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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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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology (NJ1), 2005
For the twenty-eighth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Computer Uses in Education, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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
Park, Sung Hee; Ertmer, Peggy; Cramer, Jeff – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
This paper describes the experiences of three middle school teachers following a two-week summer workshop in which they were introduced to a technology-enhanced problem-based learning (PBL) pedagogy. Based on their collaborative experiences during the school year developing and implementing a PBL unit, the three teachers increased their confidence…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle Schools, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning
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
Cook, Ruth Gannon; Ley, Kathryn – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
This paper reviews more than a decade of investigations undertaken to determine what motivates and what discourages faculty participation in distance education. The presenters describe the evidence that faculty extrinsic and intrinsic conditions both influence willingness to participate. The researchers compare the findings of this study with…
Descriptors: Distance Education, College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology (NJ1), 2004
For the twenty-seventh year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Educational Technology, Mathematics Instruction