Educational
Technology:Media for Inquiry, Communication. Construction, and
Expression
Bruce & Levin; College of Education, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Major Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Writing learning outcomes for the Core Curriculum
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY INTERACTIVE Internet Resources
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
Instructional
Design
Technology is continuing to develop at an accelerated rate, bringing
new opportunities for teacher educators to share new skills and
information.
The first WWW site devoted exclusively to research in instructional technology.
21st Century
Teachers Network
Connecting Teachers With Technology
The 21st Century Teachers Network (21CT) is a nationwide, non-profit
initiative of the McGuffey Project, dedicated to assisting k-12
teachers learn, use and effectively integrate technology in the
curriculum for improved student learning.
American Association of University Women
AT&T
Virtual Classroom
The AT&T Virtual Classroom is a free
online educational program for primary and secondary schools around
the world.
The Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT)
CEO Forum Home
page
The CEO Forum on Education and Technology was
founded in the fall of 1996 to helpensure that America's schools
effectively prepare all students to be contributing citizens and
productive workers in the 21st Century. To meet this objective, the
Forum technology into American classrooms through the year 2000.
Community
Learning Network
Welcome to the Community Learning Network WWW home page. CLN is
designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into their
classrooms. We have over 265 menu pages with more than 5,800
annotated links to free resources on educational WWW sites -- all
organized within an intuitivestructure.
CONCORD
Newsletter Fall 1999
Information technologies, used in creative,
intelligent ways, will revolutionize teaching and learning.
TheConcord Consortium is dedicated to furthering this revolution
worldwide through innovations in hardware,software, learning
environments, curricula, and institutions. We are a nonprofit,
research and development organization.
Converge Magazine
Integrating Technology into
Education
EDC/Center for Children & Technology!
Educational
Research
The links on this page provide specialized information about
instructional development, curriculum theory, and instructional
design.
Educational
Research Sites
Links to Government/politics; Ed
amdinistration; Ed Tech; Ed Planning; and Distance
Learning
Educational Technology for
Schools
From Now On Ed Tech Journal jamieMckenzie
Educational Technology for Engaged Learning Educational Technology
enabling studentsto make up their own minds.
Educational Technology
Development Center
Washington State--Clancy Wolf
Educational Testing Service
Network
This is a website for educators. This site
provides a synthesis of national research into the uses of technology
in education. ENC
Online
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for
Mathematics and Science Education.
Eric
Links
Library and Information Links; Ed Tech
Links
Federal Resources for
Educational Excellence - Home Page
Links to many good Ed. Tech Sites. Hundreds of
education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal
government are now easier to find.
George
Lucas
The George LucasEducational Foundation:Telling
the Stories of Education.
Generation www.Y - World Wide
Horizons for Youth
Federally Funded Challenge Grant.
Institute for Research on
Learning
IRL he Institute for Research on Learning (IRL)
was founded in 1987 as a response to the escalating learning crisis
in the United States.IRL's mandate, to "rethink learning" (IRL's 7
Principles) addresses the root cause of this crisis--a limited
understanding of succcessful everyday learning. Our
research-in-action approach takes us beyond thinking to doing--to a
set of tools, methods and technologies that enable us to bring about
effective change.
ISTE--International
Society For Technology in Education
Our mission is to help K&endash;12 classroom teachers and
administrators share effective methods for enhancing student learning
through the use of new classroom technologies.
ISTE Resources and Projects including Rubrics
ISTE Resources and Links
ISPI
Dedicated to improving individual and
organizational performance in the workplace for more than 37
years.
ITEA--Technology Education Resources
Journal of Technology Education
Literacy
and Technology
Welcome to the Literacy and Technology Web
Site. This site was created by Dr. Joyce Hinkson, an educator from
California, to assist teachers, students, parents and others, with
the integration of curriculum and the Internet to promote student
literacy.
Milken Exchange on Education
Technology
The Milken Exchange was formed in 1997 as part
of the Milken Family Foundation's commitment to promoting responsible
uses of education technology in schools.
NCATE--National Council For
Accreditation Of Teacher Education
NCATE is the profession's mechanism to help
establish high quality teacher preparation. Through the process of
professional accreditation of schools, colleges and departments of
education, NCATE works to make a difference in the quality of
teaching and teacher preparation today, tomorrow, and for the next
century.
Nici
The mission of the National Institute for
Community Innovations is to foster local economic and social
well-being through educational innovation, especially in economically
distressed communities.
Resources for Teaching and Research
Researching The Web
These links are to various sites and search engines that should help you as you search for information about educational topics on the WorldWide Web.Resources In Educational Technology
Most of these sites deal with issues involved in utilizing computer technology in curriculum and instruction. A few are links to specificschools or educational programs.
Ron
MacKinnon's Educational Bookmarks
Lesson Plans and Resources.
TA Publications
U.S. Department of Commerce.
Technology
in the Classroom -- 10 Tips
Technology in the Classroom -- 10 Tips Most
school districts are plugged into computers, but not necessarily into
how they can best use them.
The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
The Ten Best Web Sites Educational Technology--As picked by Jamie McKenzie
tech.LEARNING
Serving educators with ideas, tools, and
resources for integrating technology into the K-12 school, classroom
and curriculum.
T.H.E. Journal Online: Technology Horizons in Education
Virtual PDS
Consortium
The U.S. Department of Education awarded a
five-year $9.9 million grant, starting in October 1998, to NICI and a
national coalition of partners to assist 30 professional development
school partnerships to continuously improve K-12 student learning
results by simultaneously strengthening theabilities of current and
future teachers to use technology effectively in K-12
classooms.
VPDSC
North Central ESD Web Page dealing with Virtual
Professional Development.
The
WebQuest Page
This site is designed to serve as a resource to
those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web. By
pointing to excellent examples and collecting materials developed to
communicate the idea, all of us experimenting with WebQuests will be
able to learn from each other.
U.S. Department of Education-Office of Educational Research & Improvement
Regional Educational Laboratories
SUMMARISING AND PRESENTING DATA
Analyzing Quantitative Data Information & Technology
Data
Collection, Analysis, and Use The Education Trust
Data
Research
The goal of this resource is to provide access
to materials for thinking about, conducting, and teaching research
methods as used in applied social/psychological/educational
disciplines. Resources here are organized into several broad areas
outlined below.
Resources for learning more about data analysis
Web Sites for Educational Computers revised 9/99
Educational
Research and Statistics Valuable Web Sites &
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/books.htm
Intro/Foundations of Education ,Educational
Administration and Supervision ,Educational Psychology ,Educational
Research and Statistics ,Teaching Methods/Subject Area Resources
,Measurement and Evaluation ,Student Diversity and Exceptionalities
.Guidance and Counseling General Interest
Statistics Education Duke University
Michael Barndt's Home
Page
As a part of a one year sabbatical, a variety of Internet projects
are underway at this site. All explore the potential of Internet as a
tool for local communities and nonprofit organizations. Some are
general efforts to make Internet more accessible for serious use.
Some are very specific to neighborhood GIS work developed in
Milwaukee over the past four years. Most importantly, this material
is posted to encourage communication with those of you who are doing
similar work. Please leave comments, suggestions and a description of
your work.
The Globally
Accessible Statistical Procedures
Initiative is designed to make statistical
routines easily available via the WWW.
Annenberg
Institute for School Reform
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University seeks
to nurture, promote and sustain a comprehensive, nationwide school
reform movement. It bears the name of its principal benefactor,
Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg.
Authentic
Assessment Bibliographies
This is a selected list of journal articles, newsletters, books and
videos on authentic assessment. These articles are available to
memebers of the Santa Clara County Office of Education. Check with
the professional library in your local county office to locate full
text.
* Using Work Samplings in Authentic Assessments, by Samuel J. Meisels.
* On Surfing--and Steering--the 'Net: Conversation with Clifford Stoll by John O'Neil
Educational Issues Series Performance Assessment
Understanding
Authentic Classroom-Based Literacy Assessment
"The goal of assessment has to be, above all, to support the
improvement of learning and teaching." (Frederikson & Collins,
1989)
Northwest
Regional Educational Laboratory
Assessment Information
The
Case for Authentic Assessment. ERIC
Digest.,
Wiggins, Grant From the ERIC database The Case for Authentic
Assessment.
Readings
On Authentic Assessment
Links to a large number of readings.
Internet Resources on Student Assessment
The FINE Foundation's mission is to improve teaching and learning in
Iowa classrooms through the use of educational research.
Traditional Training versus Performance Support
A Basic Rubric for Evaluation of Performance Support Systems
Performance-Based Testing - The Next Major Advance in Assessment
In the Constructivist theory the emphasis is placed on the learner or the student rather than the teacher or the instructor. It is the learner who interacts with objects and events and thereby gains an understanding of the features held by such objects or events. The learner, therefore, constructs his/her own conceptualizations and solutions to problems. Learner autonomy and initiative is accepted and encouraged.
Constructivists view learning as the result of mental construction. Students learn by fitting new information together with what they already know. People learn best when they activle construct their own understanding.
In constructivist thinking
learning is also affected by the context and the beliefs and
attitudes of the learner. Learners are encouraged to invent their own
solutions and to try out dieas and hypotheses. They are given the
opportunity to build on prior knowledge.
University
of Colorado at Denver School of
Education
Constructivism Definitions readings and links
Thinking
and Learning Skills
Learning to Learn is for learners, teachers, and researchers. It
teaches the value of self-awareness as a critical part of learning.
CONSTRUCTIVISM From Philosophy to Practice
Constructivism and Teaching - The socio-cultural context- Barbara Jaworski
Instructional Design & Learning Theory
Vygotsky and Education: The Sociocultural Genesis of Dialogic Thinking in Classroom Contexts for Open-Forum
Vygotsky's Distinction Between Lower and Higher Mental Functions and Recent Studies on Infant Cognitive Development
Appalachian State -- Vygotsky Learning Construction Zone
Net
Teach Listing of Teaching and Learning on the
Internet --
Martin Ryder, University of Colorado at Denver School of Education
Self
Study List --
Meaningful Learning Reseach Group
Beyond
the Individual-Social Antimony in Discussions of Piaget and Vygotsky
--
by Michael Cole, University of California,
PC
is to Piaget as WWW is to
Vygotsky --
Paper Delivered at SIGGRAPH '95, Los Angeles by Robert
Edgar
Institute
for Learning
Technologies-
Educators using technologies to advance equity, knowledge and
education
Constructivism and Related Sites
Constructivism: From philosophy to practice
Essays on constructivism and education
Constructionist Learning Theory
Learning, Cognition, Education, Training, etc.
Reciprocal Teaching is an instructional strategy for teaching strategic reading developed by Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar that takes place in the form of a dialogue between teachers and students. In this dialogue the teacher and students take turns assuming the role of teacher in leading the dialogue about a passage of text. Four strategies are used by the group members in the dialogue: summarizing, question generating, clarifying, and predicting. At the start the adult teacher is principally responsible for initiating and sustaining the dialogue through modelling and thinking out loud. As students acquire more practice with the dialogue, the teacher consciously imparts responsibility for the dialogue to the students, while becoming a coach to provide evaluative information and to prompt for more and higher levels of participation.
Comprehension Reciprocal Teaching: An Effective Pathway to Reading
Reciprocal Collaborative Teaching
Abstract
Introduction
Tutorial teaching and tertiary material
The teaching units: "ATOMs"
Small unit size is important
True reciprocal collaborative teaching
Staff development and the role of the remote expert
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
The
Gateway to Educational
Materials
Links to Activities and Lesson Plans
RECIPROCAL TEACHING: A READING STRATEGY
Reciprocal collaborative teaching in MANTCHI
Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research
The Problem-Based Learning Pathway is ideal for students who:
Are self-directed;
Are comfortable with flexibility and ambiguity in their learning goals; Learn best through reading and discussion; and
Want a strong clinical context for their learning.
PBL
Problem-Based Learning Home Page
Problem
Based Learning University of
Deleware
Links for Undergraduate, Medical School, K-12
Problem-based Learning, especially in the context of large classes
Problem-Based
Learning (PBL)
Author: Carl Cuneo
What is Problem Based Learning?
The
Problem Log
PDF Files with information on PBL
Problem-Based Learning @ Lanphier Curriculum Center
Welcome to the Center for PBL Research and Communications Home Page
Welcome
to the PBL Web Page At Ohio State
U.
(Click on Public Access)
With inferential statistics, you are trying to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone. For instance, we use inferential statistics to try to infer from the sample data what the population might think. Or, we use inferential statistics to make judgments of the probability that an observed difference between groups is a dependable one or one that might have happened by chance in this study. Thus, we use inferential statistics to make inferences from our data to more general conditions; we use descriptive statistics simply to describe what's going on in our data.
Descriptive vs. Inferential Statistics
Inferential
statistics:
Refer to a wide array of procedures that are used to make inferences
beyond the particular set of data that one has collected. with
HotLinksv
Lecture
Notes for Inferential Statistics
I thought it would be good for you to have some
additional reference material available online.
Kirkpatricki--Four Levels of Evaluation
Best
Practices Resources
Lots of Links
A Model For Program Evaluation
Although the interest in return-on-investment (ROI) has heightened and much progress has been made in understanding and calculating ROI, it is still an issue that challenges even the most sophisticated and progressive training and human resource development departments.
Level
5 Evaluation: Return-on-Investment
Top Of
Page
Known by different terms: Needs assessment. front-end analysis, pre-training analysis information gathering--use to analyze a performance problem, or support introduction of new skills & knowledge. Answers questions of who, what, when, where (but not how).
Capitol-Net
Project
Capitol-Net will assist in preparing students for their life and work
in the 21st Century, a need that has been embodied in state and
national goals and benchmarks.
Technology Planning Needs Assessment
A Best Page Of Educational Links
EPI Center Education Process Improvement Web-Based Improvement
Instructional
Design Models
"Design Process" which can also be read "problem-solving
process.
Instructional-Design Theories Home Page
Instructional Design Web Resources
The Instructional Design Process
Instructional Design of Learning Materials
Instructional Design Bibliography
Instruction
Theory and Design Resources
Scott's Research library--good links library.
Instructional Design Models (Includes Rapid Prototyping)
Bookmarks for Instructional Development
Selecting Instructional Design Models
The
Instructional Design Process
Course design and good information on Instructional Design. (Class
taught at Kent State)
Instructional
Design Resources
Excellent resource page.
Welcome to Principles of Instructional Design
Principles of Instructional Design and Adult Learning Instructional Design of Learning Materials
"ADDIE"
model
A simplified example of a structured method is the "ADDIE" model
(Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation).Care
is taken to make a "best fit" in selecting the delivery media
appropriate to employ for the specific circumstances, to include the
anticipated installed life of the system and its expected
evolution.
Overview
of instructional design
The purpose of my trailblazer page is to provide some links that I
believe will give the reader a good overview of instructional design.
This site is designed to provide a novice or student reader some of
the basics of Instructional Design, including what instructional
designers do, the models they use, and the theories behind the
discipline.
Instructional Design: An Overview
Computer
Based Training ADDIE Model
Emotional Intelligence The obvious fact is that our social life has
undergone a thorough and radical change. If our education is to have
any meaning for life, it must pass through an equally complete
transformation (Dewey, 1915).
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN: APPLYING THE BASICS TO YOUR ONLINE COURSE
Diagram of the Assure Model of Learning
Multiple Intelligences | Communication | What Do We Remember?
A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities
Guide for Citing Electronic Information
Style Sheets for Citing Internet Resources: MLA, APA, Turabian
Evaluating and Citing Internet Sources:
Citing Internet Sources: Selected Proposals for APA Style
Qualitative analysis is an area of AI research attempting to model the everyday, qualitative, non-numerical reasoning humans use to estimate (the range of) possible solutions to some real-world problems, especially in the case of inexact or incomplete data. The qualitative reasoning is also a necessary foundation of the quantitative knowledge engineers use in their understanding and construction of physical systems or structures.
What is Qualitative Data Analysis?
Qualitative analysis techniques are the methods used for study of
"ordinary information": the rich narrative of people talking, the
field notes or videos of people at work and play, the "write-ins" on
questionnaires that escape the straitjacket of statistics, the
layered brilliance of a great novel's many meanings. From the
schoolchild's essay based on textbook readings, to the
subtlety of the sociologist's analysis of long conversations,
qualitative analysis is practised everywhere, an indispensible part
of human thinking.
What Can I Do With Qualitative
Analysis?
Today, it is more a question of what cannot be done with qualitative
analysis. Properlysupported by rigorous methods, qualitative research
offers powerful and innovative techniques for exploration and
discovery from unstructured information without oversimplifying it or
losing its complexity and context. QDA techniques are used in many
forms by social scientists, historians, literary critics, health
researchers, business and market analysts, legal researchers, and
others.
Qualitative Analysis: what's that?
Qualitative Research Web Sites
Welcome to QualPage: resources for qualitative researchers
What is Qualitative Data Analysis?
Qualitative Research in Education Home Page