Accessing flexible learning opportunities: children's and young people's use of laptops in a paediatric hospital

被引:24
作者
Nisselle, Amy [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Hanns, Shaun [1 ]
Green, Julie [1 ,2 ,4 ,5 ]
Jones, Tony [5 ]
机构
[1] Royal Childrens Hosp Educ Inst, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[2] Murdoch Childrens Res Inst, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[3] Cold Spring Harbor Lab, DNA Learning Ctr, New York, NY USA
[4] Univ Melbourne, Dept Paediat, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[5] Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Grad Sch Educ, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
education; illness; hospital; technology; children; learning; SCHOOL; ADJUSTMENT; CANCER; LIFE;
D O I
10.1080/1475939X.2012.659883
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
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.
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