Innovative use of ICT in schools based on the findings in ELFE project |
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| Authors: | Ulf Fredriksson Gunilla Jedeskog Tjeerd Plomp |
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| Institution: | 1.Education Department,Mid Sweden University,H?rn?sand,Sweden;2.Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning,Link?ping University,Link?ping,Sweden;3.Department Curriculum Design and Educational Innovation, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences,University of Twente,Enschede,The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The European e-Learning Forum for Education (ELFE) is a project initiated by the ETUCE (European Trade Union Committee on Education). An important objective of the project has been to study good experiences with implementing the use of ICT in schools. This objective has been broken down in seven operational research questions. Three of these questions will be discussed in this article: (1) What difference does the use of ICT make in schools where ICT is intensively used for instructional/pedagogical purposes? (2) How are the students influenced by this different way of teaching as compared to the traditional classroom education, both individually and as a collective? 3) What factors influence the intensive pedagogical use of ICT? The ELFE study applied a case study approach. Three innovative schools in each of five European countries (Denmark, England, Germany, Norway and Portugal) were purposively selected. Data were collected via questionnaires, interviews, observations and school documents. The findings resulting from the ELFE schools case studies illustrate that the implementation of ICT for teaching and learning may influence the functioning of schools in a number of ways. One can also conclude that students like working with computers and that they have no ‘instrumental’ problems. A number of factors seem to influence the successful implementation of ICT at school level such as a good infrastructure, a clear vision, policy and strategy. A crucial factor is support from national, regional and local authorities, as well as from the school leadership and parents. |
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| Keywords: | Good experiences Implementing the use of ICT in schools Students Teaching Pedagogical use of ICT Factors influencing the successful implementation of ICT School leadership Infrastructure Vision Policy and strategy |
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