tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314941629795542873.post2907223579203870084..comments2023-08-27T10:52:06.391+01:00Comments on Nik's QuickShout: Questioning the Role of Technology in EducationNik Peacheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314941629795542873.post-17011121397947377622011-05-17T11:50:38.959+01:002011-05-17T11:50:38.959+01:00Hi Joel
There's an excellent article here on ...Hi Joel<br /><br />There's an excellent article here on the problems connected with measuring impact of technology on learning <a href="http://bpiwmecliteracyandtechnologypilot.blogspot.com/2009/05/must-read.html" rel="nofollow"> Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured?</a><br /><br />As for yur comment "What a surprise the situation has not changed" Yes that's sad, but tomorrow is another day.<br /><br />Best<br /><br />NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314941629795542873.post-12160597232391579652011-05-17T03:55:54.454+01:002011-05-17T03:55:54.454+01:00Nik
Thank you for the thoughtful response.
Happy...Nik<br /><br />Thank you for the thoughtful response.<br /><br />Happy to concede that empirical research is ONE of the big problems.<br /><br />I would think that it is the role of research to provide continuing evaluation of ALL aspects of the use of technology in education, to test the differing methodological practices and evaluate their effectiveness fully.<br /><br />This sort of research should provide us with a means to compare methodologies etc etc. I am involved in a new EU proposal (winners will be announced in July) that has, as one of its aims, to produce a standardised template for research with empirical results on Web2.0 tools that would allow easier comparison of research results in the field.<br /><br />Meanwhile your observation of just throwing money at technology - every classroom with a laptop, without looking deeply at the content and training, is something I wrote about in 2004. What a surprise the situation has not changed, just more hardware and confusion.Joel H Josephsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228213714540088284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314941629795542873.post-86074666207878655222011-05-17T01:36:29.469+01:002011-05-17T01:36:29.469+01:00Hi:
I'm gladd I received a tweet with the link...Hi:<br />I'm gladd I received a tweet with the link to your article. <br />I'm an ESL substitute teacher, and studying a diplomado about teaching english. <br />We are learning about using new technologies to teach the language. <br />All your articles look very interesting so I'll take my time to read all of them.<br />Ileana AyalaIleanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182493977017798785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314941629795542873.post-14954817637273179262011-05-16T21:34:43.448+01:002011-05-16T21:34:43.448+01:00Hi Joel
I agree that the lack of empirical resear...Hi Joel<br /><br />I agree that the lack of empirical research to support the use of technology is a problem, but I'm not sure that it's our biggest one.<br /><br />The question of research and practice always raises for me that kind of chicken and egg question. Which comes first?<br /><br />In order to get some research that empirically proves that 'technology' can be used effectively, we first have to develop some effective methodological practices that exploit it, but to do that we have to better understand how to effectively apply it. The other big problem we have, which I point out in the articles, is that we have to get past the 'knee jerk' kind of 'throw money at the problem' reaction that comes from many institutions.<br /><br />One of the other big problems is that the tech landscape is shifting so fast that all kinds of new things are becoming possible all the time.<br /><br />The other problem of course is when we do the research, what do we evaluate? Is it the technology, or is it the methodology used to apply it?<br /><br />Are we even sure that we have common understanding of the word 'technology'? Really I think we need to start making distinctions between technology in the sense of hard-ware ( iPads, IWBs, Laptops etc) and the resources that the hard-ware gives us access to (static websites, dynamic websites, interactive websites, communication tools, content creation tools, etc.) .<br /><br /><br /><br />Oh well tomorrow is another day.<br /><br />Best<br /><br />NikNik Peacheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397596906147004693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314941629795542873.post-46133785419871729142011-05-16T18:56:53.022+01:002011-05-16T18:56:53.022+01:00NiK Thank you for a grand series, well thought out...NiK Thank you for a grand series, well thought out work and ideas.<br /><br />In my opinion, the biggest problem with the use of ICT in education is the lack of empirical evidence to support the theories and existing practices.<br /><br />Without a solid literature of evidence we cannot argue the case properly.<br /><br />For example, in the EU Web2.0 ERC project http://www.web20erc.eu we completed a review of many 100s of academic papers on the use of Web2.0 tools in education. We only managed to find a few that included empirical results, these are included in the resource repository on the project website.Joel H Josephsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228213714540088284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4314941629795542873.post-14436325681960899822011-05-16T18:46:44.630+01:002011-05-16T18:46:44.630+01:00Fantastic! Thanks for sharing this with ESL-Librar...Fantastic! Thanks for sharing this with ESL-Library's FB friends. It's great to get all of these in a collection. Just bookmarked it and will share around. Cheers Nik!Tara Benwellhttp://www.tarabenwell.comnoreply@blogger.com