ICT Research

There is a large body of research available to inform us about the implementation of ICT in our schools.

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Queensland

Destination 2010
Reviews Education Queensland's objectives and plans for encouraging the development of learning opportunities that support lifelong learning.

Education and Training Reforms for the Future
Reviews this four-part reform agenda to reshape Queensland's education and training systems to cater for students' individual needs, inspire academic achievement and equip them for the world of work.

Smart Classrooms
Provides information for principals, teachers and school communities to support them in participating in the Smart Classrooms strategy.

Smart Classrooms Bytes
This publcation provides school teachers and administrators with advice on the latest ICT trends for education. It supports schools to embrace ICT as an everyday part of education so students can achieve the best possible outcomes.

• Edition 1: Learning with digital portfolios (new window) 226k

CM-20 Installation and Operation of IEEE 802.11 Wireless Devices
Clarifies the conditions under which IEEE 802.11 wireless networks may be installed and operated within the Department of Education and the Arts. CM-20 also includes the Wireless Design Standard, which defines an overview of wireless network technology (IEEE 802.11) and implementation issues including mandatory requirements that apply to all systems used within the Department of Education and the Arts.

Queensland Society of Information Technology in Education's Position on Teacher Professional Development
Identifies the characteristics of effective professional development in ICT for teachers, based on a survey of the society's members, conducted at the society's 2004 state conference.

Australia

EdNA Papers and Presentations about Education and Training Issues
Lists papers created by EdNA and related to education and training in Australia.

Connecting the Future: Analysis of Themes (new window)
Draws together the deliberations of more than 250 Australian and international delegates to the Global Summit of Online Knowledge Networks, held in Adelaide in 2002.

Department of Education Tasmania: Information and Communication Technologies
Outlines the Tasmanian Government's strategy to make ICT integrated into the curriculum and school organisations.

Learning in an Online World
Outlines EdNA's school action plan for the information economy.

Real Time: Computers, Change and Schooling (new window)
This Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training study surveyed almost 400 Australian schools in 1998 to identify what needs to be done to achieve positive outcomes from increased computerisation of the classroom, such as integration of information technology within whole-school planning.

School Innovation: Pathway to the Knowledge Society
Outlines the Innovation and Best Practice Project, which involved 107 Australian schools, 20 of which used ICT to enhance teaching and learning and achieved positive results.

Curriculum Through ICT
Reviews the Government of Western Australia's policy of integrating technology into the curriculum and ensuring access to technology for all students and teachers.

Teacher Learning Technology Competencies
Reviews the Australian Council for Computers in Education Learning Technologies Competencies Project.

Canada

Connectivity and ICT Integration in Canadian Schools (new window)
Presents a Canadian plan for determining the effectiveness of ICT usage in schools.

Integration of ICTs through Teacher Professional Development (new window)
Reports on the issues of ICT for teacher training and professional development.

Europe

eSchola
Provides instances of the successful use of ICT in European schools.

Learning to Change: ICTs in Schools (new window)
Outlines aspects of ICT in schools, from school policy-making to the increased communication facilities available to school communities.

Hong Kong

Information Technology in Education: Way Forward (new window)
Reviews how Hong Kong educators look to make a paradigm shift in school education from a textbook, teacher-centred approach to interactive, learner-centred approaches.

Indonesia

ICT and Education in Indonesia
Reviews the Indonesian Government's five-year plan to develop ICT in Indonesia and to use ICT as an essential part of the curriculum and learning tools in schools, universities and training centres.

Korea

Adapting Education to the Information Age: A White Paper (new window)
Outlines the Korean Government's strategy to promote the use of ICT among schools and universities.

Malaysia

ICT in Malaysian Schools
Reviews the Malaysian Government's position on ICT in education, which includes systems that enable information gathering, management, manipulation, access and communication in various forms.

New Zealand

Closing the Digital Divide
Describes the initiatives taken to integrate ICT in classrooms and indicates the New Zealand Government's future plans.

Singapore

Masterplan for IT in Education 1997 to 2002
Envisages the need in the future for thinking, learning and communicating skills, which an IT-based curriculum will help achieve.

Masterplan II
Consolidates and builds on the achievements of the first Masterplan, and continues to provide the overall direction on how schools can harness the possibilities offered by IT for learning.

ICT in Education in Singapore (new window)
Reviews Singapore's five-year plan for IT in education and the achievements at 2002 in curriculum, learning resources, physical and technological infrastructure, and human resource development.

United Kingdom

ULTRALAB
Reviews the projects of this learning technology research centre at the Anglia Ruskin University.

Curriculum Online
Connects to the central online service for the reference and supply of quality digital resources to United Kingdom schools.

Education and Skills: Delivering Results (new window)
Lays down the British Government's 2004 goals for students' basic achievements, including ICT skills.

E-learning Strategy for Wales
Reviews how 'the skills, competence and ability of the Welsh people to exploit ICT are critical to sustainable economic development in Wales'.

BECTA: Government and Partners Research
Becta develops and disseminates evidence of emerging technology, of ICT's impact on education and of what works in the application of ICT to learning and teaching.

Monitoring the Impact of ICT in UK Schools
Outlines the way ICT in schools is monitored to ensure compliance with the objectives set by the British Government.

United States of America

Edutopia
Presents Edutopia, the magazine of the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

Creating Scalable and Systemic Technology Innovations for Urban Education (new window)
Agues that a major reason current learning technologies are not being used broadly in schools is that there are incompatibilities between the demands of the innovations being introduced by the research community and the extant culture, capability and management structures of schools.

EdTech (new window)
Stresses the need for support staff and professional development to help teachers use technology effectively.

Fostering the Use of Educational Technology
Reviews 'a significant body of literature that illuminates the potential of technology in a variety of settings'.

The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement
Shows positive effects of computer-assisted instruction on student achievement.

Key Building Blocks for Student Achievement in the 21st Century (new window)
Identifies objectives that can be achieved to promote ICT in schools and reviews why some ICT skills are not assessed using current methods.

Technology in American Schools (new window)
Proposes seven dimensions of integrating technology into schools, including learners, learning environment and professional competency.

The Beliefs, Practices and Computer Use of Teacher Leaders
Analyses the responses of 4000 teachers concerning their educational background, teaching philosophy and instructional practices with and without computers.

From Now On
Connects with From Now On, an education technology journal.