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Educational technology refers not only to the hardware and software used in an educational setting, but how technological resources are used to support teaching and learning. RAND researchers form multidisciplinary teams to field rigorous studies of educational technology that provide actionable information to educators, policymakers, and product developers.

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Leveraging Technology to Support Prisoner Reentry
How can technology help ease the transition from jails or prisons back into the community—and ensure better outcomes for individuals who have been incarcerated?
May 3, 2022
Commentary
The Remote Learning Paradox: Some Want to Keep It as an Option Even Though Instruction Suffered
Despite remote learning not going particularly well during the pandemic, about one-third of U.S. schools are keeping it as an option. Is remote learning a pandemic blip or a permanent feature of public education moving ahead?
Jun 24, 2021

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Successful Teachers' Patterns of Microcomputer-Based Mathematics and Science Instruction
This study empirically documents instructional practice with microcomputers early in the history of the technology's implementation in public schools.
Jan 1, 1984
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Can implementation of computers be justified on cost-effectiveness grounds?
Examines claims that technology can decrease educational costs, primarily by replacing teachers and other staff, thereby increasing educational productivity. The authors conclude that such claims are unwarranted. First, most cost analyses focus on ...
Jan 1, 1982
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Schema theory as a guide for educational research: white knight or white elephant?
Much recent cognitive and artificial intelligence research has focused on the development of "schema theory." This theory supposes the existence of knowledge structures that encode prototypical descriptions of familiar concepts. Schema theory has d...
Jan 1, 1981
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Engineering education for the 21st century
Presentation addressing the topic of engineering education from the perspective of the policy analysis users group. After defining policy analysis, the author describes what the growing connection between technology and society implies for engineeri...
Jan 1, 1980
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The Spartanburg Interactive Cable Experiments in Home Education
Interactive cable technology can potentially provide adult and continuing education outside conventional institutions.
Jan 1, 1979
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The Role of Education in Facilitating Adaptation to Technological Change: An Analytical Framework and Review of the Literature.
The Role of Education in Facilitating Adaptation to Technological Change: An Analytical Framework and Review of the Literature.
Jan 1, 1976
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Federal Programs Supporting Educational Change: Vol. IV (Abridged), A Summary of the Findings in Review
This document is an abridgment of R-1589/4, the fourth volume in a series of reports, sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education, on federally funded (change agent) programs designed to introduce and spread innovative practices in public schools, whic...
Jan 1, 1975
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Federal Programs Supporting Educational Change: Vol. IV, The Findings in Review
The fourth volume in a series of reports, sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education, on federally funded (change agent) programs designed to introduce and spread innovative practices in public schools.
Jan 1, 1975
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The Probable State of Computer Technology by 1980, with Some Implications for Education.
Reviews significant computing developments that will probably be in common use by 1980. Large computers--meaning fast and powerful, but not physically large--and minicomputers that may be the size of today's portable radios will both contribute to t...
Jan 1, 1971
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Computers in Instruction: Their Future for Higher Education; Proceedings of a Conference Held October 1970.
Computers in Instruction: Their Future for Higher Education; Proceedings of a Conference Held October 1970.
Jan 1, 1971
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Institutions, Innovation, and Incentives.
A discussion of the importance of achieving effective innovation in computer-assisted instruction. Meaningful innovation can be accomplished only by changing the system--that is, by changing not only the technology, but also the institutions and per...
Jan 1, 1971
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Analyzing the Use of Technology to Upgrade Education in a Developing Country.
A pilot study to develop a methodology for educational planning. Colombia was chosen for analysis primarily because there is a relatively extensive educational television (ETV) project currently under way from which data of a type unavailable elsewhe...
Jan 1, 1970
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Communications Satellites, Technology Transfer, and Economic Development.
The use of educational television to improve the quality and quantity of education in developing countries is examined. A simple model relating economic development in emerging countries to education and the level of applied technology is presented....
Jan 1, 1970
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Telecommunications in Urban Development
Ways in which television can be used to improve life in the urban ghetto.
Jan 1, 1969
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The Peace Corps Volunteer and Achieving Educational Change with New Media.
A description of the Peace Corps educational television (ETV) project in Bogota, Colombia, 1964-1966. The volunteer became the mediator between advanced technology and a developing society. Public elementary schools received 30-60 minute/week broad...
Jan 1, 1969
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Engineering and Public Affairs : Some Directions for Education and Research.
When man abdicates the responsibility for controlling technology, the modern city is the most conspicuous, but not the only, evidence. The problem is to create meaningful, systematic interaction between people and technology. Educational programs co...
Jan 1, 1967
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The Use of the Delphi Technique in Problems of Educational Innovations
A description of the Delphi technique, a method for the systematic solicitation and collation of expert opinions, and its applications to educational planning.
Jan 1, 1966
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The Role of the Computer in Secondary Schools
In the five years since stored program computers have been used in secondary schools, a pattern of solid academic courses has emerged.
Jan 1, 1965
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Computer Training and Education: The Picture in 1962
A discussion of the problem of education and training in the world of computers.
Jan 1, 1962
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Secondary Schools and Computing
A paper emphasizing the importance of teaching computing at the high school level.
Jan 1, 1961

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Michael G. Shanley

Senior Policy Researcher

Michael Shanley is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation working on training, education and veteran employment issues. With regards to training and education, his recent research addresses distributed learning (DL), the cost of training, training effectiveness, and educational and…
Christine Mulhern

Associate Policy Researcher

Christine Mulhern is an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation who focuses on the economics of education and labor economics. Her research studies how students and workers navigate education and career pathways, including whether and where to enroll in postsecondary education and…

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