Jan 24, 2001

ESCOT: Reality and Promise of Educational Component Software
Chris DiGiano, SRI

Abstract.

Abstract Research-based innovators need a more coordinated approach to (a) transferring their work into practice, (b) ensuring it reaches students, teachers, and schools in a useable form, and (c) accumulating their independent innovations into suites that serve an entire subject area/grade band. The Educational Software Components of Tomorrow project explores a coordinated approach that brings together teachers, developers, and education service providers. Our goal has been to identify replicable practices that produce predictably high quality digital learning resources. In reality this goal is proving difficult to achieve. I'll discuss some of the lesson learned over the last 3 years of the project. Chris DiGiano, Ph.D. Co-director, Educational Software Components of Tomorrow Center for Technology in Learning SRI International http://www.sri.com/policy/ctl