The Use And Misuse Of Computers In Education: Evidence From A Randomized Experiment In Colombia

Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Linden, Leigh L.

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4836

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“…By contrast the impact of computers and the internet on other educational outcomes is much less clear. Most studies find no significant effects of computer use on student achievement in traditional subjects such as language and maths (Angrist and Lavy, 2002;Barrera-Osorio and Linden, 2009;Cristia et al, 2012). Interestingly, some even report negative effects, which are attributed to the lack of teacher training and displacement of time from other educational activities (for example, Sprietsma, 2012).…”

Section: Strengthening Social and Human Capitalmentioning

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Connected for Development? Theory and evidence about the impact of Internet technologies on poverty alleviation

Galperín

Viecens

2017

Development Policy Review

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Based on the assumption that increased access to internet services boosts economic growth and improves the well‐being of the poor, governments in both developed and emerging regions are heavily investing in internet connectivity projects. This article reviews the existing evidence as to the impact of internet technologies on various development dimensions, and articulates the empirical evidence into an analytical framework that seeks to identify the micro‐linkages between internet adoption and poverty alleviation. The review suggests that the development pay‐offs of internet technologies are ambiguous due to two interrelated effects. First, because effective appropriation requires a range of skills as well as complementary investment in human capital and organizational changes. This tends to favour well‐educated workers and firms with more innovative capacity and access to finance. Second, because the positive effects of internet dissemination on market co‐ordination and political institutions grow exponentially with adoption levels. As a result, while the evidence indicates that advanced economies are reaping significant benefits from internet investments, the returns for less advanced economies, and in particular for the fight against poverty in these regions, remain uncertain.

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Section: Strengthening Social and Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Connected for Development? Theory and evidence about the impact of Internet technologies on poverty alleviation

Galperín

Viecens

2017

Development Policy Review

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“…al. (2007), Barrera-Osorio and Linden (2009), Barrow, Markman and Rouse (2010), Goolsbee and Guryan (2006), and Rouse and Krueger (2004). …”

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Home Computer Use and the Development of Human Capital *

Malamud

Pop-Eleches²

2011

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of home computers on child and adolescent outcomes by exploiting a voucher program in Romania. Our main results indicate that home computers have both positive and negative effects on the development of human capital. Children who won a voucher to purchase a computer had significantly lower school grades but show improved computer skills. There is also some evidence that winning a voucher increased cognitive skills, as measured by Raven’s Progressive Matrices. We do not find much evidence for an effect on non-cognitive outcomes. Parental rules regarding homework and computer use attenuate the effects of computer ownership, suggesting that parental monitoring and supervision may be important mediating factors.

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“…There has been considerable research on the benefits of equipping schools with computers, ranging from impact assessment of technology immersion in schools [5], [6] to providing laptops to all teachers in a school system [7]. There is much ongoing debate on the value of equipping schools with ICTs and there are several works which particularly criticize schemes which call for replacing traditional tools (like textbooks, blackboards) with computing technology [8].…”

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Panjwani

Gupta

Samdaria

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Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development

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We present Collage, a software application designed for classroom presentations for school teachers in the developing world. An in-depth investigation of teaching practices in several schools in India led us to believe that a simple tool that enabled the display of images and textbook materials while facilitating blackboard-like interactions would be very helpful for these teachers. Collage is a simple media viewer with a small number of features that enables teachers to prepare lessons with little overhead and then present them in classrooms with maximum flexibility. The tool was piloted in three schools in suburban India for use in real-world classroom teaching. All teachers who used Collage uniformly praised it, and students' learning of visual concepts seemed to improve through it. Interestingly, some teachers continue to use the tool now for their own teaching needs and have spontaneously shared it with colleagues from other schools.

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The Use And Misuse Of Computers In Education: Evidence From A Randomized Experiment In Colombia

Cited by 144 publications

References 7 publications

Connected for Development? Theory and evidence about the impact of Internet technologies on poverty alleviation

Connected for Development? Theory and evidence about the impact of Internet technologies on poverty alleviation

Home Computer Use and the Development of Human Capital *

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