Title :
How do individual portable computers effect students´ learning?
Author :
Berglund, Anders ; Daniels, Mats
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Uppsala Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
Investing in portable computers for students is a controversial issue. The paper focuses on pedagogical aspects of such an endeavour. It reports on a case study of portable computer use by students in the Master´s degree program in Information Technology at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. The results are promising, indicating that in general students learn more and that they use the computers for collaboration
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; portable computers; Information Technology Master´s degree program; Uppsala University; collaboration; pedagogical aspects; portable computers; student learning; Computer science; Engineering profession; GSM; Information retrieval; Information technology; Internet; Linux; Portable computers; Springs; Stress;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6424-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2000.896674
