The digital divide between university students and teachers in hong kong

Carmel Mcnaught; Paul Lam; Annisa Ho

The digital divide between university students and teachers in hong kong

Carmel Mcnaught
, Paul Lam
, Annisa Ho

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A study presented at ASCILITE 2008 (Kennedy, Dalgarno et al., 2008) suggested that the digital divide between students and staff has been overestimated. This study, conducted at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, investigated the ownership and use patterns of a range of digital technologies by a stratified sample of 689 Year 1 Hong Kong students and 56 of their teachers. The study illustrated that our students on the whole are 'digitally ready'. However, these so-called digital natives are not a homogeneous group and there is variation both in the level of ownership of digital devices and of perceived acquisition of appropriate digital skills. The digital divide between teachers and students is not straightforward and appear to relate, not to ownership, but to preferences and prior experiences with technology. Factor analysis revealed seven categories of technology-based activities with students reporting higher use and confidence in most areas. Implications for staff development and student-support services are noted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2009
Pages	654-664
Number of pages	11
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education - "Same places, different spaces", ASCILITE 2009 - Auckland, New Zealand Duration: 6 Dec 2009 → 9 Dec 2009

Publication series

Name	ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Conference

Conference	26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education - "Same places, different spaces", ASCILITE 2009
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Period	6/12/09 → 9/12/09

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Digital natives
Digital skills
Digital technologies
Higher education
Prior experiences

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Computer Science Applications
Human-Computer Interaction
Education

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Mcnaught, C, Lam, P & Ho, A 2009, The digital divide between university students and teachers in hong kong. in Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2009. ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, pp. 654-664, 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education - "Same places, different spaces", ASCILITE 2009, Auckland, New Zealand, 6/12/09.

The digital divide between university students and teachers in hong kong. / Mcnaught, Carmel; Lam, Paul; Ho, Annisa.
Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2009. 2009. p. 654-664 (ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education).

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The digital divide between university students and teachers in hong kong

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