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Evolution of a laptop university: a case study
Author(s) -
McVay Gloria J.,
Snyder Kimberlee D.,
Graetz Kenneth A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00487.x
Subject(s) - laptop , everyday life , transformation (genetics) , state (computer science) , sociology , mathematics education , computer science , engineering ethics , pedagogy , engineering , psychology , political science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , algorithm , gene , operating system
Technology is integral to carrying out many types of business transactions and has become entwined in the very fabric of everyday life. In the educational environment—particularly higher education—technology is underutilised as a pedagogical tool and in many cases remains largely untapped. Winona State University and its laptop programme learned some valuable lessons from the marriage between the application of the Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education and technology. The transformation into a leading laptop university was neither smooth nor easy, but it is a successful case about principle‐centred technological change and improved student learning outcomes.