Is Instructional Technology a Must for Learning?
Wadi D. Haddad, Editor

The integration of modern ICTs into the teaching/learning process has great potential to enhance learning. In addition, ICTs, although expensive, may be the best investment to make acceptable levels of learning affordable for all students anywhere.

Brain Research, Learning, and Technology
Laurence Wolff, Inter-American Development Bank

Brain research is beginning to shed light on fundamental questions about human learning. This article highlights recent research on the brain and its implications for education, learning and technology.

Does This Stuff Work? A Review of Technology Used to Teach
J.D. Fletcher, Institute for Defense Analyses

This article reviews the effectiveness of technology-based instruction in terms of instructional effectiveness, time savings, cost reduction, individualization, and student attitudes.

e-Learning - The New Frontier in the Developing World
Cheick Kante, COO, and Vishal Savani, Director of Business Initiatives, World Links

As technology becomes more and more ubiquitous and affordable, e-learning carries the greatest potential to train masses in the developing world in anything and everything; e-learning can and will revolutionize learning in the Southern Hemisphere.

TechKnowNews
Staff

CD-ROM Teaching Tool is a Hit with Educator and EMMA Foundation / Using ICTs for Networking Youth Organizations / Digital Partners Announces SEL Participants for 2002 - 2003 / Classroom Connect and ATG Provide Education to the Educators / UNICEF Publishes New League Tables on Education

Taming Science Models for Classroom Use
Boris Berenfeld, Dan Damelin, Amy Pallant, Barbara Tinker, Robert Tinker, and Qian Xie, Concord Consortium

Modeling software that is sufficiently flexible and requires students to interact or construct their own models can engage students in authentic scientific inquiry and reasoning.

Critical Thinking Curriculum Model
Bill Robertson, Project Leader, and Richard Alexander, Science Education Specialists, Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Critical Thinking Curriculum Model utilizes a multidisciplinary approach that integrates computer technology with effective learning and teaching practices and provides students and teachers with a process and an opportunity to address current real world issues.

LessonLab: Evolving Teaching into a Profession
Ronald Gallimore and Jim Stigler, University of California, Loas Angeles and LessonLab

Teachers need and want a large, rich, easily accessible knowledge base for teaching that includes vivid images of alternative teaching practices represented in lesson videos.

The West Virginia Story: Technology Advances Learning and Teaching
Soledad MacKinnon, Inter-American Development Bank

This article summarizes a report on the West Virginia Basic Skills/Computer program. This program marks the first time that a long-term statewide learning technology program has been assessed for effectiveness.

Using Technology to Promote Critical Thinking through the Natural Sciences
Sarah S. Thompson, Outreach Coordinator, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Earth Odyssey is a field ecology outreach program in which students explore the biological diversity of their environment. The goal of this program is to use technology to promote critical thinking through the natural sciences.

Preserving Culture in a Technological Environment
Edna Aphek

The Intergeneration Program and the New Technologies is a program where young students tutor the older generation at computer and Internet skills while at the same time learning from them a chapter of their personal history.

Raising Achievement and Lowering Costs with Technology in Higher Education
Gregg B. Jackson, Associate Professor of Education Policy, The George Washington University

The Pew Foundation has been funding a coordinated effort to see if universities can increase the effectiveness of their large introductory courses while reducing the instructional costs. Three rounds of grants have been awarded, with ten colleges and universities receiving awards in each round. Final reports are in from the first round. What do the results indicate?

Benchmarking Science Education Software: Less than Meets the Eye
Abha Shrivastava, The George Washington University

This article summarizes the results of a study that examined how well the `best` English language science education software measures up to the national standards for teaching of science as specified by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Interactive Television as an Educational Tool: Consumer Satisfaction and Effectiveness
Sonia Jurich, RMC Research Corporation

This article summarizes three research papers published in the past two years on the use of interactive television for distance higher education. Two of the papers look at consumer satisfaction from the students' and the faculty's perspective; the third, assesses course effectiveness.

Are We Connected? Miscommunication about Internet Connectivity between Countries in North and in the South
Désiré Baartman, This is a Journey Project

This article is based on research carried out during the realization and implementation of two international web-based projects for secondary schools in The Netherlands and Zimbabwe and describes the factors that lead to success as well as pitfalls.

Evaluation of e-Learning Engineering Graduate Courses
Katia Tannous and Marta W. Donida, State University of Campinas, Brazil

This article investigates the introduction of a new methodology to evaluate participants in distance education graduate courses in engineering at the University of Campinas, Brazil.

Complexities and Challenges of Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Examinations
Joanne Capper

There are a number of educational, economic and societal goals that are more likely to be accomplished with the use of technology in the teaching and learning process. Such goals are unlikely to be achieved without ensuring a broad range of conditions that enhance the likelihood of technology use, including the integration of technology in the curriculum, and even into examinations.

RxGB: A Low-Tech Prescription for High-Anxiety Among Students and Writing Faculty
Jesse T. Airaudi, Senior Lecturer, Baylor University

This article discusses `RGBing,` a method of integrating technology into a writing course. It is easy to do and promotes effective thinking and writing.

Digital Education: The Use of Digital Cameras to Enhance the Learning Experience
Staff

Digital cameras offer teachers unlimited opportunities to engage students and to incorporate technology into their curriculum. This article describes digital cameras, how they work, what to consider when purchasing one, and ways to integrate their use into classroom teaching.

WorthWhileWebs
Joseph M. Baltrus, University at Albany, State University of New York

WorthWhileWebs focuses on Web sites that are dedicated to technologies and learning and how they affect the attainment of learning at the various cognitive levels including problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking synthesis, analysis, and application.

WiFi Technology: Creating Affordable Universal Internet Access
Alan Levy, Executive Vice President, Municipal Networks

WiFi technology, also known as Wireless Fidelity, can bring Internet access to a far greater number of people than current wireless technology, and at a fraction of the cost. This article discusses WiFi technology in detail and its implications for education and the community.

Lifelong Learning in the Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges for Developing Countries
The World Bank, Human Development Network

This article describes ways by which developing countries and policy makers can reform education to equip people to deal with the new challenges of a global knowledge-based economy.