The Legacy of Learning: The Impact of Media and Technology in Education
This report by the Bertelsmann Foundation explores the profound influence of media and technology on teaching methodologies in schools, particularly in the context of learning about the Civil War. It contrasts two instructional approaches: traditional "Sage on the Stage" versus innovative, technology-enhanced, project-based learning. While both groups performed similarly on tests immediately after instruction, the long-term retention and understanding of the content diverged significantly. The findings emphasize the need for educational environments that foster continuous, relevant, and adaptive learning through innovative orchestration.
The Legacy of Learning: The Impact of Media and Technology in Education
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1. US Partners in Learning
4. What will be our legacy Bertelsmann Foundation Report: The Impact of Media and Technology in Schools
2 Groups
Content Area: Civil War
One Group taught using Sage on the Stage methodology
One Group taught using innovative applications of technology and project-based instructional models
End of the Study, both groups given identical teacher-constructed tests of their knowledge of the Civil War.
Question: Which group did better?
5. Answer No significant test differences were found
6. However One Year Later Students in the traditional group could recall almost nothing about the historical content
Students in the traditional group defined history as: the record of the facts of the past
Students in the digital group displayed elaborate concepts and ideas that they had extended to other areas of history
Students in the digital group defined history as:
a process of interpreting the past from different perspectives
7. What are we trying to create? An environment where learning is:
Continuous
Relevant
Adaptive
8. Innovation Orchestration
9. Innovation Orchestration...
10. What is Critical for Success? 10
13. If you remember 1 thing