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Teachers' Use of Textbooks in the Digital Age
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Knight, Bruce Allen – Cogent Education, 2015
This paper explores teachers' use of textbooks in the digital age. After discussing student expectancies and needs, textbook use and the affordances of modern technology, the paper reports the results of a small-scale pilot study involving eight higher education teachers in Australia who discuss the use of textbooks in higher education in the…
Descriptors: Textbook Research, Use Studies, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
Digital Natives? New and Old Media and Children's Outcomes
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Bittman, Michael; Rutherford, Leonie; Brown, Jude; Unsworth, Lens – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
The current generation of young children has been described as "digital natives", having been born into a ubiquitous digital media environment. They are envisaged as educationally independent of the guided interaction provided by "digital immigrants": parents and teachers. This article uses data from the Longitudinal Study of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
The Challenges of Participatory Research with "Tech-Savvy" Youth
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Mallan, Kerry Margaret; Singh, Parlo; Giardina, Natasha – Journal of Youth Studies, 2010
This paper focuses on participatory research and how it can be understood and employed when researching children and youth. The aim of this paper is to provide a theoretically and empirically grounded discussion of participatory research methodologies with respect to investigating the dynamic and evolving phenomenon of young people growing up in…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Research Methodology, High School Students, Student Participation
First Year Students' Experiences with Technology: Are They Really Digital Natives?
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Kennedy, Gregor E.; Judd, Terry S.; Churchward, Anna; Gray, Kathleen; Krause, Kerri-Lee – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This paper reports on a study conducted in 2006 with more than 2,000 incoming first-year Australian university students. Students were asked about their access to, use of and preferences for an array of established and emerging technologies and technology based tools. The results show that many first year students are highly tech-savvy. However,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Use Studies, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
ICT-Enabled Learning: The Student Perspective
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Scott, Geoff; Grebennikov, Leonid; Gozzard, Terry – Journal of Institutional Research, 2009
This research seeks to contribute to current discussions in Australian higher education on how best to deploy ICT-enabled learning. Its particular focus is on examining the qualitative data from students on their experience of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at one college in an Australian university. In total, about 71,240…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Use Studies, Student Experience
Rethinking the Digital Divide: Findings from a Study of Marginalised Young People's ICT Use
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Blanchard, Michele; Metcalf, Atari; Degney, Jo; Herrman, Helen; Burns, Jane – Youth Studies Australia, 2008
This paper presents findings from a study that investigated young people's ICT use and the capacity of service providers to utilise these technologies in their practice. The results suggest that ICT may be an important resource for mental health promotion, particularly in relation to engaging young people. It was found that young people…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Mental Health, Use Studies, Access to Computers