Pilot Program

Image: The Connect to Success (now, iLearn) Core Leadership Team

We started our 1:1 iPad journey by building a solid and sustainable system of resources for the educators (faculty and staff) at SMU in 2021. Since then, we provide not only technology support, but also guidance from an instructional and pedagogical perspective by knowledgeable staff who received training at the Apple Academy, as well as faculty and staff from across the University’s departments. They are prepared to collaborate with educators to use tablets for mobile, digital learning according to best practices.

The programs that participated in the pilot are:

ABSN Oakland
ELMSN - Prelicensure Sacramento
BSN Oakland
ABSN Sacramento
CSPM

As part of the initiative, we are continuously using data to improvements and expand the scope of iPad use by faculty and staff in the service of student success.

Currently we are very excited about what we are already hearing from students and faculty and are working hard to ensure we will transition to our plan for a university-wide implementation of iLearn, where every incoming student receives an iPad, in the near future.