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50 Years of ERIC
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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Woodard, Rebecca; Magnifico, Alecia Marie; McCarthey, Sarah – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
Rubrics have become popular tools for assessing student writing both in classroom and standardized testing environments. Rubric construction and efficacy, however, is a topic that has been largely sidestepped in the literature and in teacher professional development. Composing an effective rubric--particularly for instructional or formative…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Metacognition, Formative Evaluation, Scoring Rubrics
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Magnifico, Alecia Marie; Olmanson, Justin; Cope, Bill – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
In this article the authors examine motivational constructs through the lens of new media-supported educational efforts. By examining a range of online, new-media-based learning communities and instructional technologies, they analyze the ways in which motivation is positioned within the field of education, how ecologies of motivation embedded…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Learner Engagement