Fostering the Use of Educational Technology: Elements of a National Strategy - Softcover

Glennan, Thomas K. Jr.; Melmed, Arthur

9780833023728: Fostering the Use of Educational Technology: Elements of a National Strategy

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ISBN 10: 0833023721 ISBN 13: 9780833023728

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 1996

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The nation's most important educational goal must be to produce learners adequately prepared for life and work in the 21st century. Computer- and network-based technology will play a key role in reaching that goal. In 1983, there was about one computer for every 125 students in the nation's public schools. By 1995, there was one computer for every nine students. In 1994, U.S. schools spent about $3 billion on computer- and network-based technology. Despite all this activity, however, examples of schoolwide use of technology are comparatively rare and isolated. This report identifies principles for guiding public officials, educators, and others concerned with increasing the use of technology to improve the performance of schools and school systems. Prepared as a result of RAND's Critical Technologies Institute (CTI) participation in federal efforts to plan a research agenda and develop a national educational technology plan, it is based upon a series of workshops, interviews, and literature reviews. This report takes stock of the current status of the use of technology by U.S. public elementary and secondary schools and suggests some of the challenges that face educators, policymakers, and producers of educational technology and software as they seek to expand and deepen the use of technology in schools.

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About the Author

Thomas K. Glennan (Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University) is a senior economist in the Washington Office of RAND. His research at RAND has spanned a wide variety of policy planning issues in such diverse areas as education, manpower training, energy, environmental enforcement, demonstration program management in health and human services, and military research and development. Prior to his work at RAND, Tom served as Director of Research and Acting Assistant Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity for Planning, Research and Evaluation before becoming the first Director of the National Institute of Education in 1972.

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Drawing on workshop discussions, cost analyses, and literature reviews, this book assesses what is known concerning current use of technology and outlines the challenges that face educators, policymakers, and designers and producers of hardware and software as they seek to expand and deepen the use of technology in schools. It concludes by proposing key elements of a national policy and federal strategy to effectively incorporate educational technology in American's schools.

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