Diffusion and Adoption of Handheld Technology: Two Case Studies

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Thomeczek, M. & Powers, S. (2003). Diffusion and Adoption of Handheld Technology: Two Case Studies. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (pp. 1061-1065). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
2003
  Caroline Crawford, Niki Davis, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Melissa Thomeczek, Susan Powers, Indiana State University, USA

Abstract

If handheld computing holds the promise of ubiquitous computing, how then do we ensure that the diffusion of this innovation is done in a manner that fully exploits the potentiality of the technology? While we generally turn to our instructional leaders, and those technology leaders who are innovators and early adopters, these two case studies demonstrate that our best role models for ubiquitous computing may instead fall within the realm of those educators who find a desire fulfilled by handheld computing and through this fulfillment, champion the potential educational applications and transformations. In this instance, the desire of two teachers to increase their frequency of creative writing was married to the flexibility and enhanced access provided by the handheld computing. This union then brought forth additional uses and more adopters. The case studies consider the Levels of Use (LoU) of the teachers and their typical approach to the adoption of innovations.

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