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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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Smith, Peter, Ed.; Smith, Carol L., Ed. – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2005
This 2005 Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) conference proceedings presented the theme "Campus Technology: Anticipating the Future." The conference introduced its ASCUE Officers and Directors, and provides abstracts of the pre-conference workshops. The full-text conference papers in this document include: (1) Developing…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Programming (Broadcast), Computers, Tests
Hillstock, Laurie G. – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2005
At present, with new technologies emerging daily and the growing need for more flexibility in scheduling, there seems to be an overall drive towards the need for distance learning. According to PBS Campus, 67% of colleges and universities agree that online education is a critical, longterm strategy for their institution. As a result, 49% of…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Appropriate Technology, Distance Education, Higher Education
Mark Lewental; Michael E. Kress – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2005
During the spring of 2004, the College of Staten Island (CSI) undertook an exciting project to connect our campus in New York City with three international partners in China, Turkey and South Africa using internet based videoconferencing. Based on a model developed by East Carolina University and funded by the State Department, the plan was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Distance Education, Internet
Mainhart, Robert W.; Gerraughty, James F. – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2005
The Distance Learning Prototype Lab (DLPL) at Saint Francis University's Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA) was established in 1999 to explore and demonstrate how the merger of a variety of telecommunications technologies (video production, computer graphics, the Internet and teleconferencing) can improve…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Class Activities, Telecommunications, Computer Graphics
Smith, Peter, Ed.; Smith, Carol L., Ed. – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2004
This 2004 Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) conference proceedings presented the theme "Leading Strategic & Cultural Change through Technology." The conference introduced its ASCUE Officers and Directors, and provides abstracts of the pre-conference workshops. The full-text conference papers in this document include: (1)…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Computers, Student Surveys, Interaction
Christo-Baker, Elizabeth Anne – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2004
Whereas distance education was formerly on the periphery of education and in the realm of institutions with questionable academic credentials, it has been gradually gaining acceptance, is becoming mainstreamed, and is being embraced by traditional universities. The use of distance technologies is challenging the traditional structures of higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Educational Change, Web Based Instruction
Reindl-Johnson, Cheryl – Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE), 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a computerized teaching assistant (CTA) on student interaction, student satisfaction, and retention rates of students in a distance course. The CTA is humanoid and speaks in a human voice from recorded sound clips, to give the student the feeling that he/she is interacting with a person,…
Descriptors: Interaction, Teaching Assistants, Distance Education, Academic Persistence