The Norwegian Education system has furthered a project promoting digital literacy among the students, properly funding it unlike the North American systems.
When a Norwegian student turns 16, the Education Ministry provides them a laptop, to keep, to help them with their education. Now, they are further the implementation of these tools by allowing students to write final exams using these personal computers.
This opens up many doors for students, by allowing them to use devices they are familiar with in a locked format to write supervised exams. The University of Manitoba has also approved student-owned devices for writing final exams. Products like ExamSoft and LockedBrowser allow student-owned devices to remain secure during an exam setting.
As students begin to bring their own computers to school with them, following them from class to call, the education system needs to welcome them, allowing open Wi-Fi access, network access, and internet access, supporting their systems and encouraging students to use the tools to help their education. Norway seems to get it. When does Canada come along?
The BBC story about Norway's exam pilot is here.
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