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Educ Inf Technol (2017) 22:533550
DOI 10.1007/s10639-016-9488-7
Bent B. Andresen1
Published online: 6 May 2016# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Abstract In Denmark, 1:1 classroom has been implemented in all public schools (grades 19). Each student regularly accesses, processes, produces and exchanges written material using a computer (PC, laptop, tablet, etc.). These devices are considered as tools to enhance educational objectives, and in the article I present findings from research about how these devices might be used to enhance the students acquisition of literacy skills. An internationally comparative analysis by the OECD of the digital skills that students have acquired shows no appreciable improvements in student achievement in reading in the countries that had invested heavily in educational technology. The Danish cases presented in this paper, however, identify ways of using digital technology in order to improve student digital literacy skills. They provide evidence suggesting a positive influence on student reading, creating and sharing of learning material in 1:1 classrooms. The results gained are considered critical in the sense that they can be generalized with a view to future development of 1:1 educational initiatives.
Keywords 1:1 classrooms . Learning objectives . Digital literacy. Learning outcome
1 Introduction
The 1:1 classroom, where each student has access to a digital device, is now a widely known educational model. In Denmark, this model has been implemented in all public schools (grades 19), following a new government policy in 2013 that stated, By 2014, all students should have access to a computer (PC, laptop, tablet, etc.) in their lessons (Agency for Digitization 2013).
The 1:1 classrooms are set up in one of two ways: 1) the school provides all students with a digital device or 2) some students are provided with a digital device, while others
* Bent B. Andresen [email protected]
1 Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Tuborgvej 164, DK-2400 Copenhagen,
NV, Denmark
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bring their own to use on the school network. Denmark is the first country in the world to have a deliberate policy based on the bring your own device principle (Sby 2013).
On average, Danish children start to use...