3 November 2008 | Washington, United States
Join in a lively discussion with four distinguished panelists from widely divergent backgrounds and areas of expertise who will help us explore historical perspectives on technology use in education, especially in the leading example of the United States.
Four eminent practitioners from outside the Bank will help us explore how what is happening today in developing countries with low cost laptops, the explosion of mobile phones and "web 2.0 technologies" can be understood from an historical perspective, and what this might (and might not!) mean for the future of education. This event is organized by the World Bank, in collaboration with the World Bank e-Development Thematic Group and infoDev
Featured participants
Larry Cuban: Professor Emeritus, Stanford University and author of 'Oversold & Underused: Computers in the Classroom'
One of America's leading education historians, considered the preeminent expert on of the history of education technology use in the United States, especially in context of larger educational reforms, and one of America's leading education historians.
Kentaro Toyama: Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research-Bangalore & Leader, Technology for Emerging Markets Group
Focuses on the development of sustainable, appropriate technologies for use in education, health and other social sectors in emerging markets
Leigh Linden: Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Affiliated with the MIT Poverty Action Lab, author of notable randomized evaluations of the impact of ICT use on education outcomes in India (with an randomized evaluation in preparation on Colombia, working with HDNED's Felipe Barrera).
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The seminar will be streamed and recorded on demand viewing.
Webcast: View the webcast live on the Internet at http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live.
Online Participation:
Please contact us before or during the session if you have any questions, and we would appreciate your cooperation if you are participating in the online chat:
- Start by introducing yourself and your affiliation in the chatroom
- Share your views with the others and submit questions which we can try to pass on to speakers if time allows
We hope you will have a fruitful online discussion with other webcast/chat participants. Please feel free to post your views on blogs and send us a link afterwards, so that we may provide the link in our event webpages.
Date: November 3 (Mon), 3-4:30pm
For more information about the World Bank's e-Development Thematic Group, please visit http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment
For more information about the World Bank's activities related to ICTs and education, please visit http://www.worldbank.org/education/ict