2012/09/29: ICT Integrated Education and Research, Presentation by Sanjaya Mishra at the International Conference on ICT in Education at New Delhi

1. Commonwealth Educational
Media Centre for Asia
ICT integrated
Education and Research
Sanjaya Mishra

2. It all depends on Teachers…
Media are mere vehicles that deliver
instruction but do not influence student
achievement any more than the truck that
delivers our groceries causes changes in our
nutrition
-- Richard Clark, 1983

3. No…
 Media and methods are inseparable.
 Instructional design to integrate media is
important.
-- Robert Kozma, 1994

4. Maybe… but,
 Children require little or no inputs from
teachers and can learn on their own by the
process of exploration, discovery and peer
coaching within a technology-enabled
learning environment
-- Sugata Mitra

5. Then…
 Compare “like with like”
-- Jack Koumi, 1994

6. In reality…
 Education is context-based;
 One size fits all does not work;
 Its about Design and not Brand;
 You may like to ask some questions …

7. Questions that we should ask?
 What is my context?
 Why to I need to use technology?
 What is the appropriate technology?
 How can I improve educational transactions
using technology?
 What preparations do I need to use technology
effectively?
 Do I have the skills and knowledge to use
technology, and from where I can update myself?

8. What Questions are normally asked?
 Do ICTs impact student learning outcomes?
 Is there impact beyond curriculum?
 Does it improve classroom practices and
teacher skills?

9. How questions are addressed?
• Opinion and Attitude Studies
• Effectiveness and Impact Studies
• Descriptive and Policy Studies
• Quantitative Trends Analysis
• Evaluative Studies
• Multi-disciplinary approaches

10. What are the results?
• Mixed (from no significant to significant to
negative impact)
• Recent Meta-analysis of studies show “better
results with technology”
• Still it depends on the “context” – my
students, my schools, and my ways to
teaching

11. Changing Focus
• Mediated environment, using programmed
texts
• Independent learning using specially
prepared materials in print, audio, video,
multimedia
• More engaged and interactive learning due to
affordances of technologies
Programme Resource-
Self-Learning
Learning based Learning

12. In summary
• Asking the right questions will help get right
answer
• As digital information literacy improves,
questions will move from experiments to
improving the contexts and environments
• How to optimize student learning in
networked environment is the key
• A-Z Learning is all about LEARNING per se;
therefore, put IT before IT.

13. THANK YOU