"Effective Access: Teachers' Use of Digital Resources in STEM Teaching" takes a specific look at how high school teachers use digital libraries in their classrooms. The Education Development Center (EDC) was one of the earliest recipients of the National Science Foundations' (NSF) National Digital Science Library grants (NDSL). While the report is not 'generalizable' to all HS Science teachers, it offers an affirmation of many de facto interpretations as to the obstacles to broader adoption and more effective use of technology infused into teaching.
What I found most intriguing in the report was the sense that there is a major disconnect between developers of digital resources and users. This issue is at the core of Nortel LearniT's strategy to instead focus on building the capacity of users (teachers and students) to create digital resources that THEY need to enhance their instruction, as opposed to promoting a centralized production model (the source of the current 'disconnect').
Does this make sense to you?
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