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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Main Author: Trucano, Michael
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/339951488311813616/Technologies-in-education-across-the-Americas-the-promise-and-the-peril-and-some-potential-ways-forward
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spelling 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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Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward
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description 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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author Trucano, Michael
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title Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward
title_short Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward
title_full Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward
title_fullStr Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward
title_full_unstemmed Technologies in Education Across the Americas : The Promise and the Peril – and Some Potential Ways Forward
title_sort technologies in education across the americas : the promise and the peril – and some potential ways forward
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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