E-learning incarcerated: the social and cultural context of mobile and digital learning in Queensland correctional centres

The recent trial of new mobile learning technologies including internet-independent e-readers loaded with Tertiary Preparation Program course content within five Queensland Correctional Centres suggests technology alone cannot enhance learning unless it is embedded within a learning program which takes account of the student-prisoner's need for positive social exchange, reflection, self-growth, identity, purpose, meaning and autonomy.