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Wednesday 11 February 2026
3:30 pm – 5 pm
Room 2.23, Howard House

Effective and inclusive teaching – both in the round and in active learning spaces – involves moving around the classroom to observe, communicate with, and support different groups of students. Using a tablet can enable you to do this while sharing, annotating, or co-creating learning materials. This hands-on session is an opportunity to design, try out, and share approaches to using tablets in your teaching.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
– design effective and inclusive teaching approaches using a tablet
– navigate practical issues involved with teaching using a tablet
– make an informed decision about which device you will use in your teaching.

Bring your own device or borrow one of our iPads or 2-in-1 laptops to try out ideas during the session.

Further information:

Using Tablets in Active Learning Spaces and in the Round

Why use tablets?

• Mobility and presence: Tablets allow teachers to move around and engage with students, managing learning activities from anywhere in the room.
• Enhanced interaction: Effective teaching in active learning spaces and in the round relies on proximity and engagement. Tablets can support this by enabling teachers to control presentations, annotate materials, and manage digital tools while remaining among students rather than in a fixed position.
• Seamless facilitation: Tablets make it easier to create, annotate, display, and share learning materials in real time.

What are the potential benefits for teachers?

• Improved learner engagement: Being able to move around the room helps maintain attention and promotes interaction.
• Flexible teaching workflows: Teachers can switch between slides, digital whiteboards, polls, apps and other resources without returning to a fixed location.
• Responsive instruction: Being able to capture, annotate and share student contributions encourages active participation and supports adaptive teaching.

What are the potential benefits for students?

• Closer, more inclusive teaching: Students may feel more connected if teachers are mobile, making eye contact with them, rather than stationary at the front.
• Increased opportunities for participation: Tablets make it easier for teachers to invite student input, display student work or integrate tools that promote interaction.
• More dynamic learning materials: Live annotation and shared digital content support multimodal learning experiences and can improve understanding.

In short:

Tablets can support more interactive, flexible and engaging teaching in active learning spaces (of any shape). Their mobility, versatility and ability to support real-time engagement offer significant benefits for teaching and learning.