Will banning laptops in class work?

de Vise, D. (2010) Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls Washington Post March 9

An article about instructors who have banned the use of laptops in class, and why. I liked the comments by Professor Vaidhyanathan:

“If students don’t want to pay attention, the laptop is the least of your problems,” [...]

What technology students have this year

Smith, S., Salaway, G., and Caruso, J. The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2009—Key Findings Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2009, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.

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‘Since 2004, the ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology has sought to shed light on how technology affects the college experience. We ask students about [...]

School of the Future: Lessons in failure

Stansbury, M. (2009) School of the Future: Lessons in failure eSchool News, June 1

This is one of a very few articles that deal with failure in technology innovation in education. Although a report about a high school ‘School of the Future’ in Philadelphia, there are perhaps also lessons for post-secondary institutions seeking fundamental changes in [...]

More on laptops in lectures

Schellenberg, T. (2009) Getting the Half Attention of Students UBC e-Strategy Newsletter, May

An article that follows on from the Macleans OnCampus article, with additional references to work by Michael Wesch (Kansas State U) and Judy Hardy (University of Edinburgh), plus comments from UBC’s own Don Krug.

At the end of the UBC article, Ted Schellenberg puts [...]

Is the laptop love-in over?

Moltz, D. (2009) Is the laptop love-in over? Inside Higher Education, March 12

As some campuses cut subsidies or requirements for laptops, this article explores the benefits as well as drawbacks of laptop programs. There is also an interesting comment on this article about the importance of ensuring that the laptop is fully integrated into the [...]