Computer-based learning: Evaluation of the IKASYS Project

Abstract

IKASYS is a system consisting of hardware, software, strategies and curricular content created by the Basque Country Federation of Ikastolas (Basque schools) for pupils to acquire knowledge using a PC. In the 2008/09 academic year the IKASYS project was launched in an experimental manner in 19 schools in the Basque Country. The goal being to apply the project to all the other schools within the Federation, a team of researchers at the University of the Basque Country was commissioned to evaluate this pilot project. In this article, besides explaining its content, the basic tenets and procedures of the IKASYS project as well as the methodology used for its evaluation are described. The system of methodological complementariness, integrating quantitative and qualitative procedures, was opted for. Finally, the results obtained from the project and the general conclusions drawn -in general positive - are outlined.