dc.contributor.author | Larkin, Kevin | |
dc.contributor.author | Finger, Glenn | |
dc.contributor.editor | Associate Professor Catherine McLoughlin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T12:59:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T12:59:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.date.modified | 2014-02-28T02:23:02Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1449-5554 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/41928 | |
dc.description.abstract | Although one-to-one laptop programs are being introduced in many schools, minimal research has been conducted regarding their effectiveness in primary schools. Evidence-based research is needed to inform significant funding, deployment and student use of computers. This article analyses key findings from a study conducted in four Year 7 classrooms in which students were provided with netbook computers as an alternative to more expensive laptop computers. Variable access was provided to students including computer to student ratios of one-to-one and one-to-two. Findings indicated that increased access to the netbook computers resulted in increases in computer usage by these students, compared with their minimal use of computers before the study. However, despite the increased access, actual computer usage remained limited. The article reports that factors contributing to the minimal use of computers included individual teacher agency, a crowded curriculum, and the historical use of computers. Implications for policy and practice are suggested. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 274796 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) | |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | |
dc.publisher.uri | https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET/article/view/958 | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 514 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 530 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 27 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Curriculum and pedagogy | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Specialist studies in education | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Educational technology and computing | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Education systems | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3901 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3904 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 390405 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3903 | |
dc.title | Informing one-to-one computing in primary schools: Student use of netbooks | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Arts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2011 Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE). The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.date.issued | 2011 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Larkin, Kevin M. | |
gro.griffith.author | Finger, Glenn D. | |