International Summit on ICT in Education

EDU-SUMMIT 2009 Working groups Panel Session

June 11, 2009Teacher/Learner Perspective

Kwok-Wing Lai, University of Otago College of Education, New Zealand

Teacher/Learner Perspective

Claims:o The use of technology must be underpinned by

learning theories and pedagogical principles. Technology should not be used to drive pedagogy.

o Technology should be embedded in the learning environment and integrated into the classroom culture.

o Technology is effective if teachers use it to engage students in the learning tasks, scaffold them to inquire, discover, critique, create, and apply new understanding and knowledge, within a community of learners.

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Most important goals/objectives in the near future

 o Deeper understanding - We need to know more

about what actually happens to the learner during the learning process, when technology is used to support such a process.

o Scaling up – from small scale exemplary projects to everyday practice in schools.

o Changing the classroom culture – attitudes, beliefs, of what technology can and should do to support teaching and learning.

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Proposed action of how to get there  

o Promoting ‘authentic’, ‘useable’ research, and collaborating with practitioners.

o Producing leadership at the national (schools, districts) and international levels (professional organizations).

o Providing the link between research and policy,

research and practice, and policy and practice.

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