Understanding Tablets from Early Childhood to Adulthood

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Studying Tablets -- Communications Scholars Studying Tablets -- Information Scholars Studying Tablets -- HCI and the "I" (Individual) in iPad -- Educators Studying Tablets -- Cognitive Psychologists Studying Tablets -- Gaps in the Study of Tablets -- Notes -- 2. Proposing a Model of User-Tablet Communication -- Shannon, Luhmann and Interaction -- User -- Tablets -- Tablet = Hardware + Operating System + Apps -- Tablet Affordances -- Types of Utterances -- Understanding -- Factors Influencing Understanding -- Notes -- 3. How Tablet Technology Influences User-Tablet Communication -- User Experiences and Reflections on Human-Device Interactions -- Tablets and Intuitiveness -- Educational Technology and Tablets -- Mobile Learning/m-Learning -- Studying Tablets as a Form of User-Device Communication -- Issues Arising: Gestures, Affordances and Cognitive Ability -- Notes -- 4. How the Mind Influences User-Tablet Communication -- Attentional Control and Technology Use -- Cognitive Load, Interactivity, and Multimedia Content -- Tablet Apps and Cognitive Load - An Eye-Tracking Study -- Answers to Our Questions -- Take Away Messages -- Notes -- 5. Tablets as a Form of Screen Learning -- The Video Deficit Effect: Why It Happens and What It Tells Us about Screen Learning -- Reducing the Video Deficit Effect During Screen Learning -- Can Tablets Aid Screen Learning? -- The Video Deficit Effect and Tablet Understanding -- Take Home Message -- Notes -- 6. Tablets as a Form of "Hands-On" Learning -- Physical Exploration and Learning: Is Hands-on Learning Effective? -- Are Tablets Really Hands-on? -- Results -- Why Do Gestures Matter? Answers from Embodied and Distributed Cognition Theory -- Summary -- Notes