Beyond Textbooks [electronic resource]: Digital Learning Resources as Systemic Innovation in the Nordic Countries /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Secretary-General.Content Provider
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Centre for Educational Research and InnovationContent Provider
Hylén, Jan.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2009.
Technology is a key driver of educational innovation, and a variety of programmes focusing on investment in infrastructure, equipment, in-service training and digital learning resources have been established to promote its usage in primary and secondary schools. So far, little comparative analytical attention has been devoted to understanding how digital resources improve the quality of learning and to assessing the public policies that support their development and use, and the role played by other stakeholders like publishers, broadcasting companies and increasingly user communities. This publication aims to fill that gap by both reviewing and evaluating the process of systemic innovation. Drawing on case studies from five Nordic countries, the report assembles information on the knowledge bases and policy actors which impact each phase of this innovation process and the main factors which influence its success including governance, financing and user involvement.
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Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Executive Summary -- Systemic Innovation and ICT in Education -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- ICT Policy in the Nordic Countries -- Innovation Initiated by Commercial Actors -- Developing the Knowledge Base on DLRs -- Government - Initiated Innovations in the Nordic Countries -- Bottom - Up Innovations -- Appendix A - Cases Studied in the DLRs Project -- Appendix B - ICT strategies in the Nordic Countries.
Technology is a key driver of educational innovation, and a variety of programmes focusing on investment in infrastructure, equipment, in-service training and digital learning resources have been established to promote its usage in primary and secondary schools. So far, little comparative analytical attention has been devoted to understanding how digital resources improve the quality of learning and to assessing the public policies that support their development and use, and the role played by other stakeholders like publishers, broadcasting companies and increasingly user communities. This publication aims to fill that gap by both reviewing and evaluating the process of systemic innovation. Drawing on case studies from five Nordic countries, the report assembles information on the knowledge bases and policy actors which impact each phase of this innovation process and the main factors which influence its success including governance, financing and user involvement.
Educational innovations --Scandinavia.
Educational innovations
Educational technology
Theory & Practice of Education
Education
Social Sciences
Educational Research and Innovation