Pushing EdTech evidence past the era of oral tradition
New tools for schools to help them make informed technology choices
Category Archives: evidence
Inching towards efficacy?
The pursuit of evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of technology for learning has been going on for as long as I can remember using technology as a teacher*. I’ve written in detail in the past about what we do and do not know about this if you’d like some background, but a number of recent… Read More »
A (flawed?) design for a tablet impact study
In an era where schools’ investment in technology seems to be accelerating, in both scale and cost, an accompanying and understandable questioning of the evidence base for these decisions is often heard. Lots has been written about this subject (some of it by me) and debates have raged impotently across the Twitterverse. One thing we can… Read More »
Impact? What impact?
I wrote this article for the TES. They asked for 1300 polished and considered words. I added some jokes too, for free. They let a subeditor loose on it and, well, you can read the bloodied stump on their site if you want to see the damage that can be wrought by someone in possession… Read More »