The 3E framework assists teachers with the practical implementation of technology in their classes. It is based on a continuum which includes the following elements:
- Enhance - Adopting technology in simple and effective ways to actively support students and increase their activity and self-responsibility
- Extend - Further use of technology that facilitates key aspects of student’s individual and collaborative learning and assessment through increasing their choice and control
- Empower - Developed use of technology that requires higher order individual and collaborative learning that reflects how knowledge is created and used in the professional environment
The examples provided in the U of S version of the 3E learning technologies framework include the six key components of our digital information literacy initiative.