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MOBILE LEARNING DEVICES AS COLLABORATIVE TOOLS TO ENHANCE
BIOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION SKILLS IN THE LAB AND FIELD
ii. Acknowledgements
The inspiration for this study came from attending the Enhance
Fieldwork Showcase events run by Brian Whalley, Derek France
and Julian Parks. This study was funded by a School of Life
Sciences teaching equipment grant and a Keele University teaching
innovation grant. I especially want to thank my former and current
heads of schools, Anne Loweth and Dave Hoole respectively, who
were prepared to take a chance on something new. Many thanks
to the following final year undergraduate students who gave up
their spare time to participate on the pilot study workshop: Amy
collier, Davy Falkner, Holly Farrington, Abi Gazzard, Kristen HirshPearson, Katie Marsh, Kenroy Millwood, Alex Melson, Max Reboul,
Ben Salt, Richard Sant and Nathan Wisniewski. Thanks to Hannah
Lane at Mount Allison University, Canada, for help with the initial
innovation grant application, to Craig Armstrong and Yassir
Rashid in Computing Services for their technical assistance in the
mysterious workings of Apple Configurator, and to Apple Care for
dealing with all my tech problems. Special thanks go to the iPads
in Higher Education committee who provided useful feedback
on a conference proceedings version of this study, and to fellow
conference delegates who showed me that I am not alone in my
endeavours. Finally, thanks to Matthew Street, Georgina Spencer,
Matt West and Russell Crawford in the LPDC, and Patricia Proctor
and Ian Stimpson for their continued help and support.
iii. Disclaimer
This study is an independent publication and has not been
authorised, sponsored or otherwise approved by Apple Inc, or any
of the educational app developers.
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