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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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Tubaishat, Abdallah; Lansari, Azzedine – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
Several researchers define e-portfolios as a digital collection of students' work accomplished throughout their time of studies in an academic program (Buzzetto-More, 2006; Love, McKean and Gathercoal, 2004; Paulson, Paulson, & Meyer, 1991; Siemens, 2004). E-portfolios can be a rich resource for students and faculty. Students learn to…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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McWhorter, Rochell R.; Delello, Julie A.; Roberts, Paul B.; Raisor, Cindy M.; Fowler, Debra A. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
Higher education is mandated to document student learning outcomes and ePortfolios have been offered as a panacea for assessment, evaluation, and accreditation. However, the student voice regarding the value students construct from building and utilizing web-based electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) in higher education has been sparse or…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Internet, Undergraduate Students
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Philip, George C.; Moon, Soo-Young – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
This paper examines the use of e-textbooks in a college level introductory information systems course using an empirical study that gave students the option to buy electronic or print versions of the same textbook. The study measured and analyzed student expectations prior to purchase, perceived performance and satisfaction after use, intention to…
Descriptors: Investigations, User Satisfaction (Information), Expectation, Student Attitudes
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Thoms, Brian – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
Social networking technologies are used by millions of individuals around the globe to foster dialogue and share all types of information. It is therefore common to see that campuses abound with students embracing these technologies, sharing everything from personal experiences to general interests and current events with their immediate and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Interpersonal Relationship, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Luo, Tian; Gao, Fei – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
Microblogging tools such as Twitter have been frequently adopted in educational settings to facilitate learning in recent years. Although the original purpose of microblogging tools is to connect with others in a wide network and instantly share what is happening to them with the rest of the world, educators have vigorously attempted to repurpose…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Class Activities, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
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Edgington, Theresa M. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2011
Text analytics refers to the process of analyzing unstructured data from documented sources, including open-ended surveys, blogs, and other types of web dialog. Text analytics has enveloped the concept of text mining, an analysis approach influenced heavily from data mining. While text mining has been covered extensively in various computer…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Web Sites, Class Activities