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10/1/98 |
A Question of Effectiveness: Does Education Technology Work?
This Milken Exchange online discussion explores the effectiveness of education technology.
Twelve people took part in the debate, which was fueled by data from a study commissioned by the Milken Exchange and released through Education Week.
The study, titled TECHNOLOGY COUNTS 98, sought answers to a difficult question: today, with massive new expenditures for education technology - to the tune of $5 billion - the public and lawmakers are beginning to ask does education technology actually improve learning?
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1/5/98 |
Computer Delusion or Media Delusion -- which is it?
by Cheryl Lemke
This online discussion revolves around an Atlantic Monthly article by Todd Oppenheimer in which he questions the public investment in computers in schools and suggests that "There is no good evidence that most uses of computers significantly improve teaching and learning, yet school districts are cutting programs--music, art, physical education--that enrich children's lives to make room for this dubious nostrum..."
The discussion brought the perspectives of students, teachers, researchers, city planners and policy experts into play with that of the author, Todd Oppenheimer and thus offers readers a richer, broader outlook on the issue.
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