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Selwyn, Neil – History of Education, 2013
This paper examines the emergence of schools "micro-computing" in the UK between 1977 and 1984--a period of significant educational, technological and political change. During this time, computing developed rapidly from a niche activity in a few select schools to the state subsidized purchasing of a "computer in every school"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Educational Policy, Intervention

Selwyn, Neil; Bullon, Kate – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2000
Reports on a study of 267 primary children in five schools in South and Mid Wales. Examines their use of information and communications technology (ICT) in school and at home using a combination of interview and questionnaire data. Data reveal that although the vast majority of children are making some use of computers in schools, patterns of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology

Selwyn, Neil; Williams, Sara; Gorard, Stephen – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2001
Concentrates on longer-established efforts made in Wales to use the Internet as a gateway for opportunities for adult learners. Focusing on a Web-based Welsh language program over a 12-month period, this paper empirically examines the role of the Internet in providing effective access procedures to adult learning and examines who such methods are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Computer Assisted Instruction

Selwyn, Neil – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1997
Argues that educational computing research has not kept up with the growing importance of educational technology. Examines criticisms of the research: the overtly optimistic tone permeating the majority of the literature, the avoidance of qualitative methodologies, and the distrust of a more theoretical analysis of the role of the computer in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Gorard, Stephen; Selwyn, Neil – 2000
This small-grant funded project was intended to act as a pilot study looking at the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in adult education. In particular, the project aimed to investigate the use of ICT in extending patterns of participation in adult education to those social groups presently excluded from learning; one of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education