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Information and communication technologies in international education: a Canadian policy analysis

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This paper discusses the Canadian International Development Agency’s report, CIDA’s Strategy on Knowledge for Development through Information and CommunicationTechnologies, as an example of how rhetoric does not always meet reality. The paper concludes with four simple recommendationsfor good ICT practice in developing contexts.

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National Assessment Program: ICT literacy years 6 and 10 report 2005

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This ICT literacy report represents the findings from the first national assessment of the ICT literacy of Australian school students. The assessment, conducted towards the end of 2005, established a singleICT literacy scale against which the achievements of students at Years 6 and 10 can be reported and proficiency levels linked to descriptions of student performance.

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Transforming American education: learning powered by technology

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The National Education Technology Plan 2010 (NETP) calls for revolutionary transformation rather than evolutionary tinkering. It urges the education system at all levels to: be clear about the outcomes we seek; collaborate to redesign structures and processes for effectiveness, efficiency, and flexibility; continually monitor and measure our performance; hold ourselves accountable for progress and results every step of the way.

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Spontaneous group decision making in distributed collaborative learning: toward a new research direction

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This paper attempts to identify and establish spontaneous group decision making in collaborative learning as a new research direction, with particular attention to collaborative learning in distributed online environments. After a brief introduction, related concepts and theories are examined for differentiation of interpretation.

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Listening to students’ and educators’ voices

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This report outlines findings collected from listening to and analysing the views and expectations of students within Australian education and training institutions about learning with technologies. The overarching question for this research was: ‘what are the views of students and early career educators, about learning with technologies in Australian education and training?’

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Towards understanding the potential of e-portfolios for independent learning: a qualitative study

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This paper discusses the findings of a research study concerning the use of e-portfolios to develop independent learning, from the perspectives of teachers and students in a Hong Kong university.

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Critical documentary making: an action research to develop pedagogy for the 21st century

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This research is about documentary film making as a pedagogy utilising readily available technologies which students and teachers are mostly familiar with.The researcher involved two classes in two schools – an international primary school class and a secondary hospital school class - each in a series of four workshops.

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Digital districts: Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in U.S. schools

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Key results of this new research survey of more than 380 district technology directors conducted by Interactive Educational Systems Design (IESD) on behalf of Lightspeed Systems Inc., netTrekker, and Atomic Learning indicate growing acceptance of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies among district leaders and educators.

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2010 emerging technology trials - outcomes

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In 2010, the Framework via the E-standards for Training business activity provided almost $100,000 to six RTOs to trial emerging technologies in their organisations.

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mLearning: a platform for educational opportunities at the base of the pyramid

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The report provides eight vignettes of mLearning trials in developing countries. It also includes a comprehensive, simple, functional and inclusive mLearning framework.

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Over 100 leading Australian and international educators and experts concerned with Australian education contributed to this report on how Educational Technologies and the computing curriculum is currently being implemented in Australian schools, and the changes that may occur in the near future (5 years).

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Information and communication technologies in international education: a Canadian policy analysis

National Assessment Program: ICT literacy years 6 and 10 report 2005

Transforming American education: learning powered by technology

Spontaneous group decision making in distributed collaborative learning: toward a new research direction

Listening to students’ and educators’ voices

Towards understanding the potential of e-portfolios for independent learning: a qualitative study

Critical documentary making: an action research to develop pedagogy for the 21st century

Digital districts: Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in U.S. schools

2010 emerging technology trials - outcomes

mLearning: a platform for educational opportunities at the base of the pyramid

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