Exploring Preservice Teachers' Collaborative Mobile Learning Experience Through the Use of iPads

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 3
  In Poster Session: Technology-Based Environments

Abstract

This study investigated pre-service teachers' perceived learning experience in iPad-enhanced, collaborative learning environments. Three variables, including sense of community, perceived collaborative learning, and iPad self-efficacy, and their correlations with perceived learning experience were examined. The participants were pre-service teachers from a in the United States. Data were collected using an online survey. The results indicated that there were significantly positive correlations between sense of community, perceived collaborative learning, and iPad self-efficacy, and perceived learning. Sense of community was the strongest predictor of pre-service teachers' perceived learning. iPad self-efficacy was a key factor in pre-service teachers' learning experience in iPad-enhanced collaborative settings. iPad ownership had a potential influence on pre-service teachers' iPad self-efficacy. Discussions and conclusion are provided following the results.

Authors

• Yu-Chun Kuo, Rowan University

• Yu-Tung Kuo, North Carolina A&T State University