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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bai, Hua; Ertmer, Peg – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
This study explored teacher educators' pedagogical beliefs and technology uses in relation to preservice teachers' pedagogical beliefs and attitudes toward technology. Correlation and regression analysis were conducted to answer the research questions. The results revealed some relationships between the teacher educators' beliefs and their uses of…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Computer Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education
Kim, Kyong-Jee; Lu, Xiaojing; Lee, Seung-hee; Bonk, Curtis J.; Magjuka, Richard J.; Liu, Shijuan; Zhai, Mengyu; Su, Bude; Wise, Alyssa – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Online teaching and learning is making a significant impact on the fabric of higher education. In particular, online MBA programs have seen a rapid rise in student enrollments in recent years while the student enrollments in traditional in-residence MBA programs are in decline (Hayward, 2004; Lorenzo, 2004). This appears to be due, in part, to the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Masters Programs
Spitzer, Bruce Alan; Stansbury, Susan – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The purpose of this qualitative case study is to study the organizational culture and context of two school sites in which instructional technology (IT) use by teachers is evident; to study what and who influences individual teacher preferences toward IT use; and to describe the relationship of Mary Douglas' (1982, 1989, 1992) grid and group…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Culture, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Technology
Ferguson, Pamela – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The rapid growth of instructional technologies has provided college faculty with a vast array of educational resources and learning opportunities (Grasha, 2000; Kagima & Hausafus, 2001). As described in the relevant literature addressing this issue, there are several potential advantages in utilizing instructional technologies to enrich the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, College Faculty, Educational Technology, Teacher Attitudes
Zygouris-Coe, Vicky; Yao, Yuanming; Tao, Yedong; Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie; Baumbach, Donna – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The Florida Online Reading Professional Development (FOR-PD) program is funded by the Florida Department of Education (DOE) and is housed at the University of Central Florida (UCF). FORPD is an online staff development project designed to help teachers improve reading instruction for learners in grades preK-12. Developed collaboratively with…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Teacher Educators, Faculty Development
Johnson, Cynthia; Summerville, Jennifer – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
According to the annual industry report in "Training" magazine, money spent on employee training dropped approximately six percent--the first time that training expenditures have dropped since the mid 1990's. At the same time, web-based training increased from 48% of all computer-based training to 61% in just one year (2002-2003). The most "bang…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Online Courses, Computer Uses in Education