The paper discusses the potential of ICT (lnform,,.tion Communication Technology) as a tool for autonomous learning, and suggests approaches to follow that will allow the education system to exploit this potential. In particular, we will analyse the key factors at the basis of autonomous learning, and will discuss the difficulties which prevent the education system from helping people learn to learn. We will then analyse the effects of ICT on leaming from two points of view, the changes in the education system and the motivational effects. The educational potential of ICT will then be discussed according to the key elements of autonomous learning's education factors, and examples of applications will be shown, relating ICT based activities to these elements. The analysis of the role which should be played by educator to render these activities effective from an autonomous learning point of view will complete the discussion.

Technology transfer should be a central objective of research into educational information technology, as it is generally acknowledged that the quality of this process is a critical factor in effectively bringing about innovation. The central focus of this paper is on this problem. In particular, we discuss the peculiarity of information technology transfer in schools as opposed to the transfer of technology in companies; we indicate some central problems of this transfer and discuss a typology of approaches to the transfer of educational information technology from research to school. IntroductionThe transfer of technology, in particular information technology, from research to development and application can be a difficult process for several reasons: high initial costs, difficulties of communication between the developer and potential users, lack of standards, training to provide with transfer, and so on. The problem seems to be particularly delicate as regards the transfer of educational technology in schools.

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