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What can you do with laptops in the classroom?

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With universities such as Acadia and Wake Forest University supporting the use of laptops by all students, there is a growing body of research available that looks at how laptops can be and are being used in the classroom.

Several academic journals have devoted entire issues to the topic. Here are links to two of them.

EDUCAUSE (whose goal is to "advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology") has several pages in its Resource Center containing laptop related resources such as papers published by EDUCAUSE and other academic publications, along with presentations and conference materials. Following are links to two topics from the EDUCAUSE Resource Center that cover mainly laptops.

A RefWorks shared bibliography has been created, gathering references to academic publications on the subject of laptops. This bibliogaphy is dynamic, so you can check back for new material. Below are several of the key publications from the RefWorks shared bibliography.

Anderson, D., Brown, R. S., Taylor, T., & Wymer, K. (2002). Integrating laptops into campus learning: Theoretical, administrative and instructional fields of play. Kairos, 7(1), May 26, 2005, http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.1/binder.html?response/CCI/index.html.

Dean, C., Hochman, W., Hood, C., & and McEachern, R. (2004). Fashioning the emperor's new clothes: Emerging pedagogy and practices of turning wireless laptops into classroom literacy stations. Kairos, 9(1), May 26, 2005, http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/9.1/binder2.html?coverweb/hochman_et_al/intro.html.

McVay, G. J., Snyder, K. D., & Graetz, K. A. (2005). Evolution of a laptop university: A case study. British Journal of Educational Technology, 36(3), 513-524, May 26, 2005, http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/proxy.cfm?http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00487.x.

Meeks, M. G. (2004). Wireless laptop classrooms: Sketching social and material spaces. Kairos, 9(1), May 26, 2005, http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/9.1/binder2.html?coverweb/meeks/index.html.

Nilson, L., & Weaver, B. (2005). Editors' notes. New Directions for Teaching & Learning, (Issue 101), p1, May 26, 2005, http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/proxy.cfm?http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/110433472/ABSTRACT

Weaver, B. E., & Nilson, L. B. (2005). Laptops in class: What are they good for? what can you do with them? New Directions for Teaching & Learning, (Issue 101), p3., May 26, 2005, http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/proxy.cfm?http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/110433466/ABSTRACT