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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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Marsh, Rose M.; Carr-Chellman, Alison A.; Sockman, Beth R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
In 2008, 41 states in the United States had created charter school laws. Charter school laws provide the guidelines for creating independent public schools by educators, parents, community leaders, or educational entrepreneurs. The basic goal of charter schools is to create better educational opportunities for students. These schools provide an…
Descriptors: School Choice, Charter Schools, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
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Carr-Chellman, Alison A.; Marsh, Rose M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Cyber charter schools are public charter schools which are entirely online and typically serve all grades from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Pennsylvania implemented widespread charter school legislation as early as 1997. This has offered a great number of Pennsylvanians options in their public schooling. One of these options has been…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet, Computer Uses in Education
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Carr-Chellman, Alison A.; Ma, Ziyan; Almeida, Luis C.; Gursoy, Husra T.; Modak, Rucha S.; Pastore, Raymond S. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
In recent decades, many people have studied the identity of the field of Instructional Design and Technology (IDT), in order to understand this emerging discipline more completely. Defining the field is itself a difficult prospect. Circumscribing a space that includes all educational technology, instructional technology, instructional systems,…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Citation Analysis, Authors
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Duffy, Francis M.; Reigeluth, Charles M.; Solomon, Monica; Caine, Geoffrey; Carr-Chellman, Alison A.; Almeida, Luis; Frick, Theodore; Thompson, Kenneth; Koh, Joyce; Ryan, Christopher D.; DeMars, Shane – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
This paper presents several brief papers about the process of systemic change. These are: (1) Step-Up-To-Excellence: A Protocol for Navigating Whole-System Change in School Districts by Francis M. Duffy; (2) The Guidance System for Transforming Education by Charles M. Reigeluth; (3) The Schlechty Center For Leadership In School Reform by Monica…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Systems Approach, Systems Development, Profiles