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This paper examines the implications of a laptop computer initiative at a Canadian university. The uses to which the computer is being put in the classroom and the changes to faculty workload and to female enrolment are examined. It is argued that computerised educational technology can be compatible with, and even promote, the goals of feminist pedagogy, but only if a critical technological consciousness is also part of the process.
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Chegwidden, P. (2000). Feminist Pedagogy and the Lap Top Computer. In: Balka, E., Smith, R. (eds) Women, Work and Computerization. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 44. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35509-2_35
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