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Laptops for students: understanding and evaluating the drivers for change

Coen, M.J. and Gould, Helyn and Henderson, B. (2007) Laptops for students: understanding and evaluating the drivers for change. Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change, 4 (1). pp. 39-55.

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Abstract

This paper describes the development of the student laptop initiative at the University of Strathclyde, examines the process by which this project became an embedded service and assesses the impact that this technology-rich, pedagogically flexible initiative has had on institutional structures, roles and processes. The authors use the MIT90s Model for Institutional Change to explore the way in which technology influences organisational development. A wealth of quantitative and qualitative evidence has been gathered over the last 7 years to support the examination of whether the benefits of the initiative justify the cost to the student and to the institution.

Item type:Article
ID code:9119
Keywords:student laptops, e-learning, higher education, evaluation, organisational change, support services, Management. Industrial Management, Higher Education, Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous), Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Subjects:Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management
Education > Theory and practice of education > Higher Education
Department:Professional Services > Finance
Strathclyde Business School > Management Science
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Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
Date deposited:21 Nov 2009 13:16
Last modified:15 May 2019 00:23
URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/9119
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