"If you’re going to use the computer, you will have to totally think computer"

• Main Author: Hedlund, Gillis
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT) 2011
• Subjects: Collaborative learning; CSCL; integrated learning; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-35833

This degree project investigates the qualitative function of technology in a language learning environment in the south-eastern Skåne region of Sweden. This is done by comparing individual teacher experiences to CSCL theory. The data in the paper is collected through qualitative interviews representing six separate upper-secondary schools in the region. From the results of the paper the conclusion is drawn that the computer-supported classroom environment represents a new and radically different infrastructure and that there seems to be a lack of communication concerning how to best use computer-technology as a productive language-learning tool in the classroom.