1. School in Front of Challenges of Knowledge Society, Again and Again Liisa Ilomäki Department of Psychology University of Helsinki 25.10.2007 EDEN conference

2. For policy-makes in all OECD countries, ICT in education was regarded as a means to promote information society, and educational technology was expected to change the education. Requirements were less evident, something like “life long learning” Researchers expectations arouse from the severe critics by “constructivist” researchers against “school learning” instead of learning for authentic activities and real life contexts. They expected to conduct theoretical ideas with ICT. Liisa Ilomäki 2007 ICT to change education

11. An example: Learning tasks based on cognitive challenge Inquiry- and problemsolving (n=2) The level of cognitive Traditional individual or challenge collaborative projects (n=13) ” Lesson writings” (n=4) N=34 Applying practice (n=11) lessons Strictly structured drill and practice task (n=4) Liisa Ilomäki and Minna Lakkala, 2005