The Proceedings of ISECON 2003: §2124    Home    Papers/Indices    prev (§2123)    Next (§2131) Fri, Nov 7, 8:30 - 9:00, Santa Fe 3     Paper (refereed) Recommended Citation: Prescod, F.  Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century: Examining the Impact of the Laptop Teaching/Learning Environment on Deep and Surface Learners - Initial Findings.  In The Proceedings of ISECON 2003, v 20 (San Diego): §2124. ISSN: 1542-7382. (Revised in Information Systems Education Journal 1(29). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century: Examining the Impact of the Laptop Teaching/Learning Environment on Deep and Surface Learners - Initial Findings

The implementation of the laptop program at Ryerson University provides a basis for further research on learning styles in this technology enabled environment. In particular, the impact of this laptop teaching/learning environment on deep and surface learners is the subject of a longitudinal study. The purpose of this paper is to share initial findings and observations on the data collected from the 1st group of students enrolled in the program and to invite comments for the next stage of data collection and analysis.

Keywords: deep learners, surface learners, laptop, computer attitude questionnaire, information and communication technology

Read this refereed paper in Adobe Portable Document (PDF) format. (7 pages, 474 K bytes)
Preview this refereed paper in Plain Text (TXT) format. (18 K bytes)

Comments and corrections to
webmaster@isedj.org