Educational Technology: A Critical Response
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of this issue.Computer technologies are being utilized in every aspect of higher education. Increasingly, professors are asking students to access information from technological sources, participate in discussion groups in chatrooms and on blackboards, and require students to hand in work via computer. These new technologies require an understanding of a variety of different materials and equipment, including the use of CD-Rom, hypertext cards, the Internet, the World Wide Web, defining the need for instruction, both for educators and students. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Effective Communication Using Computer Technology for Educators
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A 10 page paper focusing on leadership theory as a basis for encouraging greater use of computer technology among educators, both in their classes and in communication with each other. The proposal here is that educators attend training sessions addressing the subject of electronic communication, using the Elluminate® program as the meeting space. Aspects of situational, contingency and path-goal leadership theories can apply to this type of situation and should be employed to encourage the greatest degree of interaction between attendees within the web conferencing application. The purpose of these interactions will be to share information, but also to provide “hands on” experience to educators who might be reluctant to seek out new communication technologies on their own. Bibliography lists 11 sources. KSeduCommTech.rtf
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Effective Communication Using Computer Technology for Educators
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A 12 page paper focusing on leadership theory as a basis for encouraging greater use of computer technology among educators. The proposed approach to the problem that teachers make little use of computer technology in their teaching efforts is to institute an informal study of the effects of incorporating PowerPoint® slide presentations into their standard lectures. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Effective School Leadership
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This 7 page paper discusses specific issues related to effective school leadership: maintaining high faculty morale, parent involvement, and inservice training. The writer begins with confirmation of the importance of the principal and how the role of the principal has changed. Sergiovanni's nine essential tasks of the principal are also mentioned. Teacher morale is approached with a study that illustrates some of the many behaviors that positively or negatively affect teacher morale. Ideas to improve morale are provided. The writer then discusses the importance of parent involvement and how principals and teachers might gain more involvement. Finally, the issue of the importance of staff development or inservice training is discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Effectiveness of Online Learning
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A 73 page paper discussing the history and growth on online learning, underlying theory and web conferencing tools. The paper provides the introduction and literature review, as well as the introduction to the methodology section discussing types of qualitative research. The goal of the research that will round out this work will be to enhance teachers' use of technology in keeping with the ESEA 2000. Bibliography lists 60 sources.
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Effectiveness Of Online Learning In Continuing Education
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This 50 page paper discussed the issue of the effectiveness of Online training and continuing education courses. The essay begins by explaining the terms effective or successful education cannot really be defined. A comprehensive discussion of this issue is provided. This section also includes a discussion of the seven principles of effective education and evaluation processes. The literature review reports and discusses numerous Online continuing education or professional development courses, their purpose, how they were evaluated, when that information is provided, and what critics say about Online learning. The Methodology section provides a comprehensive discussion of the design-based research model, including a comparison with a more scientific model and why design-based is so useful. Specific statistical data included. 1 Table included. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
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eLearning and Web Conferencing
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An 11 page paper discussing the current state of web conferencing, particularly as it applies to distance education. As can be seen from the small sampling provided here, there are many web conferencing applications available. Most are better suited than others to specific kinds of uses; organizations’ choices can be based on the items they have identified as being of greatest importance to them. This is the first 11 pages of a 30-page thesis on the subject. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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eLearning and Web Conferencing, Part 2
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A 20 page paper continuation of “eLearning and Web Conferencing,” KSeduWebConf.rtf. This continuation includes Observation and Evaluation and a conclusion, and describes the function of several of the recorded forms of live educational sessions conducted by Elluminate. The paper concludes that whether the application is corporate training or academic education, the environment created by Elluminate constitutes an immense improvement over the approach to online education that has become standard. Elluminate provides superlative interactive ability in a real-time setting, emulating the physical class meeting in every way aside from the requirement for physical location at a specific time. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSeduWebConf2.rtf