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Direct linkV. Kalyan Shankar; Rohini Sahni; Krishna Kanta Roy – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
The introduction of computers in Indian schools runs parallel with the development of a digital divide in the country. In addition to the formal ways in which government policies shape access to computers in schools, deeper informal cultures of the state and schools shape opinion about these technologies. In this paper, we examine three levels of…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged, Technology Uses in Education
Pischetola, Magda; de Miranda, Lyana V. Thédiga; Albuquerque, Paula – Learning, Media and Technology, 2021
We are used to considering human agency as the most important aspect of the educational process. Technologies are seen as inert matter, subordinated to human intention and design, as if they did not have a role in the eclectic combination of teaching, learning, and knowing about the world. Their agency is invisible until a breakdown occurs, a…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Distance Education, Influence of Technology, Access to Computers
Lu, Charles; Straubhaar, Joseph D. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
Latina/o students are one of the least likely populations to access technology and possess the techno-capital necessary to succeed in postsecondary education. This phenomenological qualitative research study used interviews with 20 Latina/o college students in Central Texas to examine how techno-capital and techno-disposition interact in complex…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Phenomenology, Higher Education, Socioeconomic Background
Hinostroza, J. Enrique; Matamala, Carolina; Labbé, Christian; Claro, Magdalena; Cabello, Tania – Learning, Media and Technology, 2015
This paper presents the results of an analysis of secondary students' computer use, aimed at understanding how different factors influence the profile of activities carried out by students with computers. The analysis is based on the data from a national study aimed at measuring students' Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Computer Use, Internet
Wood, Lawrence; Howley, Aimee – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
Computers are now a ubiquitous part of US elementary school education. With policy reports suggesting that inequities in information and communication technology (ICT) access across US schools are a thing of the past, investigating how such resources and their use may nonetheless continue to vary becomes all that much more important. Through a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Grade 3, Disadvantaged
Eynon, Rebecca – Learning, Media and Technology, 2009
The internet presents many potential opportunities for people to learn for both formal and informal purposes. However, not everyone is able to make the most of the internet for learning. This paper utilises quantitative nationally representative survey data of internet use in Britain in order to explore the digital divide in relation to learning…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Barriers, Disadvantaged, National Surveys
Games, Ivan Alex – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
This article presents the results of a three-year study of "Gamestar Mechanic" (www.gamestarmechanic.com), a flash-based multiplayer online role-playing game developed for the MacArthur Foundation's digital media learning initiative by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Gamelab in New York. The game's objective is to help children…
Descriptors: Design, Role Playing, Discourse Analysis, Thinking Skills
