The Learning Edge

After billions of dollars, thousands of studies, and immeasurable effort by educators at all levels, why is the performance of students and teachers so unaffected by technology? Moreover, what should be done to extract genuine benefit from the information and communication technology (ICT) revolution? In this groundbreaking book, technology and education experts Alan Bain and Mark Weston provide research-baseed evidence for how the widespread application of ICT can provide powerful learning opportunities that lead to lasting gains and achievement. They show how the integrated use of technology at all levels of the educational system can greatly expand collaborative learning opportunities by giving all educational stakeholders powerful problem-solving tools and solutions. The approaches presented here are grounded in over twenty years of experience working with classroom teachers, school leaders, association members, and policymakers. This book features; a strategic blueprint for using commonly available technology tools to drive measurable and sustainable change in education; vignettes of classrooms and schools successfully using technology across the curriculum; a solutions-oriented presentation, including practical examples of alternative courses of action at all levels of the education system; and a concluding section at the end of each chapter that summarizes key ideas.

Alan Bain is Sub-Dean Curriculum and Faculty Development in the Faculty of Education, at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, Mark E. Weston is a global education strategist at Dell Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia.

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Education and Technology	p. 1
The Problem of ICT Use in Education	p. 1
Faulty Assumptions about ICT and Schools	p. 7
The Challenge of Making ICT Effective in Education	p. 11
Making Shifts in Thought to Improve Education	p. 12
What is Edge Technology and How Can It Help Education	p. 16
The Tools of Edge Technology	p. 18
Schema: A New Shared Vision to Improve Education	p. 19
A Plan of Action to Get Where We Need to Go	p. 23
Summary	p. 24
The Classroom	p. 25
Defining the Problem of ICT Use in Classrooms	p. 25
Introducing the Type-B Classroom	p. 26
Type-A: The Classrooms We Know Don't Work	p. 28
Shifts Classrooms Must Make to Succeed	p. 32
How Making Shifts Works in Real Classrooms	p. 39
Tools That Bring Effective ICT into Classrooms	p. 39
Using ICT to Transform a Type-A Classroom into a Type-B Classroom	p. 48
Examining the Assumptions and Challenges of Type-A and Type-B Classrooms	p. 50
Summary	p. 52
Schools	p. 53
Effective ICT in Schools: Defining the Problem	p. 53
The Problem with Type-A Schools	p. 54
What Makes Type-B Schools More Effective	p. 57
The Shifts Required to Make Schools More Effective	p. 60
How Schools Can Make the Shifts They Need	p. 67
The Tools Schools Need to Transform	p. 68
Using Edge Technology to Move from Type-A to Type-B Schools	p. 74
How Shared Schema Can Transform Schools	p. 75
Summary	p. 77
Transforming Districts	p. 78
The ICT Problem at the District Level	p. 78
Why Type-A Districts Don't Work	p. 80
How Type-B Districts Help Transform Education	p. 83
The Shifts We Need to Make to Improve the District Level	p. 86
How Shifts in Thought Work at the District Level	p. 95
The ICT Tools That Allow District Level Support for Schools	p. 95
Shared Schema Uniting District, Schools, and Classrooms	p. 99
Summary	p. 100
Associations and Edge Technology	p. 102
The Problem We Face at the Level of Associations	p. 102
What is Wrong with Type-A Association	p. 103
What Makes Type-B Associations More Effective	p. 107
Shifts in Thoughts Needed to Improve Associations	p. 112
How Making Shifts in Thought Works in Practice for the Associations	p. 123
The Tools Associations Need to Support Other Stakeholders	p. 124
Shared Schema: How Associations Can Support Other Levels in Education	p. 126
Summary	p. 129
Policy Shifts	p. 130
The Problem Policymakers Face in Reforming Education	p. 130
Why Type-A Policymaking Fails	p. 133
How Type-B Policymaking Can Improve Education	p. 139
Shifts in Thought Needed to Transform Policymaking	p. 143
Creating Emergence: How Shifts in Thought Can Transform Policymaking	p. 149
How Shifts in Thought Change the Practice of Policymaking	p. 152
The Tools Policymakers Need to Support Education	p. 152
How a Shared Schema Helps Policymakers Support Education at All Levels	p. 154
Summary	p. 158
The Role of Industry	p. 159
The Problem of Bringing Effective ICT into Education	p. 159
Type-A Companies: The Problem with What We Do Now	p. 161
How Type-B Companies Can Transform Education	p. 166
Shifts in Thought Needed to Improve the Industry	p. 173
How Shifting Thoughts Change Companies in Practice	p. 178
The Tools Companies Need to Help Reform Education	p. 178
How a Shared Schema Can Unite Industry and Education	p. 180
Summary	p. 184
Stakeholder Connected	p. 185
The Problem Stakeholders Face at All Levels of the Educational Crisis	p. 185
Shifts in Thought Needed to Make Real Change in Education	p. 187
How Shifting Thoughts Can Improve Education in Practice	p. 190
The Tools Needed to Make Real Change	p. 191
How Shared Schema United Stakeholders for Real Reform	p. 192
References	p. 195
Index	p. 221
About the Authors	p. 236
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