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Impact of ICT in Education Oystein Johannessen Educa2on Impact Fellow
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Outline
• What do we mean by "impact"?
• What do we know about the effects of ICT?
• The Road(s) Ahead
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Approaches to Impact • End point of intervention
• Impact and assessing impact is often related to policy goals
• Quantifying versus assessing impact
• Axis: "Raising standards" vs "Assessing Learning"
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Approaches to Impact • Quantitative approach
• Causal relationship between ICT use and gains in national tests through statistical analysis
• Hard to isolate ICT as one of many variables influencing learning processes
• Qualitative approach
• Assessing impact via interviews and questionnaires among key stakeholders
• Perceived versus real impact
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Some findings from EUN Impact Study
• ICT impacts positively on educational performance in primary schools, especially in the native language, less in science, and not in mathematics (Machin, UK, 2006)
• ICT improves attainment levels of school children in native language (above all), in science and in design and technology, between ages 7 and 16, particularly in primary schools.
• Pupils, parents and parents consider ICT has a positive impact on pupils´ learning (Rambøll, 2006)
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OECD on Impact of ICTs
• It is the quality of usage rather the amount of usage that defines the impact of ICT
• PISA studies have shown correlations between ICT familiarity at home and PISA scores
• No clear correlation between in-school ICT use and PISA score
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PISA
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EUN Netbook Study
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Acer-EUN Netbook Study - about the study
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Acer-EUN Netbook Study - findings
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Acer-EUN Netbook Study - findings
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The Roads Ahead
• The Indicator Road
• The Assessment Road
• The Competency Road
• The Social Road
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Indicator Road
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Indicator Road
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Assessment Road • Evidence shows that assessment is key to educational
practice and change
• Emerging research indicates that ICT in assessing different competences are used in a narrow way
• The ACT21S Project are developing innovative approaches to ICT and assessment
• Assessment of digital literacy can be a driver for change of how ICT is used to assess key competences
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The Competency Road
• ICT as a lever for enhancing literacy, reading skills and numeracy
• ICT and social skills
• ICT, creativity and entrepreneurship
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The Social Road
• Access
• Equity
• Quality
• Employability
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Summing up • The impact agenda still has to be knowledge-
based.
• The scope of issues is wide. Need for a plethora of approaches to topics and methods.
• Quasi-experimental approaches involving learners should be explored further.
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