Turkish EFL students' opinions towards the use of tablet pcs and interactive whiteboards in EFL classrooms

The study investigated the opinions of Turkish EFL students towards the use of tablet PCs and interactive whiteboards in EFL classrooms. The sample group of this study included 160 Turkish EFL students from different high schools of Muş National Education Directorate within the scope of "Movement of Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology," known as FATIH Project. The data were gathered through a questionnaire distributed to 160 Turkish high-school students in order to explore their views towards the use of tablet PCs and interactive whiteboards. The questionnaire consisted of two sections. First section included a scale consisting of 12 items about tablet PC use and second section including 21 items about IWB use in EFL classrooms. Students' demographic information forms were also analyzed. Quantitative research methods were used to collect the data and statistical methods were used to analyze the obtained data. The relation between variables such as gender, age, the experience of computer use, the experience of Internet use, tablet ownership, the number of hours of IWB use, having the training of IWB use is examined and analyzed. The findings in this study showed that the majority of the students have positive opinions with respect to the use of IWBs in EFL classrooms. On the other hand, it is observed that, the use of tablet PCs has not a considerable impact on students' motivation and learning. A significant difference is found between the scores of the means of item total score in accordance with Turkish EFL students' use of tablet PCs and the hours of IWB use per a week variable. In addition, A significant difference is found between the scores of the means of item total score in accordance with Turkish EFL students' use of IWBs and age variable.