Digital technology and practices for school improvement: innovative digital school model

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2018
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Abstract The aim of this study was to create a model which describes the main elements for improving schools with digital technology and helps to reveal differences between schools and identify their best practices and challenges. The innovative digital school model (IDI school) offers a framework for research but also a research-based model for schools to examine their own practices with digital technologies. The model combines previous research on school improvement, creation of innovations, and digital technology in education as a special case of innovations and learning as knowledge creation to define six main elements describing an innovative, digital school: visions of the school, leadership, practices of the teaching community, pedagogical practices, school-level knowledge practices and digital resources. The model was applied to investigate three basic education schools. The results indicate that the model worked: we found essential differences between the schools and their best practices and challenges for improvement. It worked particularly well for those elements, which are mainly the responsibility for leadership inside a school. The differences of various elements between schools were not based on socioeconomic background but on the school-level practices. As a conclusion, we suggest that to improve schools with digital technology, all elements of the model should be included in the evaluation and development process.
Resumen El objetivo de este estudio fue crear un modelo que describa los elementos principales para la mejora escolar mediante la tecnología digital, y que ayude a visibilizar las diferencias entre las escuelas e identificar sus mejores prácticas y desafíos. El modelo de escuela digital innovadora (escuela IDI) ofrece un marco para la investigación, pero también un modelo basado en la investigación para que los centros educativos examinen sus propias prácticas con las tecnologías digitales. El modelo combina investigaciones previas sobre la mejora escolar, la creación de innovaciones y la tecnología digital en la educación como un caso especial de innovación y el aprendizaje como creación de conocimiento para definir seis elementos principales que describen una escuela digital e innovadora: visiones de la escuela, liderazgo, prácticas de la comunidad docente, prácticas pedagógicas, prácticas de conocimiento a nivel escolar y recursos digitales. El modelo se aplicó para investigar tres escuelas de educación básica. Los resultados indican que el modelo funcionó: encontramos diferencias esenciales entre las escuelas, así como sus mejores prácticas y desafíos de mejora. Funcionó especialmente bien en aquellos elementos que son principalmente responsabilidad del liderazgo dentro del centro educativo. Las diferencias de los diversos elementos entre las escuelas no se debieron al contexto socioeconómico, sino a las prácticas a nivel escolar. Como conclusión, sugerimos que, para mejorar las escuelas mediante la tecnología digital, deben incluirse todos los elementos del modelo en el proceso de evaluación y desarrollo.
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Authors Ilomäki, Liisa;Lakkala, Minna;
Journal research and practice in technology enhanced learning
Year 2018
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