A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...

"This book presents actual best practices and pedagogical reasoning for designing online strategies that work for K-12 virtual learning suggesting ways to think about teaching in virtual environments that can be used to guide instructional strategy choices and ultimate decisions"--

"This book expounds the current research on m-learning and strategies to leverage mobile devices in educational contexts and also addresses the importance of communication, community, and mobility in modern classrooms, while offering a comprehensive overview of the theory and pedagogy associated...

We evaluate the effects of an online self-assessment tool on teachers' competencies and beliefs about ICT in education. The causal impact of the tool is evaluated through a randomized encouragement design, involving 7,391 lower secondary teachers across 11 European countries. Short-run impact...