Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward
New information and communication technologies (ICTs) have long been heralded around the world for their potential to 'revolutionalize' education. This has been true no matter the place or the specific technologies considered whether we a...
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okr-10986-262592021-05-25T08:58:19Z Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward Trucano, Michael ICT education technology New information and communication technologies (ICTs) have long been heralded around the world for their potential to 'revolutionalize' education. This has been true no matter the place or the specific technologies considered whether we are talking about early promises related to the use of television and radio in past decades or the laptops and tablets of today. Excitement around this 'transformative' potential is unlikely to subside in the near future: Devices will only get cheaper, and more powerful, in the coming years, and new technologies as yet un-invented will emerge to do things that were previously possible only in the realm of science fiction. That said, while connected computing devices like laptops, tablets and smartphones are increasingly to be found in the pockets and homes of many learners and teachers, slow-to-change formal education systems have led many people to observe that "technology is already revolutionizing education – just not in the classroom." 2017-03-15T16:10:37Z 2017-03-15T16:10:37Z 2016 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/339951488311813616/Technologies-in-education-across-the-Americas-the-promise-and-the-peril-and-some-potential-ways-forward http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26259 English en_US SABER-ICT Technical Paper Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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New information and communication
technologies (ICTs) have long been heralded around the world
for their potential to 'revolutionalize'
education. This has been true no matter the place or the
specific technologies considered whether we are talking
about early promises related to the use of television and
radio in past decades or the laptops and tablets of today.
Excitement around this 'transformative' potential
is unlikely to subside in the near future: Devices will only
get cheaper, and more powerful, in the coming years, and new
technologies as yet un-invented will emerge to do things
that were previously possible only in the realm of science
fiction. That said, while connected computing devices like
laptops, tablets and smartphones are increasingly to be
found in the pockets and homes of many learners and
teachers, slow-to-change formal education systems have led
many people to observe that "technology is already
revolutionizing education – just not in the classroom." |
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Trucano, Michael |
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Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward |
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Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward |
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Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward |
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Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward |
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Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward |
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technologies in education across the americas : the promise and the peril – and some potential ways forward |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/339951488311813616/Technologies-in-education-across-the-Americas-the-promise-and-the-peril-and-some-potential-ways-forward http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26259 |
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