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Integrated Institutional Technologies for Learning, Teaching and Management |
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Monday, 14 September 2009 |
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Project Directors
Carey Jewitt
Neil Selwyn
Researchers
Christina Hadjithoma-Garstka
Project Details
Funded by BECTA, September 2009 to March 2010
Keywords
primary school, secondary schools, learning platform, virtual learning environment, school management, digital learning
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This is a research study funded by Becta (the British Educational
Communications and Technology Agency) looking at the use of learning
platforms and associated technologies in primary and secondary schools
in England.
Most schools now have extensive infrastructures of management
information and learning technologies ñ including electronic
registration systems, management information systems with timetabling
modules and virtual learning environments. These are deployed
separately, or increasingly integrated together in a single ëmanaged
learning platformí. These learning platforms are used along with a
range of other communications tools such as email, mobile technologies
and SMS to aid the teaching, learning and management activities of
schools. This project aims to review current use of learning platforms
in UK primary and secondary schools, seeking to identify best practice
and evidence of effective use.
The project is concentrating on learning platform use in six primary
and six secondary schools in a range of different local authorities in
England. It takes a mixed-method case study approach ñ involving
in-depth individual interviews with senior staff; group interviews with
parents, students and teachers; content analyses of online content;
basic quantitative analyses of website traffic data; and observation of
student ICT use. Fieldwork is taking place from October 2009 to January
2010, with a range of dissemination activities to policy and
practitioner audiences at the beginning of 2010 |
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