ABSTRACT
Research in the area of ICT and classroom learning is now virtually unanimous in claiming that while new technologies can be used to enhance learning, they are not sufficient in themselves to produce effective learning. This chapter builds on this proposition and shows that the teacher is key to ‘improving learning with ICT’. The chapter further highlights the processes by which a teacher can act as a lever to reorientate learning so that there is a convergence towards the development of common knowledge. Much of the chapter’s argument is based on the idea of the classroom as a collective experience where learning is not seen as an isolated endeavour but one which is both mutual and collaborative.
