Learners' and educators' views of learning with technologies in Australian education and training

Little Australian research has been conducted about learners' views of their learning with technologies in Australian education and training. It is therefore useful to collect relevant, recent and robust data from students.

In this context, funding has been provided by the Australian Government, through DEEWR, to enable the AICTEC Secretariat to undertake research into learners' and educators' views of learning with technologies.

This first stage of this research is a literature review of Australian and overseas research published since 2002, that collected data by listening to students' voices in schools, and/or vocational education and training (VET) and/or to pre-service and early career teachers, about learning with ICT.

There are two ways in which you can participate in this research:

1. Complete the online survey; and/or
2. Take part in a focus group with 8 to 10 other students that are undertaking similar studies to you. The purpose of the focus group is to discuss your views and expectations of learning with technologies.

Please note that completion of the survey and involvement in a focus group are both voluntary and that your identity will be kept anonymous. Any information you provide will not be attributable to you personally without you prior and explicit written consent, and all electronic data to which you contribute will be securely kept on a password protected computer. You can withdraw your data from the research and all data you provide will be withdrawn from the research.

Should you choose to be involved in this project you will be contributing to a project that in the future will be beneficial to teachers, academics and policy makers throughout Australia.
Links to surveys

To complete an online survey, please choose the correct survey to complete from the list below. Click the link to the survey to start the survey.


Primary school students
Secondary school students
Vocational education & training students
International students
Preservice teachers
Early career teachers

Information for parents: Parents of children completing a survey can read an information sheet [135 Kb pdf], and will need to complete a permission form so that their children's results can be included in the survey. Please note that any information you or your child provides will not be attributable to you personally or your child without you prior and explicit written consent, and all electronic data to which you contribute will be securely kept on a password protected computer. You can withdraw your data from the research and all data you provide will be withdrawn from the research.