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A Micool Project Cross-European Case Study on the classroom use of tablet technologies

Judge, Miriam orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-4993-7032 (2017) A Micool Project Cross-European Case Study on the classroom use of tablet technologies. Project Report. Erasmus+.

Abstract
This case study offers a Cross-European perspective on tablet use in schools. It was produced as part of the Micool (Mobile Intercultural Cooperative Learning) Project’s Intellectual Output three commitments. Micool (www.micool.org) was a two-year project (2015-2017) whose main aim was to provide in-service training and resources for teachers in mobile technology pedagogy and examine the ways in which innovative mobile devices, when introduced into schools, can enhance digital integration in teaching and learning. Seven partners from Ireland, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and Montenegro participated in the project. The project consortium comprised teachers working in elementary and secondary education as well as 3rd level teacher educators and trainers from different countries who came together to share their expertise on the use of ICT in schools and to upskill teachers on the use of mobile technologies such as iPads to modernize teaching and learning for the C21st. Using a case study methodology the research conducted aimed to document and examine best practice examples of mobile technologies in schools and provide insight into the potential of mobile devices to change classroom learning and teaching in the C21st, based mainly, though not exclusively, on the experiences of the Micool Partner schools. The main data gathering tool in this study was a series of individual qualitative interviews conducted with teachers, and focus group interviews conducted with students in Portugal, Poland, Germany and Ireland. Both teacher and student interviews were conducted using a structured interview format divided into key sections encompassing “Pedagogical Benefits”, “Lesson Planning”, “Interactivity”, “Infrastructure” (including participants’ perspectives on tablet devices compared to other school technologies), “Teacher Training/Professional Development”, and “How Tablets were affecting Change”. Based on this research a number of key thematic findings emerged, the most important of which are discussed in this research report.
Metadata
Item Type:Monograph (Project Report)
Refereed:No
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Educational technology
Social Sciences > Teaching
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Communications
Publisher:Erasmus+
Copyright Information:Author
Funders:Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for School Education. Grant agreement 2015-1-IE01-KA201-008669
ID Code:32513
Deposited On:10 Apr 2026 10:27 by Miriam Judge . Last Modified 10 Apr 2026 10:27
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