With the increase in online class offerings, one has to ask 'Are online classes as good as traditional class'? That is, are the learning outcomes similar in online courses as compared to traditional courses? The current study compares the learning outcomes of three sections of a single course at...

E-Learning is the use of telecommunication technology to deliver information for education and training and it is emerging as the new paradigm of modern education. Because of the increasing amount of technology integration in the learning environment, more and more studies focus on examining...

For the children of migrants, learning the language of instruction and assessment so that they can enter school or carry on their education is paramount. Education authorities in many parts of the EU are faced with this challenge because of growing levels of mobility. Enabling such children to...

The study aimed to contribute to the work of the Commission and Member States in achieving the objectives set out in the Education and Training 2020 Strategy (ET 2020), which aims (inter alia) to raise the currently largely static rates of adult participation in learning towards the ET 2020...

Educational technology encompasses a wide array of technologies and methodologies that are shaped by stakeholders' behaviours and affected by contextual factors that, if adequately mixed, can contribute to students and teachers better achieving their goals. Such a wide and complex task cannot be...

Education should play an important role in improving European Union (EU) status in the context of stagnated GDP growth, very high unemployment rates, and an ageing workforce. Although educational technology is expected to contribute to improving education in the EU, compelling evidence of the...

Education should play an important role in improving European Union (EU) status in the context of stagnated GDP growth, very high unemployment rates, and an ageing workforce. Although educational technology is expected to contribute to improving education in the EU, compelling evidence of the...

Educational technology encompasses a wide array of technologies and methodologies that are shaped by stakeholders' behaviours and affected by contextual factors that, if adequately mixed, can contribute to students and teachers better achieving their goals. Such a wide and complex task cannot be...

In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...