BYOD (bring your own device), the trend for students and staff to use their own devices to access school systems and content, is clearly growing.
As the trend gains momentum in the education sector, early adopters are already experiencing the benefits and others are realising its appeal. Widespread adoption is seemingly inevitable.
BYOD is an attractive prospect for schools for a number of reasons – financial, technological as well as educational. Together these factors can help narrow the gap between home and school learning.
In a time when we are all being urged to deliver more for less, BYOD can help free up IT budgets. Often schools do not have the opportunity to fund mobile devices for every student and as such BYOD offers an interesting option.
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