Impact of Traditional Education and Tablet-Assisted Education on Students: A Comparative Analysis

Orhan Korhan,Banu Numan Uyal,Elif Binboğa Yel

doi:10.12973/ejmste/79045

Abstract

With the recent technological advances, there is a shift from traditional education to tablet-assisted learning environment. This study compares the problems experienced by students in traditional education and tablet-assisted educational activities. The impact of traditional education on students has been discussed by a comprehensive analysis of the literature. The findings showed that the physical discomforts due to tablet-use are intensively experienced at neck, upper back, lower back, and shoulder regions, which are very similar to those experienced in traditional education. Reading and writing activities have impact on the shoulders, upper back, and the left upper arm. The developed risk assessment model has shown that both educational and extra-curricular activities result in significant risk factors of physical discomfort. Analysis of the muscular activity data implied that there were significant differences among muscle groups for each respondent, which validates and verifies our risk assessment model.

Highlights

The use of technology in classrooms has resulted in a shift from the traditional classroom setting, where the student was considered as a passive consumer of educational knowledge, to a classroom in which learners are considered active participants (Figueiredo & Afonso, 2005; Pelgrum, 2001)
The second part consists of Student Specific Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (SS-CMDQ) (Erdinç & Ekşioğlu, 2009a & 2009b), which is the modified version of the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (CMDQ) (CUergo, 1999), which was used to identify pain or discomfort frequency for the past week and check if academic activities of respondents were interrupted by any discomfort experienced
The hypothesis was rejected, which means that our risk assessment model is verified and validated with the muscle activity measurements

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Introduction

The use of technology in classrooms has resulted in a shift from the traditional classroom setting, where the student was considered as a passive consumer of educational knowledge, to a classroom in which learners are considered active participants (Figueiredo & Afonso, 2005; Pelgrum, 2001). In addition to the widespread Internet access, tablet-assisted systems have become more attractive to teachers as being lightweight when compared to other information communication technology (ICT) devices (Henderson & Yeow, 2012). Many researchers have investigated the effects of traditional education on students (Limon et al, 2004; Hedge, 2005). There have been several studies conducted based on the PC-assisted education systems (Menalson, 2011; Tamim, 2015). There are very few studies in the literature that focus on the impact of tablet-assisted education system on the students

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