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    Deep Impact: an investigation of the use of information and communication technologies for teacher education in the global south: researching the issues

    Digital Education Enhancement Project, Open University, 2006
    The Digital Education Enhancement Project (DEEP) is an applied research project exploring the ways in which information and communications technology (ICT) can improve access to, and the quality of, teacher education in the global south. It is focused upon three key research questions: What is the impact of ICT use on the pedagogic knowledge and practice of teachers and the communities
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    Consultative workshop on performance indicators for ICT in education

    UNESCO Bangkok ICT in Education, 2002
    In the countries of Asia and the Pacific, the use of ICT in education has been developing rapidly.
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    New evidence on classroom computers and pupil learning

    Royal Economic Society, UK, 2002
    How technology affects learning has been at the centre of recent debates over educational inputs. In 1994, the Israeli State Lottery sponsored the installation of computers in many elementary and middle schools. This programme provides an opportunity to estimate the impact of computerisation on both the instructional use of computers and pupil achievement.
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    Hole-in-the-Wall: research findings

    Hole-in-the-Wall Education, 2005
    Over the 4 year research phase (2000-2004), HiWEL has extensively studied the impact of Learning Stations on children. Hole-in-the-Wall Learning Stations were installed in diverse settings, the impact of interventions was monitored and data was continually gathered, analyzed and interpreted.
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    Educational software in the developing world

    Imfundo, 2000
    Hardware without software is akin to having textbooks without words or pictures. There is significant evidence that quality software can motivate learners and assist in helping students to stay ‘on task’.
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    Girls issues

    Imfundo, 2000
    What are the main reasons why girls do not go to school? How can ICT be implemented in schools in a way that is helpful to girls? How can ICT help girls and women out of school?This IMFUNDO Knowledge Bank paper seeks to explore the ways in which advances in information and communications technology and their use in education, particularly affect girls and women.
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    Teaching children to read: an evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction

    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, USA, 2000
    Includes the following findings on computer technology and reading instruction: New computers have speech recognition capabilities as well as many multimedia presentation functions. Developments in the Internet, with possibilities of linking schools and instruction, have further increased interest in technology as a teaching device.
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    ICT in pre and in-service teacher training

    Imfundo, 2002
    This report outlines the discussion of ICT and teacher training in developing countries that formed part of a 2002 Imfundo workshop. It identifies five key principles that should govern the implementation of any ICT-oriented teacher training scheme: there must be a real impact on the quality of learning teachers and teacher-educators should genuinely "own" the process relevance
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    An evaluation of the Computer Education Trust (CET) in Swaziland

    Imfundo, 2002
    The Computer Education Trust (CET) in Swaziland is an initiative that provides second-hand computer equipment and computer training for classroom use in secondary schools in Swaziland. The Imfundo Initiative of the Department for International Development (DFID) undertook an evaluation of CET's activities in March 2002.
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    Evaluating digital learning material for English language development in African primary classrooms

    Imfundo, 2003
    This study explores the ways in which digital educational materials can support English language development in African primary schools.It first describes the factors which may constrain language development for school learning in Africa.

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