THE CHALLENGE OF INFORMED USE OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

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THE CHALLENGE OF INFORMED USE OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
Vallance, M. 2007 @Wireless Ready 2007

Abstract

The paper proposes that the grand narrative of educational policy statements lack clear guidelines on the desired Information and Communications Technology (ICT) integration. Also, a review of the academic literature fails to provide consistent strategies for institutions and practitioners determined to adopt ICT in an informed way. This paper therefore develops and applies the notion of informed use of ICT to support a student-centred pedagogy and associated tasks. The context for the paper is the ‘iPod therefore iWrite’ longitudinal research project where multiple media content is developed for the portable iPod.