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Mobile devices have become especially enticing to schools because of their portability, flexibility, and intuitive interfaces. A growing number of schools have begun using tablets as a cost-effective strategy in a digital learning environment. Other schools have embraced a bring your own device (BYOD) policy, which addresses pedagogical goals as well as the lack of funds many schools struggle with to support digital learning. BYOD makes digital learning easier by leveraging the devices students already have. The purpose of this study was to explore a digital learning initiative implementation in a large public school district in southwest Florida in order to provide formative feedback to guide its digital learning initiative beyond the initial implementation.
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Stork, M.G. Implementing a Digital Learning Initiative: a Case Study in K-12 Classrooms. J Form Des Learn 2, 36–48 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41686-017-0013-1
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