OnCourse at Ericsson Academy - Using Android tablets to enrich classroom training
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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2013
Författare
Linge, Edvin
Ljungstrand, Rickard
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Tablets have recently become popular as tools in elementary schools in Sweden and many
other parts of the world. To be able to really utilize them in educational activities more
research is needed though. At the same time tablets can most likely be used equally well in
professional training, but such education differs quite a bit from school education and even
less research has been carried out in that specific area. This thesis project has investigated
how tablets can be incorporated in classroom training at Ericsson AB in Mölndal. We have
done this by both gathering and evaluating data and creating a hands-on prototype app
called OnCourse for Android. The prototype allows Ericsson to without much effort test
using tablets in their training to create a rigorous base for whether they should introduce
tablets in full-scale in their training organization or not.
Our conclusion is that tablets really have the possibility to enrich professional training
as a technical and informative as well as a pedagogical aid. However, more research is
needed into the pedagogical possibilities in order for an app and tablets to be worth full
commitment at Ericsson. Using it only as a way to present information and to access the
Internet is not enough to justify their introduction considering the extra cognitive effort
required by both instructor and learner during the course.
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training , tablets , active learning , Ericsson , collaborative learning , classroom , prototype , Android , education , learning , collaboration