Accessing Flexible Learning Opportunities: Children's and Young People's Use of Laptops in a Paediatric Hospital

Autor/inn/en	Nisselle, Amy; Hanns, Shaun; Green, Julie; Jones, Tony
Titel	Accessing Flexible Learning Opportunities: Children's and Young People's Use of Laptops in a Paediatric Hospital
Quelle	In: Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 21 (2012) 1, S.3-20 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-939X
DOI	10.1080/1475939X.2012.659883
Schlagwörter	Hospitals; Patients; Educational Technology; Educational Opportunities; Children; Youth; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Laptop Computers; Educational Games; Internet; Pediatrics; Health Conditions; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Patient; Unterrichtsmedien; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Child; Kind; Kinder; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Ausland; Laptop computer; Laptop; Computer; Digitalrechner; Educational game; Lernspiel; Klinische Sozialpädiatrie; Australien
Abstract	Hospitalised children and young people not only face challenges to their health but also to their continued education and social connections. These challenges can impact on future life trajectories, so it is crucial to maintain learning and socialising. Educational technologies, such as laptops and iPads, are used in the multidisciplinary educational programme provided to patients at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. This paper reports on the use of laptops by 71 patients at the hospital, who represented a range of ages, gender, home location and type of hospital admission (short, long, infrequent and frequent). Surveys revealed these technologies were used throughout the hospital with use varying according to the stage of development; however, restrictions to academic and social networking sites were problematic. The results highlight how educational technologies can provide access to flexible learning opportunities and socialising for hospitalised children and young people. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10