From the Market to the Classroom: How Ed-Tech Products Are Procured by School Districts Interacting with Vendors

Autor/inn/en	Morrison, Jennifer R.; Ross, Steven M.; Cheung, Alan C. K.
Titel	From the Market to the Classroom: How Ed-Tech Products Are Procured by School Districts Interacting with Vendors
Quelle	In: Educational Technology Research and Development, 67 (2019) 2, S.389-421 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Morrison, Jennifer R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-1629
DOI	10.1007/s11423-019-09649-4
Schlagwörter	School Districts; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Technology Integration; Student Needs; Vendors; Marketing; Needs Assessment; Information Sources; Decision Making; Purchasing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Vendor; Anbieter; Bedarfsermittlung; Information source; Informationsquelle; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Beschaffungswesen; Kauf
Abstract	School districts are adopting educational technology products at an increasing rate over the years. As more and more products become available, school districts face the challenge of identifying and evaluating programs to meet students' needs, while ed-tech providers compete for access to decision makers. The present mixed methods study sought to document the process by which school districts discover, evaluate, and acquire ed-tech products and how vendors market and work through this process with districts. Participants included district stakeholders representing 54 school districts and vendors from 47 ed-tech companies. Results indicated that, in contrast to best practices, needs assessments were rarely, if at all conducted, districts and vendors lack a central source of information for product information and evidence of effectiveness, and decisions are often made on small-scale pilot tryouts, peer references, and less often by examining rigorous evaluation evidence. Based on these findings, we offer recommendations for both district and vendor stakeholders to encourage successful procurement of ed-tech products. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01