How Will the iPhone 
Change Education?
A Review of Literature..
Stephanie Gerald
IT 830 XA
Contemporary Issues in Distance Education Final Project
iPhones may change
Education in:
1. Student Engagement


2. Required Readings 


3. Pedagogy and Course Content


4. Orientation to the Institution
iPhone - a distraction.. or a way to engage students?


No more heavy textbooks to carry around?     Search, bookmark, easy access.

Library resources
Podcasting lectures - Why go to class? Can view them at any time on iPhone.

Teachers use the apps? Share content.
iStanford - university maps, see where the shuttle is, email instructors, enroll/drop courses, grades news, sports
in the short time it has been in education..

already has changed the way students learn..

and the way teachers teach..


Coombs, K. (2008). The Mobile iRevolution. Library Journal part Net Connect, 28.

Dyrli, K. (2008). Getting in Touch. District Administration, 44(12), 35-36.

Godwin-Jones, R. (2007). Emerging technologies e-texts, mobile browsing, and rich 
internet applications. Language, Learning & Technology, 11, 3.

Godwin-Jones, R. (2008). Emerging technologies mobile-computing trends: lighter, 
faster, smarter. Language, Learning & Technology, 12, 3-9.

Harris, C. (2008) An iPhone for Every Student. School Library Journal, 54(11), 22.

Mishra, P., and Koehler, M. (2009). Too cool for school? No way Using the TPACK 
framework: you can have your hot tools and teach with them, too. Learning 
& Leading with Technology, 36, 14-18. 

Quittner, J. (2009, Jan 1). Can iStanford Take On Facebook Mobile? Retrieved from 
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1869169,00.html.
Ramaswami, R. (2008). Fill’er up What to do with all those cell phones, PDAs, and 
iPods tucked away in students’ backpacks? Forward-thinking administrators 
have found a ‘smart’ solution: Load them with educational content and 
welcome them into instruction. Technological Horizons in Education, 35, 5.

Sturgeon, J. (2007, November). Talkin’ up a storm: the debate over integrating cell 
phones into instruction rages: do potential security risks and classroom 
disruptions negate the promise of academic gains? A North Carolina pilot 
program may soon have the answer. Technological Horizons In Education, 
34, 16-17.

Young, J. R. (2008, March). Is iPhone Giveaway a Gimmick or a Portent?. The 
Chronicle of Higher Education, 54(27), A4. 

References
Harris, C. (2008) An iPhone for Every Student. School Library Journal, 54(11), 22.
Ramaswami, R. (2008). Fill’er up What to do with all those cell phones, PDAs, and 
     iPods tucked away in students’ backpacks? Forward-thinking administrators 
     have found a ‘smart’ solution: Load them with educational content and 
     welcome them into instruction. Technological Horizons in Education, 35, 5.

Coombs, K. (2008). The Mobile iRevolution. Library Journal part Net Connect, 28.
Sturgeon, J. (2007, November). Talkin’ up a storm: the debate over integrating cell 
phones into instruction rages: do potential security risks and classroom 
disruptions negate the promise of academic gains? A North Carolina pilot 
program may soon have the answer. Technological Horizons In Education, 
34, 16-17.


Quittner, J. (2009, Jan 1). Can iStanford Take On Facebook Mobile? Retrieved from 
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1869169,00.html.