Open AccessStudent Access to Information Technology and Perceptions of Future Opportunities in Two Small Labrador Communities
Author(s) -
Della Healey,
Ken Stevens
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
canadian journal of learning and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1499-6685
pISSN - 1499-6677
DOI - 10.21432/t2bw2t
Subject(s) - vocational education , futures contract , perception , information technology , access to information , educational technology , rural area , knowledge management , information access , geography , business , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , political science , world wide web , finance , neuroscience , law , operating system
The potential of information technology is increasingly being recognized for the access it provides to educational and vocational opportunities. In Canada, many small schools in rural communities have taken advantage of information technologies to help overcome geographic isolation for students. This article is about students in two small and geographically isolated Labrador communities. Twenty senior students were found to have varying degrees of access to information technologies. Differences were found in their perceptions of the benefits of information technology for their educational and vocational futures.