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School Policies, Leadership, And Learning With Technologies : An International Comparative Study, Kathryn Moyle Jan 2015

School Policies, Leadership, And Learning With Technologies : An International Comparative Study, Kathryn Moyle

Professor Kathryn Moyle (consultant)

Little research has been conducted into the links or intersections between school leadership, teaching and learning with technologies, and the quality of students' outcomes at school. While it is recognised that principals hold a central position in leading schools pedagogical and administrative practices, little is known about what is the role of the school principal in implementing policies that are aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools, or to achieve smart student learning outcomes. These issues are examined in this paper by reviewing and analysing national school education policies from Singapore, Finland and Hong Kong: countries …


Session A - Differentiated Classroom Learning, Technologies And School Improvement : What Experience And Research Can Tell Us, Kathryn Moyle Mar 2014

Session A - Differentiated Classroom Learning, Technologies And School Improvement : What Experience And Research Can Tell Us, Kathryn Moyle

Professor Kathryn Moyle (consultant)

Concurrent Session Block 1 Session A - Improving schools with technologies


Building Innovation : Learning With Technologies, Kathryn Moyle Mar 2014

Building Innovation : Learning With Technologies, Kathryn Moyle

Professor Kathryn Moyle (consultant)

AER 56 explores national and international policy priorities for building students' innovation capabilities through information and communication technologies (ICT) in Australian schools. Section 1 sets out the Australian policy context for digital education and highlights some of the emerging challenges. It provides an overview of two Australian school education policy priorities: that of how to meaningfully include technologies into teaching and learning; and how to build innovation capabilities in students. Section 2 critically examines the education and economic policy contexts for digital education in Australia, their intersections with international economic priorities, and the role of commercial technologies markets in schools. …


Learning To Teach With Technologies What Pre-Service Teachers Say About Their Experiences, Kathryn Moyle Nov 2009

Learning To Teach With Technologies What Pre-Service Teachers Say About Their Experiences, Kathryn Moyle

Professor Kathryn Moyle (consultant)

It is the intention of the Australian Government, that over the next five years, as a result of the Digital Education Revolution, all secondary schools in Australia will have achieved computer to student ratios of one-to-one. This investment in infrastructure brings with it many challenges. Two of these facing Australian educators are: In what ways can advantage be made of such a significant investment in schools’ infrastructure?; and What preparation do pre-service teachers require to enable them to meaningfully include technologies in their classroom activities? To provide some insights into these two questions, this paper draws on data collected from …


National Conversations: Listening To Students’ Views Of Learning With Technologies, Kathryn Moyle Sep 2009

National Conversations: Listening To Students’ Views Of Learning With Technologies, Kathryn Moyle

Professor Kathryn Moyle (consultant)

The Digital Education Revolution is a key policy plank of the Rudd government. It is intended to develop students’ capabilities to learn with technologies. Little Australian research though, has focused upon the views and expectations of students about their learning that includes technologies. This paper draws on the findings from the 2008 research project, Listening to students and educators views of learning with technologies. This Australian national research project, funded by the Department for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) set out to listen to and analyse what Australian students in primary and secondary schools, in vocational education and training …


Does Open Source Software Have A Place In School Jurisdictions’ It Portfolios? Researching Open Source Software Applicable For Use In Australian Schools, Kathryn Moyle Jun 2004

Does Open Source Software Have A Place In School Jurisdictions’ It Portfolios? Researching Open Source Software Applicable For Use In Australian Schools, Kathryn Moyle

Professor Kathryn Moyle (consultant)

The question of whether open source software has a place in school jurisdictions’ IT portfolios, is an urgent one nationally. Schools and school jurisdictions are concerned about the recurrent costs of proprietary software licences. Using data drawn from a national research project conducted by the South Australian Department of Education in 2004 about the potential use of open source software in schools, this paper outlines some of the research undertaken that specifically addressed two of the research questions:
  • What are the models and their underlying assumptions for identifying total cost of ownership for using open source software operating systems and …


Options In Learning Management Systems Software. Approaches To Research: Recognising What People Can Do That Computers Can’T, Kathryn Moyle Jun 2001

Options In Learning Management Systems Software. Approaches To Research: Recognising What People Can Do That Computers Can’T, Kathryn Moyle

Professor Kathryn Moyle (consultant)

Research is a fundamental part of education. Researching online learning environments is informing the work of schools and school education jurisdictions. It is argued here that using approaches to research that recognise the place people hold in school education and technology research helps inform the methods of the research conducted. Technological determinism has tended to imbue the language of school education technology policies. This has seen the power and control humans can exercise over approaches to school education research and policy-making, removed. As there has been considerable work already conducted on the technical aspects of learning management systems software, this …