Electracy as empowerment

Abstract

For the first time in the history of schooling, the developments of information and communication technologies (ICT) have created learning environments that have the potential to emancipate students from a one-way knowledge provision from the teacher and the textbook. Electracy is a key term in analysing these developments and is something young people develop by growing up in a digital culture. The focus in this article is on how our school system relates to these developments, and how the use of new technologies might give young people cultural tools for empowerment in school-related learning activities. The data presented are based on three case studies as part of the Norwegian sample in the international project SITES Module 2.