Beyond textbooks : digital learning resources as systemic innovation in the nordic countries

Foreword......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 9
Executive Summary......Page 13
Background......Page 23
methodology......Page 25
The structure of the report......Page 28
References......Page 31
The concept of digital learning resources......Page 33
Related areas of research......Page 36
Defining the concept of innovation......Page 42
The dimensions of innovation......Page 47
The innovation process......Page 49
Characteristics of policies on ICT in education......Page 53
Conclusions......Page 54
References......Page 57
The Nordic context......Page 61
The profile of ICT policies in the Nordic countries......Page 64
Conclusions......Page 69
References......Page 71
Initiation and implementation of national portals......Page 73
Implementation and scale‑up of national educational portals......Page 77
Monitoring and evaluation of national portals......Page 78
Conclusions......Page 81
References......Page 85
Innovations by educational publishers......Page 87
Educational broadcasters......Page 90
Drivers and barriers to private sector innovations......Page 91
Conclusions......Page 94
Initiation of user‑generated innovations......Page 97
Scale‑up of user‑generated innovations......Page 99
Knowledge base, monitoring and evaluation......Page 103
Conclusions......Page 104
References......Page 108
Conclusions......Page 109
Policy recommendations......Page 110
References......Page 114
The research agenda......Page 115
Benchmarking the use of DLRs......Page 117
Definition of the conceptual framework......Page 118
Definition of the variable in the conceptual framework......Page 121
Next steps......Page 124
Looking at the future of DLRs......Page 125
References......Page 128
Appendix A- Cases studied in the DLRs Project......Page 129
Denmark......Page 133
Finland......Page 134
Iceland......Page 135
Norway......Page 137
Sweden......Page 138