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Interested in connecting users with the latest resources aimed at advancing intellectual inquiry and discovery, researchers from Texas Tech University Libraries decided to embark on a study to explore the practicality of the latest technology, the iPad, within the varying functions of academia. Using an online survey and focus groups, the researchers sought to investigate how students and faculty felt the iPad might be used in teaching and learning, as well as research. This article describes the process the researchers used to obtain iPads for research and how they explored their use in an academic setting.he Texas Tech University Libraries connects its users with the latest resources to advance intellectual inquiry and discovery as stated in its mission. Texas Tech University Libraries is always looking for new ways to teach, to research and to promote learning, whether it is through new practices, methods or technologies. With the release of the Apple iPad, there was a lot of curiosity and speculation on its uses within the academic environment. By experimenting with this new device, the research team developed a study seeking to investigate how the iPad is different from other technologies and how it can make a difference in the way academia teaches and learns. With this in mind, the researchers decided to explore the practicality of the iPad within the varying functions of higher education, especially in the classroom, for teaching and learning, and in research by conducting a survey and focus groups of iPad users and novices. Using the knowledge gathered through these methods, the researchers hope to make a case in favor of the use of technology in academia, specifically the use of the iPad. Literature ReviewAccording to the Chronicle of Higher Education -The Digital Campus, faculty members reported feeling burdened by having to keep up with the new technology and felt unrewarded for using the technology while teaching. Despite this fact, the use of and the dynamically changing landscape of technology will influence the academic environment. There is a plethora of literature all pointing toward the looming horizon of how tablet technology will affect the classroom. In the article "Is Education crl12-380

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