iPads as a multimodal learning tool to support Australian First Nations languages and traditional ways of learning

Globally, First Nations languages are under threat. For millennia, First Nations languages have been passed on intergenerationally through oral transmission and multimodal traditional ways of learning. Schools and communities look towards technology as a tool for stemming the loss and maintaining, preserving and revitalising languages. The development of custom apps and online tools can be expensive and time-consuming. The multimodal capabilities of the iPad and its out-of-the-box features and commonly available apps are seemingly overlooked. How can these multimodal capabilities of the iPad as a creative learning tool cater to First Nations pedagogies, allowing First Nations students to engage in a way that aligns with their traditional ways of learning? To explore this question, this project will apply a mixed methods approach honouring Indigenous methodologies, focussing on three schools on Yolŋu Country, in remote Northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, that have been part of an iPad project. Interviews and observations will be conducted with educators and students to reflect on the project and investigate the effectiveness of creative iPad learning activities aligned with Yolŋu