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Innovative Pedagogical Practice with ICT in Three Nordic Countries--Differences and Similarities
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Ottestad, G. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2010
Three Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland and Norway, participated in the IEA SITES 2006 study. All the three countries have launched huge policy and investment programmes to promote digital literacy and readiness for the information age. In relation to the remarkable Finnish Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results, it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Teacher Effectiveness, Lifelong Learning
Two Configurations for Accessing Classroom Computers: Differential Impact on Students' Critical Reflections and Their Empowerment
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Solhaug, T. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
The context of this article is the new technological environment and the struggle to use meaningful teaching practices in Norwegian schools. Students' critical reflections in two different technological learning environments in six upper secondary schools are compared. Three of these schools offer Internet-connected computers in special computer…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Quasiexperimental Design, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy
Reconsidering Off-Task: A Comparative Study of PDA-Mediated Activities in Four Classrooms
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Mifsud, L.; Morch, A. I. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2010
Mobile technology is ubiquitous and diverse and permeates many aspects of daily life at home, during leisure activities, and in public spaces. The study presented here is of two sixth grade classes in Michigan, USA and two seventh grade classes in Norway. The students and the teachers in these four classrooms were equipped with mobile technologies…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7
Computer-Networks in Education--A Better Way To Learn?
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Adnanes, M.; Ronning, W. M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1998
Presents an evaluation of SIRNET (Schools in a Regional Network), a project on the use of computer networks in education carried out in five secondary schools in Norway. Highlights include satisfaction with the learning environment; cooperation and help-seeking; basic conditions for a distributed model; and criteria for quality in connecting…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning