University of North Carolina (UNC) Tomorrow Initiatives is a typical example of educational efforts to eliminate barriers to educational attainment. Led by UNC President, UNC Tomorrow team examines how all of the campuses within the UNC System, including Carolina, will respond to the most pressing needs facing the state over the next 20 years. "The University of North Carolina is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. In order to efficiently and effectively fulfill its three pronged mission of education, research and scholarship, and public c service in the 21st century, the University should proactively anticipate and identify the needs facing our state over the next twenty years and, consistent with its mission, develop and implement responses to those needs." (UNC General Administration, 2007). In order to follow UNC Tomorrow Initiatives, North Carolina universities have developed necessary steps to promote the economic transformation. One of the important recommendations is to promote economic transformation by working to eliminate barriers to educational attainment through enhancing the delivery of instruction by incorporating new technologies in teaching and learning. Along with this effort, this research aims at examining how mobile device applications can be developed in order to enhance the delivery of instruction. Since Apple is the leader in this market segment and they have the largest application store, we choose to focus on Apple applications (from now on it will be called Apple apps). Two major questions are: 1) Can Apple apps help enhance college teaching and learning?; 2) What type of Apple apps should be developed to help improve student learning outcomes, and therefore educational attainment?