Lynn University is leading the way in higher education when it comes to school-sponsored iPad deployment for incoming students. All incoming Freshmen this year received an iPad Mini — loaded with University-related material to help learn in a 2013-sort of way. The iPads will be replaced in two years with the latest model, which graduating students will be allowed to keep.
This is the first time we have seen a program like this that have chosen the iPad mini over the larger iPad. There is the obvious cost benefit, but supporters of iPads in education have often stated that the larger screen on the iPad is easier to use in the classroom.