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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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Using Wikis with Teacher Candidates: Promoting Collaborative Practice and Contextual Analysis
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Wake, Donna Glenn; Modla, Virginia B. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
This article examines a collaborative study that two teacher educators conducted across two sites. Participants included teacher candidates implementing a digital language experience approach project with elementary learners. The teacher candidates collaborated across sites, building joint wikis to examine their processes and products. The wikis…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Critical Thinking, Language Experience Approach, Teacher Educators
Creating/Developing/Using a Wiki Study Guide: Effects on Student Achievement
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O'Bannon, Blanche W.; Britt, Virginia G. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2012
Wikis are gaining popularity in classrooms because of their many benefits. Despite these benefits, there is a shortage of empirical data regarding their effectiveness in increasing knowledge. This study examined (a) the effectiveness of creating/developing/using a wiki to increase knowledge of Web 2.0 tools for 103 preservice teachers; (b) their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Editing, Study Guides, Program Effectiveness
How Asynchronous Discussion Boards Mediate Learning Literacy Methods Courses to Enrich Alternative-Licensed Teachers' Learning Experiences
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Ajayi, Lasisi – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2010
This study explores alternative-licensed teachers' views of how an asynchronous discussion board mediated their preparation to teach literacy through methods courses. Forty-four alternative-licensed teachers were taught literacy teaching methods using the asynchronous discussion board as a tool of extending learning. Each participant responded to…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
Educational Computing Concerns of Postsecondary Faculty.
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Adams, Nan B. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2002
This study examined teachers' concerns related to the integration of technology into teaching practices and compares these concerns with professional and ancillary demographic variables. Discusses a correlation among attendance of faculty development activities, integration level, and higher-order concerns; and correlations among gender, age, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Educational Technology