Tablet PCs in Economics Classes–An Empirical Study on Motivational Experiences and Cognitive Load

Digitalisation and the usage of computers, smartphones, and other digital media are becoming increasingly prevalent in our everyday lives and has in recent years expanded the didactic-methodological options in education (Gros & García-Peñalvo, 2016, 1). Therefore, the use of digital media is linked to the hope of meeting subject-specific needs but also challenges in teaching and learning processes across domains (e. g. Beatty, Merchant, & Albert, 2019; Erbas & Demirer, 2019; Hutchison, Beschorner, & Schmidt-Crawford, 2012). This also applies to economics and business lessons (Schuhen & Froitzheim, 2015; Conrad & Schumann, 2017), whose quality has recently been criticised due to