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Constructivist Learning with ICT: Examples and cases
Below are a number of websites, projects and research studies that illustrate examples or document cases where the emphasis is on a constructivist approach embedding ICT into the curriculum.
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The Use of ICT for Constructivist Learning: Examples and cases (K-12)
About Engaged Learning
Developed by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, this site shows the complementary roles of pupils, teachers and ICT in engaged learning. There is a link to lesson ideas which embrace the dimensions of engaged learning - real world learning contexts, meaning making with scaffolds and collaboration with others.
http://www3.moe.edu.sg/edumall/tl/it_integration/engaging_it_practices/about.htm (retrieved May 6, 2009)
Creating a Learning Community: Using ICT to Enhance Constructivist Teaching Practice at Mountview School
This paper describes in detail ICT infusion into teaching and curriculum at a primary school in Canada and how students take the lead in developing inquiry questions of interest on curriculum which then become themes for major student projects.
http://sitesm2.org/sitesm2_search/docs/CA002_narrative.pdf
A Case Study of ICT and School Improvement at Bendigo Senior Secondary College, Victoria, Australia
A case study of an Australian school where change included the installation of an extensive ICT infrastructure, changing management practices and encouraging teachers to adopt an “active, constructivist and experiential” approach to teaching and learning.
http://www.bssc.edu.au/public/learning_teaching/research/bssc_ict_report.pdf
Improving Students' ICT Use: The LDCT at Burleigh Heads State School
A research report focusing on student learning in Years 5, 6 and 7 at Burleigh Heads State School where educational technology is used in many applications by teachers.
http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/handle/10072/1422
The Impact of ICT on Learning and Teaching
This article discusses constructivism, constructivist learning environments and the rationale for ICT in schools. It looks at the impact of ICT on learning, the curriculum, teachers and pedagogy, schools and educational systems.
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/downloads/pd/impactreview.pdf
The effect of an ICT-based teacher training programme –based on a social constructivist model- on the teaching and learning activities in primary schools in the Ecuador setting
This paper presents several case studies of the impact of ICT on teaching practices and on teaching and learning in primary schools in Ecuador.
http://users.ugent.be/~mvalcke/CV/Thesis%202a.pdf
Use of the Learning Management System (Myclasses) in the Classroom
A study of a learning management system, Myclasses, in a sample of Catholic primary schools in Melbourne to determine whether its use improved collaboration, teaching and learning.
http://web.cecv.vic.catholic.edu.au/reseminar/seminars/seminars5-8/othersem8.pdf
Belts or braces?
An evaluation of the ability of a learning management system, Basic e-Learning Tool Set (BELTS), to support a constructivist e-learning environment for students.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/research/04ResearchReport.pdf
Learning with ICT: The Challenge of Changing the Way We Teach
This paper discusses the development and implementation of an integrated learning environment (ILE) to support a student centred constructivist approach to teaching and learning in Hong Kong primary schools.
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/3989/1/3989.pdf
Primary science and ICT
This paper presents a review of the impact of ICT in primary schools and a critical evaluation of ways in which ICT is currently being used to promote good science teaching. It considers the science and ICT children of today need to learn in order to enable them to become scientifically and computer-literate by the time they are 20.
Laptop Project. Colonel Light Gardens Primary School
A simple proposal to support the use of ICT in a constructivist curriculum.
Colin’s Links for Learning
These pages contain links to information about many topics related to teaching and learning where the emphasis is on a constructivist approach embedding ICT into the curriculum.
http://www.colgrdnsps.sa.edu.au/luscombe/
The Use of ICT for Constructivist Learning: Examples and cases (Teacher Learning)
A Metacognitive Approach to Computer Education for Teachers: Combining Theory and Practice for Computer Capability
This paper describes a metacognitive approach to computer education for pre-service and
practicing teachers which attempts to foster capable life-long computer learners.
http://www.pa.ash.org.au/acec2002/uploads/documents/store/conferences/conf_117_086_phelps.pdf
Developing online discussion forums as student centred peer e-learning environments
This paper introduces a conception of discussion forums as student centred peer e-learning
environments.
http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/handle/10072/18326
Teacher Education to Promote Constructivist Use of ICT: Study of a Logo-based Project
Describes a project aimed at giving student-teachers a personal experience of exploratory and constructivist learning so that they would be able to inspire the same educational spirit in their future students.
http://www.di.unito.it/~barbara/MicRobot/AttiEuroLogo2007/proceedings/P-Alimisis2.pdf
Creating a constructivist-learning environment using ICT to teach concepts and skills in classroom management: An exploration at NIE, Singapore.
This paper reports on an experiment to develop a learning environment that delivers course materials to students in a variety of formats using the new technologies.
http://www.aare.edu.au/01pap/atp01017.htm
Closing the gap: Pre-service teachers' perceptions of an ICT based, student centred learning curriculum
An analysis of an ICT based Student-Centred Learning (SCL) curriculum for pre-service teachers.
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/singapore07/procs/lee-cb.pdf
Singaporean and Taiwanese pre-service teachers’ beliefs and their attitude towards ICT: A comparative study
This paper reports the findings obtained from a survey of Singaporean and Taiwanese pre-service teachers. The findings suggest that further effort needs to be taken in order to foster more productive use of ICT to support constructivism-oriented teaching.
http://apsce.net/icce2008/contents/proceeding_0865.pdf
Clever Teacher, Clever Sciences
This study was commissioned by the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA). It examined current practices and innovations in initial teacher education for science, mathematics and technology, with a view to providing guidance for meeting the challenge of teaching in these fields in the 21st century.