Interactive whiteboards: boon or bandwagon? A critical review of the literature

By Heather J. Smith, S. Higgins, Kate Wall, Jen Miller. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2005

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This article reviews the literature concerning the introduction of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in educational settings. It identifies common themes to emerge from a burgeoning and diverse literature, which includes reports and summaries available on the Internet. Although the literature reviewed is overwhelmingly positive about the impact and the potential of IWBs, it is primarily based on the views of teachers and pupils. There is insufficient evidence to identify the actual impact of such technologies upon learning either in terms of classroom interaction or upon attainment and achievement. This article examines this issue in light of varying conceptions of interactivity and research into the effects of learning with verbal and visual information.

Subfields: Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Information Systems

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The impact of ICT in schools - a landscape review (2007, background): “These benefits were found where IWBs were effectively integrated into classroom use, but there is also evidence that their availability and the skills of teachers in using them were frequently limited (Beverton et al., 2005; Smith et al., 2005).”
A sound foundation? What we know about the impact of environments on learning and the implications for Building Schools for the Future (2007, background): “There is currently a great deal of public money being spent on improving the quality of school environments through new building, retro‐fitting and improving older schools, the introduction of new ICTs into schools (for example, interactive whiteboards: Hall & Higgins, 2005 ; Smith, et al, 2005 ”
Evaluation of the Primary Schools Whiteboard Expansion Project (2007, background): “Aspects of interactive whiteboards which potentially benefit teaching concern its flexibility, multimedia presentations, efficiency, its support for planning, and enabling the modelling of ICT skills (Smith et al., 2005).”
Lighting and discomfort in the classroom (2009, background): “Reduced expense of installing only a dataprojector and using it with a conventional DWB appears to provide many of the pedagogical benefits of an IWB (Glover, Miller, Averis, & Door, 2005; Smith et al., 2005).”
New directions for early literacy in a digital age: The iPad (2015, background): “…evidence regarding the classroom learning opportunities offered by diverse digital media, including interactive whiteboards (Moss et al., 2007; Smith et al., 2005; Twiner et al., 2010; Warwick et al., 2010), computers (author, 2011; 2012; Plowman, Stephen and McPake, 2010), digital games…”