1. Theme 1: Measuring the use and impact of ICT in education Meeting 13 & 14.10.2011 Lieve Van den Brande, European Commission, DG Education and Culture Contact: godelieve.van-den-brande@ec.europa.eu

2. 2 Studies at DG EAC Learning 2.0 (IPTS, 2008) New learning communities through ICT (IPTS, 2009) Foresight - Future of learning (incl.ICT) (IPTS, 2011) European-wide comparison of the use and impact of ICT on school education (STEPS -2009) Development of methodologies for ICT indicators (2009) Benchmarking study by DG INFSO (2012) Key data on Learning and Innovation through the use of ICT in Europe 2011 (EURIDYCE) Learning 2.0 (IPTS, 2008) New learning communities through ICT (IPTS, 2009) Foresight - Future of learning (incl.ICT) (IPTS, 2011) European-wide comparison of the use and impact of ICT on school education (STEPS -2009) Development of methodologies for ICT indicators (2009) Benchmarking study by DG INFSO (2012) Key data on Learning and Innovation through the use of ICT in Europe 2011 (EURIDYCE)

3. 3 PISA – Digital reading (2011) Addressing underperformance of boys Gender gap narrows to two-thirds of a year of schooling based to differences in navigation skills. Learn form the informal use of ICT (at home) – more than ICT skills Methods for improving students’ navigation strategies can be derived from analysing ICT use at home. These skills include the ability to critically evaluate the quality and credibility of available texts, integrate information from multiple texts, and – crucially – navigate effectively.ICT use at home is positively related to both navigation skills and self-confidence in completing high-level ICT tasks. Students’ use of ICT at home is usually self-directed and, as a result, students learn, by experimenting, how to navigate across and among various pages to achieve their objectives. Addressing underperformance of boys Gender gap narrows to two-thirds of a year of schooling based to differences in navigation skills. Learn form the informal use of ICT (at home) – more than ICT skills Methods for improving students’ navigation strategies can be derived from analysing ICT use at home. These skills include the ability to critically evaluate the quality and credibility of available texts, integrate information from multiple texts, and – crucially – navigate effectively.ICT use at home is positively related to both navigation skills and self-confidence in completing high-level ICT tasks. Students’ use of ICT at home is usually self-directed and, as a result, students learn, by experimenting, how to navigate across and among various pages to achieve their objectives.

4. 4 PISA – Digital reading (2011) Not too intensive use neither... Intensive users do not perform better in digital reading – and often perform worse – than moderat users. This is even more pronounced in mathematics, science and especially in print reading. Parents and teachers should both encourage students to use computers freely, so that they can improve their navigation skills, and also to provide guidance on balancing time spent using computers with time for other activities. Enabling effective use of ICT in schools Most puzzling finding : lack of a clear relationship between the frequency of students’ ICT use at school and performance Require a deeper analysis looking beyond the frequency towards the quality of ICT use at school. Link with innovative methods. Not too intensive use neither... Intensive users do not perform better in digital reading – and often perform worse – than moderat users. This is even more pronounced in mathematics, science and especially in print reading. Parents and teachers should both encourage students to use computers freely, so that they can improve their navigation skills, and also to provide guidance on balancing time spent using computers with time for other activities. Enabling effective use of ICT in schools Most puzzling finding : lack of a clear relationship between the frequency of students’ ICT use at school and performance Require a deeper analysis looking beyond the frequency towards the quality of ICT use at school. Link with innovative methods.