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Given the lack of rigorous evidence to guide related decision making, a big investment in educational technologies has in many ways been the true ‘faith-based initiative’ in many education systems over the past two decades. While there are still gaping holes in our collective knowledge base about what works, and what doesn’t, related to many uses of ‘edtech’, we thankfully) know substantially more today than we did even a few years ago. 
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UNESCO has published a report explaining how mobile technology is used to facilitate reading and improve literacy in developing countries. The report was published today, 23 April, on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day.
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By far the most common research-type question I am asked today is some variation of: What is the impact of (this type of) technology on education? This is a fair question, to be sure. I often find that my reflexive reply to this seemingly simple question ("it depends: what are you trying to accomplish?") is often not viewed as tremendously satisfying by many people. While I increasingly come across academic papers which attempt to identify the 'impact' of the use of a particular educational technology or technology-enabled approach, I remain quite frustrated that there is comparatively little interest in a related but, from the perspective of the people who make huge and often very costly decisions about such stuff, far more important and practical questions related to understanding how or why this 'impact' occurred Via Nik Peachey
Nik Peachey's curator insight,
November 21, 2016 6:36 AM
Well worth reading if you are involved in any kind of decision making or research regarding the implementation of educational technology.
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Information Literacy (IL) has continued to be a key component in building research skills capacity. This is because the ability to locate and use information in an ethical manner is essential for research. Furthermore, and more crucially, research skills require the researcher to interpret the data and information into knowledge as well as develop new insight. Access to, and use of, information is therefore a prerequisite to the development of research skills; information literacy skills a key competency in building research skills capacity.
Heidi Neltner's curator insight,
February 2, 2014 11:07 AM
Refers to developing countries, but could easily apply to reading cultures mad life long learners in schools. |
