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The Claim

Formal education programs that effectively integrate Information and Communication Technologies, Learning and Knowledge Technologies, and Technologies for Empowerment and Participation improve students' learning outcomes compared with formal education programs that do not integrate these technologies.

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The Short Version

Evidence indicates that well-designed technology integration in formal education often improves learning outcomes compared with no integration. The strongest support is for ICT used with sound pedagogy, appropriate duration, and fit to subject and age group. However, the claim overextends the evidence by treating a broader three-part technology bundle as established and by implying benefits are uniform across contexts.

Caveats

  • The strongest evidence covers ICT specifically; there is limited direct evidence that the exact combined package of ICT, Learning and Knowledge Technologies, and Technologies for Empowerment and Participation outperforms non-integration.
  • Benefits are conditional on implementation quality, duration, subject, and student age; technology use alone does not reliably improve learning.
  • Large-scale real-world studies report smaller or negligible gains in some settings, so the claim should not be read as universally true for all formal education programs.

The Receipts

  1. Quality of technology integration matters: Positive associations with student behavioral engagement and digital competencies for learning

    PubMed Central (NIH)

  2. The impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on learning and development in early childhood and primary education: A meta-analytic review

    PubMed (National Center for Biotechnology Information)

  3. The impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on learning and development in early childhood and primary education: A meta-analytic review

    PubMed Central (National Center for Biotechnology Information)

  4. Impacts of digital technologies on education and factors influencing...

    PubMed Central (NIH)

  5. Educational Technology and Student Performance: A Systematic Review

    Frontiers in Education

  6. Leveraging Technology for Student Success

    U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences

  7. A Cluster Randomized Control Trial to Assess the Impact of Active Learning on Physical Activity, Time on Task, and Academic Performance

    PubMed Central (NIH)

  8. Effect of ICT-Based Learning Media on Student Learning Outcomes

    ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

  9. The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement

    Milken Family Foundation

  10. A meta-analysis of the impact of technology related factors on students’ academic performance

    PubMed Central

+ 11 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Formal EducationInformation and Communication TechnologiesLearning and Knowledge TechnologiesStudent Learning OutcomesTechnologies for Empowerment and Participation

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