This course covers the impact that personal electronic devices, in this case tablets, have on the delivery of instruction. The course discusses the reasons for using tablets in classroom and lab settings to enhance learning and expand educational resources for students. Strategies are given to enable instructors to see how the use of tablets can assist students in becoming active learners both within and outside of the school setting.

Module 1: The Arrival of Tablets

• Identify the development of tablets as educational devices.
• Assess their connection to instructional delivery.
• Select reasons for using tablets in teaching.

Module 2: The Value of Tablets

• Identify ways tablets can be used as learning tools.
• Assess how tablets can fit into teaching enhancement.
• Describe benefits of using tablets for learning.

Module 3: Learning With Tablets

• Identify ways to gain student engagement with tablets.
• List benefits of using tablets in learning.
• Apply ways of using tablets to facilitate learning.

Module 4: Using Tablets

• Utilize strategies to enable students to integrate tablets into their learning.
• Explain how tablets can expand your instructional outreach.
• Describe ways you can enhance your instructional delivery.