Research and evaluation underpinning this topic led by Leask and/or Younie 1984–2012 - Teaching with Technologies: The Essential Guide - page 219

2000-2001 IEA/SITES The Second Information Technology in Education

Study (SITES). The study focused on innovative practice
using technology at classroom level across a number
of countries and the findings on innovative practice
provided an analytical framework for reviewing innovative
pedagogies in schools. This research informs the work in
the text on policy and pedagogy.

2000-2001 DCSF funded OECD ICT and School Improvement UK: the findings

from this project showed the power of Rogers' (1993)
Diffusion of Innovations model, which was used to
provide the theoretical underpinning for the national
2002 TDA and 2006 IDeA projects (qv) and the author's
academic writings and ideas discussed in this text.

1999-2000 EU
European Commission,
Socrates Programme

EU 'European Knowledge Centre' part of the
European Schoolnet Multi Media Project: 'Developing
the teacher-researcher interface on the European
Schoolnet web site' Final Report (Socrates ODL 71511).
The findings from this project provided the theoretical
framework for the 2002 TDA research and development
initiatives (qv) and the author's academic writings and
ideas discussed in this text.

1999 TLTP Teaching and Learning Technology Programme 3

' SOURCE: Software Use, Reuse and Customisation in
Education'. The findings from this research informed
the work on pedagogy, discussed in Chapter 5.

1998-2000 EU
funded by ministries
of EU countries plus the
European Commission
Socrates Programme

EU 'The Learning School Project' part of the European
Schoolnet Multi Media Project: 'Researching effective
practice with ICT in schools across Europe' Final Report
(MM1010). The findings from this research into how
schools were adopting new technologies and new
ways of working online to create and build knowledge
provided the foundation on which many of the
projects above were built. This project established the
European Schoolnet and continues. The E-twinning
project connects 5% of the teachers and pupils across
Europe in online collaborative projects.

1997-1999 British
Council

New Images project: this project developed new ways
of working with the Web to support transnational
knowledge sharing and informed the projects above
and the vision expressed in Chapter 10 on knowledge
building for the teaching profession at a national and
international level.