CCCI

	Children, on-line learning and authentic teaching skills in primary education
	CCCI

Main Topics

Home
Up
Research Process
Project Outcomes
Current Perspective
Learning & Concepts
Teacher Skills
Teaching Processes
A System Approach
CCCI

More information ...

Classroom Computer Climate Index (CCCI)

The classroom computer climate is calculated on the basis of a 3 page survey form which is completed by the participating class teachers towards the end of the school year. The forms are read automatically and processed to generate three CCCI sub-scores: attributable to the

teacher
students and
school infrastructure

These are combined to calculate the total CCCI for the class.

The technique appears to be useful for classes where each of these components is generally unchanged for the majority of the school year. We are struggling to find a way to adapt the CCCI for secondary education where many changes occur on a daily basis for most students. Longitudinal studies may be able to use some of this latter data.

	Teacher CCCI
A6	Formal Teaching Qualifications (Basic=1 ... Doctorate=5)	5
A7	ICT PD hours (0-10hrs=1 .. 40+hrs=5)	5
A8	Personal estimate of ICT skills (Below average=1 ... Very good = 4)	4
A9	Computing teacher (No=0, Yes=2)	2
A10	Home computer (No=0, Yes=2)	2
A11	Home Internet (No=0, Yes=2)	2
A12	IRT/ISM/ICT co-ordinator (No=0, Yes=2)	2
B1	Personal use of computer for Publishing (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
B2	Personal use of computer for Communication (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
B3	Personal use of computer for Research (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
B4	Personal use of computer for Problem Solving (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
B5	Personal use of computer for Independent Learning (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
	TEACHER CCCI TOTAL (40%):	37
	Student CCCI
C1	Use of ICT for Publishing (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
C2	Use of ICT for Communication – locally (<1hr/wk=0.33 ... 2+hrs/wk=1)	1
C3	Use of ICT for Communication – Tassie (<1hr/wk=0.33 ... 2+hrs/wk=1)	1
C4	Use of ICT for Communication – global (<1hr/wk=0.33 ... 2+hrs/wk=1)	1
C5	Use of ICT for Research (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
C6	Use of ICT for Problem Solving (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
C7	Use of ICT for Independent Learning (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
C10	Use of ICT for students’ individual work (<1hr/wk=1 ... 2+hrs/wk=3)	3
D	Class involvement in Online Projects (1 project = 1 ... 8 projects =8)	8
Ec	Access to Home computers (0-25%=1 ... 76-100%=4)	4
Ei	Access to Internet at home (0-25%=1 ... 76-100%=4)	4
	STUDENT CCCI TOTAL(36%)	34
	School CCCI
F1	Availability (Never=1 … Throughout the day =3)	3
F2	Accessibility (Difficult=1 … Very easy=3)	3
F3	Location (In class=1 … In class & elsewhere=3)	3
F4	Capacity (Not adequate=1, Adequate=2)	2
F5	Speed (Not fast enough=1, Fast enough=2)	2
F6	Software (Not enough=1, All required=2)	2
F7	Reliability (Unreliable=1, Reliable=2)	2
F8	Ratio of students to computers (>8:1=1 … 1:1=6)	6
	SCHOOL CCCI TOTAL (24%):	23
	TOTAL possible CCCI score (100%)	94

NB. Adjustments are made when a question is not answered to ensure the CCCI is not compromised by the lack of data.