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Title:	Access and use of technologies in the home in the UK : implications for the curriculum.
Authors:	Lewin, Cathy 1 c.lewin@mmu.ac.uk
Source:	Curriculum Journal; Aug2004, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p139, 16p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CARTOGRAPHY * EDUCATIONAL change * INTERNET * LEARNING * SCHOOL children * TECHNOLOGY * STANDARDS
Author-Supplied Keywords:	ICT home-school links informal learning
NAICS/Industry Codes:	54137 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
Abstract:	This article reports on research undertaken as part of the government initiatives to transform *educational* practices and raise standards through new technologies. In particular, it focuses on differences between home and school experiences of ICT use and formal/informal learning opportunities. First, the issues arising from the growing body of research-based evidence in this field are considered. Second, a discussion of the analysis of three sources of data from the ImpaCT2 project is presented: a pupil log of ICT activity undertaken at home and at school over a period of one week (including a weekend); an internet questionnaire about home and school uses for both school work and leisure pursuits; and a concept mapping task to ascertain pupils' understanding of computers in their world. The article concludes by considering the implications for the curriculum of home experiences of ICT and the benefits of informal learning with ICT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University .
ISSN:	0958-5176
DOI:	10.1080/0958517042000226801
Accession Number:	14077682
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Title:	*On strategies of educational* innovation: Between substitution and transformation.**
Authors:	Westera, Wim 1 wim.westera@ou.nl
Source:	Higher Education; Jun2004, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p501, 17p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL innovations * EDUCATIONAL technology * INSTRUCTIONAL systems * SCHOOL facilities
Author-Supplied Keywords:	ICT innovation innovation strategy learning technologies philosophy of technology substitution technology transformation
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 61171 Educational Support Services
Abstract:	The innovation of education seems to be self-evident. Boosted by a wide range of new technologies, *educational* institutes all over the world are innovating their *educational* systems, in order to extend their services, to improve their performances or to reduce costs. The apparent self-evidence of *educational* innovation hardly prompts the *educational* staff to reflect on the very idea of innovation and its consequences. This paper treats the basic principles that support the phenomenon of technology-induced *educational* innovation. It aims to contribute to a better insight and understanding of its implications to anyone engaged in education. It also aims to effect a growing awareness of the premises on technology and to support the right attitude to realise improvements in practice. The paper goes into strategies of *change, while discussing both substitutional and transformational strategies. It explains its supposed differences by referring to the philosophical frameworks of Jaspers, Heidegger and Borgmann. Starting from Borgmann's ``devices paradigm'', four principles for educational* innovations are formulated, referring to the transparency and interactivity of *educational* technologies, the socio-cultural significance of products, the importance of values beyond efficiency and the political bias involved with technological innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 Open University of the Netherlands , 6401 DL Heerlen , The Netherlands
ISSN:	0018-1560
Accession Number:	12611146
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Title:	*A New Role in Facilitating School Reform: The Case of the Educational* Technologist.**
Authors:	Davidson, Judith 1
Source:	Teachers College Record; Jun2003, Vol. 105 Issue 5, p729, 1649p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATION * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL technology * PUBLIC institutions * SCHOOL employees
NAICS/Industry Codes:	61 Educational Services 6117 Educational Support Services 712 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Abstract:	School reform advocates have been frustrated over the slow pace of integrating proposed school improvements, hypothesizing that the resiliency of established roles contributes much to the conserving tendencies of *educational* institutions. In seeking to understand this issue, the school reform movement has paid close attention to established roles, such as teachers and principals, and the issues these individuals face as they seek to address *change. They have paid relatively little attention, however, to the emergence of new roles. The educational* technologist (ET) is a role that is growing rapidly within schools in conjunction with the widespread adoption of networked technology. Looking back over 6 years of research data from a qualitative research study of networked technology integration in one K–12 system, the author examines the emergence of the ET role from the classical sociological perspectives of social structure, space, and time and its relationship to the cluster of core positions. This study demonstrates the importance of role to school reform issues, indicating that it can be used as a critical lens for understanding the progress of reform and the nature of technology integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 University of Massachusetts at Lowell
ISSN:	0161-4681
DOI:	10.1111/1467-9620.00266
Accession Number:	9925622
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Title:	*Assessment and Technology -- Allies in EducationalReform: An Overview of Issues for Counselors and Educators.*
Authors:	Wall, Janet E. 1
Source:	Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling & Development; Jul2004, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p112, 16p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* COUNSELING * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATIONAL counseling * EDUCATIONAL evaluation * EDUCATIONAL technology * EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements
NAICS/Industry Codes:	6117 Educational Support Services
Abstract:	Because technology is more prevalent and accessible for use in assessment, this article highlights what counselors and educators need to know when considering the use of computers and the Internet for that purpose. The article concludes with some predictions on how technology might influence assessment and accountability in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Author Affiliations:	1 sage Solutions, Rockville , Maryland , and Pebble Beach , California
ISSN:	0748-1756
Accession Number:	13901270
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Title:	*Educational*reform: How does technology affect educational change?
Authors:	Bruce, Bertram
Source:	Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy; Sep99, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p42, 6p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * TECHNOLOGY
Abstract:	Deals with the effects of technology on *educationalreform***. Distinction between manifest and latent functions; Explanation of `revenge effects'; Cascade effects.
Full Text Word Count:	3341
ISSN:	1081-3004
Accession Number:	2237277
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Title:	*Digital Multimedia Offers Key To EducationalReform.*
Authors:	Hardaway, Don 1 hardawayd@sluvca.slu.edu Will, Richard P. 2 rwill@cis01.cis.usf.edu
Source:	Communications of the ACM; Apr97, Vol. 40 Issue 4, p90, 7p
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* CD-ROMs * EDUCATIONAL change * EDUCATORS * LECTURE method in teaching * MULTIMEDIA systems * TEACHING methods
Abstract:	Multimedia has entered the *educational* arena largely in an analog format. As digital multimedia technology becomes both practical and economically accessible, there is opportunity for further *educationalreform*. Such capability now exists and can be used to address issues such as quality control, flexibility, and portability in educational systems. Multimedia can be used as a classroom teaching assistant. This use allows instruction to occur in a same time, same place format. Multimedia used to review classroom lectures in a different time, different place format could, but does not demand the replacement of traditional classroom style lectures. Availability of multimedia on CD-ROM disks allows students to have both book and lecture material in portable form to be used any time, any place. The advancements made in PC-level multimedia technology has generated new opportunities that are both feasible and economical. Educators must think in a more creative and innovative manner and be receptive to new approaches to the educational** process.
Author Affiliations:	1 Associate Professor of MIS, School of Business and Administration, St. Louis University . 2 Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of South Florida .
ISSN:	0001-0782
Accession Number:	12620030
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Title:	*Educational*reform and technology education.
Authors:	McCade, Joseph
Source:	Technology Teacher; May/Jun95, Vol. 54 Issue 8, p31, 9p, 1 chart, 1bw
Document Type:	Article
Subject Terms:	* EDUCATIONAL change * TECHNICAL education teachers
Geographic Terms:	UNITED States
Abstract:	Examines the technology educators' role in the different *educationalreform*** efforts in the United States . Historical themes in curriculum development; Rationale for change; Whole language approach; Importance of a specific core curricula; Cooperative learning; Academic and vocational integration; Authentic learning and cognitive science.
ISSN:	0746-3537
Accession Number:	9506092057
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