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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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Concerns, Considerations, and New Ideas for Data Collection and Research in Educational Technology Studies
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Bebell, Damian; O'Dwyer, Laura M.; Russell, Michael; Hoffmann, Tom – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2010
In the following pages, we examine some common methodological challenges in educational technology research and highlight new data collection approaches using examples from the literature and our own work. Given that surveys and questionnaires remain widespread and dominant tools across nearly all studies of educational technology, we first…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Research Methodology
Measuring Teachers' Technology Uses: Why Multiple-Measures Are More Revealing
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Bebell, Damian; Russell, Michael; O'Dwyer, Laura – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2004
In the last 20 years, substantial investments have been made in educational technology. Not surprisingly, in today's zeitgeist of educational accountability there have been increasing calls for empirical, research-based evidence that these investments are affecting the lives of teachers and students. This paper examines the ways in which teachers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Technology, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers