A vision of the digital future - government funding as a catalyst for 1 to 1 computing in schools

This paper reports on how the Digital Education Revolution (DER) funding enabled one school to transition from having shared computers amongst students to personalised one computer to one student ratio. The aim of this study was to explore how the unexpected funding impacted on the school and was th...

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Published in:Education and information technologies 2020-03, Vol.25 (2), p.845-861
Main Authors: Keane, Therese, Keane, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Computer Science
Computer Uses in Education
Computers
Computers and Education
Education
Educational Change
Educational Finance
Educational Technology
Federal Aid
Finance
Funding
Government aid
Government finance
Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)
Keane, T
Learning
Medium term notes
Outcomes of Education
Schools
Secondary Schools
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction
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Summary:This paper reports on how the Digital Education Revolution (DER) funding enabled one school to transition from having shared computers amongst students to personalised one computer to one student ratio. The aim of this study was to explore how the unexpected funding impacted on the school and was the catalyst for change that affected many stakeholders including students, teachers and parents. Whilst this case study focused on one school, this school was typical of many other Australian secondary schools that did not have an already established 1:1 program prior to the funding. Teachers in the school were interviewed and their perspectives of the implementation of the 1:1 program were documented. The paper explored the school’s computer situation prior, during and post funding to illustrate how funding had significant changes in practice both in many classrooms in the teaching and learning program, and professional staff learning.
ISSN:1360-2357
1573-7608
DOI:10.1007/s10639-019-09988-y