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Strategies to Remove Barriers and Increase Motivation to Use the Tablet PC in Formative Assessment

Strategies to Remove Barriers and Increase Motivation to Use the Tablet PC in Formative Assessment

Antony Dekkers, Prue Howard, Nadine Adams, Fae Martin
Copyright: © 2015 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 2155-496X|EISSN: 2155-4978|EISBN13: 9781466679672|DOI: 10.4018/IJQAETE.2015070103
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Dekkers, Antony, et al. "Strategies to Remove Barriers and Increase Motivation to Use the Tablet PC in Formative Assessment." IJQAETE vol.4, no.3 2015: pp.44-55. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJQAETE.2015070103

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Dekkers, A., Howard, P., Adams, N., & Martin, F. (2015). Strategies to Remove Barriers and Increase Motivation to Use the Tablet PC in Formative Assessment. International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education (IJQAETE), 4(3), 44-55. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJQAETE.2015070103

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Dekkers, Antony, et al. "Strategies to Remove Barriers and Increase Motivation to Use the Tablet PC in Formative Assessment," International Journal of Quality Assurance in Engineering and Technology Education (IJQAETE) 4, no.3: 44-55. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJQAETE.2015070103

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Abstract

This paper investigates how engineering academics can be encouraged to integrate the use of the Tablet PC to improve student understanding of course content through formative assessment feedback. In particular, it looks at the barriers and motivators for using the Tablet PC. Based on the results obtained from studies conducted on the utilisation of Tablet PCs in preparatory mathematics courses, incorporation of the technology into engineering undergraduate courses would appear to benefit students. The Tablet PC is both an innovative and adaptive form of technology which is able to support the teaching and learning process. Through the recognition of the observed positives and negatives of Tablet PC application in other courses strategies will be implemented that remove the recognised barriers and provide benefits thus encouraging engineering academics to use the Tablet PC to provide feedback on formative assessment.

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