Usabilidad de las tabletas digitales en Educación Primaria: valoración cualitativa del profesorado y alumnado

Abstract

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been a change in edu- cational development. From all the devices, the digital tablet, given its characteristics, portability, touch screen use, easy connectivity, educational applications..., can be an interesting element towards their educational use. The aim of this study is to assess the usability of digital tablets in a sample of 51 students and 15 teachers of Primary Education in rural areas of the District of Peñaranda de Bracamonte (Salamanca) who have been working with digital tablets from January to March 2014, adapting the contents and evaluating their use and satisfaction. The methodological strategy used was qualitative, with a semi-structured questionnaire, interviews and focus groups, and data collection techniques which were applied. The collected data were analyzed using the qualitative analysis program NVIVO10. The results obtained indicate that the experience has clearly been successful for teachers and students, highlighting the improvement in various digital skills and capabilities as well as an improvement in the teaching process.