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ICT in initial teacher training (ITT)

Over the last four years the TDA has funded a number of projects exploring the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in initial teacher training (ITT).

These eight videos capture the lessons learned by five of the participants in TDA funded e-learning projects between 2003 and 2008. The studies aim to provide an overview of the role ICT plays in fostering innovation and learning in teacher training providers.

Click on a title from the column on the right to view case studies showing the impact of these projects across different partnerships and providers.

Overview: Exploring the use of ICT in ITT

Overview: Exploring the use of ICT in ITT

Discover how the ability to work experimentally with ICT has helped create a culture of innovation and change which is central to developing activity and quality in ITT.  

Digital cameras in the classroom
Find out how the use of digital cameras alongside laptops enabled trainees to have an impact in classrooms independent of technology within the school.
Expanding horizons

This case study highlights the impact of video conferencing on trainers’ practice at the university's primary teacher training department and explores an interactive model for its use.

Learning and teaching with laptops

Watch trainers, trainees and mentors explore the impact of a virtual learning environment on trainees' practice at an educational partnership in Dorset.

The virtual learning community

Find out how this independent higher education institution has implemented a virtual learning environment and transferred it across courses.

Virtual learning environments in teaching and learning

See how teacher trainees were able to use laptops to digitally enhance their emergent pedagogies and make learning more motivating for pupils.

Virtual learning environments as a digital foundation

With the help of TDA funding, the University of East Anglia was able to adopt a more strategic and systematic approach to the implementation of a virtual learning environment. Find out how.

Cross-case study summary

What does successful implentation of new technologies into ITT look like? View the findings in this cross-case study analysis.