Teaching to teach with technology - aproject to encouragetake-up of advancedtechnology in education

Educational research has generated many methodologies, tools and practices exploiting the potential of technology. Outside the laboratory, however, uptake of advanced techniques remains low. Despite technical and methodological advances, the majority of e-learning still consists of video-lessons and page-turning web sites. The main obstacles to take-up are constraints of money, time and knowledge that limit teachers’ ability and willingness to apply new teaching techniques. Against this background, the “Teaching to Teach with Technology” project will design and validate an innovative teacher trainer program, demonstrating realistic ways of exploiting advanced techniques within the real constraints facing teachers in their work.