning projects between 2006 and 2010, and illustrate the potential for the iPad to become a pedagogical game changer.

Keywords: pedagogy; iPad; Apple; e-book readers; electronic books; tablet computers; digital books; iPadagogy; pedagogical contexts; action research; educational contexts; CSF; critical success factors; game changers; Orewa College; high schools; secondary education; Auckland; New Zealand; University of Adelaide; South Australia; higher education; universities; Abilene Christian University; Texas; USA; United States; Unitec Institute of Technology; mobile learning; m-learning; online learning; e-learning; electronic learning; online learning; internet; world wide web.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2013.051573

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 2013 Vol.7 No.1, pp.48 - 65

Published online: 20 Sep 2014 *

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