Re-Evaluating Digital Technology to Enhance Learning

The use of digital technology in education has been actively promoted for a number of years throughout the EU and generally teachers and educational management have responded positively to the introduction and use of digital technology in the classroom. Many vocational schools strive towards digital maturity as outlined in the eSchools programme and the partners in this project are all actively using digital technology in their vocational education and are all well advanced towards digital maturity. However we have now reached a point where we need to examine the effectiveness of this use, not only a self evaluation of our digital maturity but also of our response to the learning needs of students. Each teacher has to question why they have decided to use digital technology in a particular lesson? How does it add to the student learning? Do different students respond differently to the digital technology used and which students benefit most? Can some students be disadvantaged in their learning through the use or overuse of digital technology?

This resource has been created as part of the Erasmus+ funded Re-Evaluating Digital Technology to Enhance Learning (RED) Project with Partners from Ireland, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Estonia and Germany.