Computers and Education: Towards Educational Change and Innovation


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Discover the latest research on the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the field of education. Among the many areas covered, the book examines the latest innovations in the design, development, and evaluation of innovative educational environments. You’ll also discover how ICTs support special education, collaborative learning, and distance learning. Finally, key social aspects of ICTs in education are examined.




Technology, Innovation, and Educational Change


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This book highlights the scope and variety of curricular change with educational technology. Research teams from 28 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa developed 174 case reports of innovative classrooms all over the globe. They used classroom observations, interviews with teachers and principals, and focus groups of students and parents to examine trends and effects. The study highlights innovative uses of technology and identifies environmental criteria that could be used in implementing technology integration strategies.




Educational Research and Innovation Measuring Innovation in Education 2019 What Has Changed in the Classroom?


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Measuring innovation in education and understanding how it works is essential to improve the quality of the education sector. Monitoring systematically how pedagogical practices evolve would considerably increase the international education knowledge base. We need to examine whether, and how ...







Computers and Education: Towards Educational Change and Innovation


Book Description

Discover the latest research on the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the field of education. Among the many areas covered, the book examines the latest innovations in the design, development, and evaluation of innovative educational environments. You’ll also discover how ICTs support special education, collaborative learning, and distance learning. Finally, key social aspects of ICTs in education are examined.




Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education


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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education, TECH-EDU 2020, held in Vila Real, Portugal, in December 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held in a fully virtual format. The 27 revised full papers along with 15 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions.The papers are organized in topical sections on ​digital resources as epistemic tools to improve STEM learning; digital technologies to foster critical thinking and monitor self and co-regulation of e-learning; Covid-19 pandemic, changes in educational ecosystem and remote teaching; transforming teaching and learning through technology; educational proposals using technology to foster learning competences.




Bringing Innovation to School


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Are you preparing a new generation of innovators? Activate your students’ creativity and problem-solving potential with breakthrough learning projects. Across all grades and content areas, student-driven, collaborative projects will teach students how to generate innovative ideas and then put them into action. You’ll take learning to new heights and help students master core content.




Educational visions


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What have been the biggest successes in educational technology – and why have they succeeded when others have failed? Educational Visions shows how innovations including citizen science, learning at scale, inclusive education, learning design and analytics have developed over decades. The book is shaped by the visions pursued by one research group for the past 40 years. It outlines the group’s framework for innovation and shows how this can be put into practice to achieve long-term results that benefit both students and teachers at every educational level.




Education Nation


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An educational innovator who worked at Sesame Workshop and The George Lucas Educational Foundation offers a new vision for learning As a result of constant innovation, learning is no longer limited by traditional confines and we're moving beyond students tied to their chairs, desks, and textbooks-and teachers locked away in classrooms. In Education Nation author Milton Chen draws from extensive experience in media-from his work on Sesame Street in its nascent years to his role as executive director of the George Lucas Educational Foundation-to support a vision for a new world of learning. This book, in six chapters, explores the "edges" in education—the places where K-12 learning has already seen revolutionary changes through innovative reform and the use of technology. Examines ways in which learning can be revolutionized through innovative reform and the use of technology Explores the ever-expanding world of technology for breakthroughs in teaching and learning Includes many wonderful resources to support innovation in schools across the nation This important book offers a clear vision for tomorrow's classrooms that will enhance learning opportunities for all children.




Innovation and ICT in Education


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The adequate integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in educational and training processes is one of the biggest current challenges in education. The classroom of the present is very different from just a few decades ago, new technological tools are completely transforming its characteristics and activities. This internationally authored book offers a timely, effective and practical vision of this new educational scenario. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach in looking at the problems and possible solutions that are faced by the educational professional of the 21st century when, by necessity or obligation, they face the use of ICT in their daily tasks. Divided into two parts, one theoretical and another practical, this book offers the highlights of the most important lines of research that are being developed today in educational technology, and importantly presents the innovations which have had the most impact over recent years. From the profound transformations in the physical classroom to everything that involves new virtual scenarios, where online teaching requires innovative strategies and training processes, this book describes the diverse scenarios that ICT has generated and will continue to generate in the field of education. It presents a new and a very different type of education that can be adapted to the needs of the citizen of the digital society.