Comparative Advantages of Offline Digital Technology for Remote Indigenous Classrooms in Guatemala (2019-2020)

Autor/inn/en	Wiebe, Adrienne; Crisostomo, Luis; Feliciano, Ruben; Anderson, Terry
Titel	Comparative Advantages of Offline Digital Technology for Remote Indigenous Classrooms in Guatemala (2019-2020)
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning for Development, 9 (2022) 1, S.55-72 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Indigenous Populations; Program Effectiveness; Rural Areas; Intervention; Elementary Schools; Junior High Schools; Handheld Devices; Open Educational Resources; Telecommunications; Grade 6; Grade 7; Individualized Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Opportunities; Learner Engagement; Teacher Competencies; Technological Literacy; Family School Relationship; School Community Relationship; Cultural Influences; Language Usage; Guatemala + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Sinti und Roma; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarstufe I; Telekommunikationstechnik; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Individualisierender Unterricht; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Lehrkunst; Technisches Wissen; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	Technology has been viewed as a means to improve the quality of education for children globally, particularly in remote and marginal communities. This study examines the comparative advantages of the use of appropriate technology (off-line servers with digital libraries connected to a classroom set of laptops) in ten intervention schools in Indigenous communities in Guatemala for one school year. The study was too short (due to pandemic restrictions) to demonstrate statistically significant differences for learning outcomes. However, using an instructional core model as a framework, qualitative findings supported four previously identified comparative advantages, and identified four additional ones relevant to remote Indigenous communities. The intervention validated the ability of technology to improve standardised instruction, differentiated instruction, opportunities for practice, and learner engagement. Newly identified advantages are: access to high-quality educational resources (substitution for print materials), teacher capacity-building, student technical skills and digital literacy, and sharing cultural knowledge. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01