Gaining and Sustaining TEL in a 1:1 Laptop Initiative: Possibilities and Challenges for Teachers and Students

• Published in: Computers in the schools Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 35 - 62
• Main Author: Lindqvist, Marcia J. P. Håkansson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 01.01.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 1:1; Access to Computers; Barriers; Case Studies; Collaboration; Computer Literacy; Computer simulation; Digital; Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; Gain; Interviews; Laptop; Laptop Computers; laptops; Learning; Municipalities; Observation; Professional development; Program Effectiveness; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Secondary School Teachers; Student Surveys; Students; Sweden; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Competencies; Teachers; Teaching Methods; TEL; TPD; Uptakes; Vocational Education; Sweden
• ISSN: 0738-0569; 1528-7033; 1528-7033
• DOI: 10.1080/07380569.2015.1004274

The uptake and use of digital technologies is studied in Unos Umeå, a joint one-to-one (1:1) research project between Umeå University and the municipality of Umeå in Sweden. This article presents the results of the third phase of the classroom work with laptops. Using the ecology of resources model (Luckin, 2010), these possibilities and challenges can be interpreted as the manifestation of filters in the learning environment. Alleviating technical problems, targeting low student laptop use, teacher collaboration, and teacher professional development (TPD) may help teachers and students gain and sustain technology-enhanced learning (TEL) in this 1:1 initiative.