{"id":388,"date":"2019-05-03T09:51:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T08:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/?p=388"},"modified":"2020-05-07T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T10:38:10","slug":"realising-the-potential-of-technology-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/uncategorised\/realising-the-potential-of-technology-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Realising the potential of technology in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the 3rd April, the Department for Education published a new digital strategy document to support education providers and the technology in their drive to make the best purposeful use of education technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This document lays out twelve areas of focus and also launches a list of key challenges that they wish to address. Although not groundbreaking in it&#8217;s vision, the document does at least offer a direction of travel, highlighting the following areas:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Securing the digital infrastructure<\/li><li> Developing digital capability and skills <\/li><li> Promoting effective procurement <\/li><li> Promoting digital safety <\/li><li> Clear vision and sector leadership <\/li><li> A vibrant market for EdTech products and services <\/li><li> Building business environment <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s &#8216;challenges&#8217; for the education sector are as follows:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Reducing the burden of \u2018non-teaching\u2019 tasks <\/li><li> Making assessment more effective and efficient <\/li><li> Supporting access, inclusion and improved educational outcomes for all <\/li><li> Supporting decisions about work or further study and helping those who are not in the formal education system gain new skills<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A summary document can be found here&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/792144\/10860-DfE-Education_Technology_Strategy-SUMMARY_Accessible.pdf\">https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/792144\/10860-DfE-Education_Technology_Strategy-SUMMARY_Accessible.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 3rd April, the Department for Education published a new digital strategy document to support education providers and the&hellip;<br \/><a class=\"pull-right read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/uncategorised\/realising-the-potential-of-technology-in-education\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/thumbnail_DfE-Education_Technology_Strategy.pdf.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cranleigh.org\/learning-and-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}