Since universities differ one from another in their learning contexts and often differ department to department within the university, surely the smart thing to do would be to keep the "analysis in context" approach and add a self-asssessment diagnostic for the organisation to describe its context in a way that can be matched to the technology recommendations. E.g. if a university offers a problem-based learning model for medical education (many do) - these tools are valuable; if a university emphasises inter-disciplinary studies - these are valuable; for a university with a high ratio of adult learners (or distance learners) - these tools.
I think "what technology is best?" is too naive a question.
HTH
John
On 11 May 2011, at 09:00, Lee, Mark wrote:
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> I'm attempting to put together a list of models/frameworks can be used to assess the effectiveness and/or appropriateness of a particular type of learning technology (the technology itself, as opposed to a strategy or intervention such as a program, course, activity, etc that might make use of the technology). Any ideas/suggestions and pointers to relevant literature would be greatly appreciated; what I compile from this exercise may eventually expand to become an annotated bibliography.
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> Obviously some--e.g., those who lean toward the Clark side of the Clark/Kozma debate--might argue that it's debatable whether or not there is really merit in evaluating the technology itself in isolation of the context and application, given that it is not the technology but rather the way in which it is used that gives rise to learning. Nevertheless, university IT departments are often in need of guidance in selecting which specific technologies to implement and make available to academic staff/faculty and students, and in this regard I feel they may benefit from having a systematic and theoretically informed approach to performing their assessments and making their choices.
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> Thanks very much in advance for your time and assistance!
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> Kind regards,
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> Mark Lee
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