Details of the conference, including white papers.
This article examines the process of identifying learning standards for educational and instructional technology programs.
An online periodical dedicated to the effectiveness and interest of learning and teaching science subjects with the use of IT (especially various multimedia and Internet resources) in schools.
Reprint article which considers various aspects of issues related to technology evaluation, access, and literacy learning.
Summary of the Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology on July 12-13, 1999, in Washington, D.C.. It notes a shift in schools' focus on technology from building and implementing a technology infrastructure to evaluating the effectiveness of its use in schools and classrooms.
Publisher of standardized achievement tests and custom assessments including TerraNova, Fox in a Box, SUPERA, LAS, TABE, TestMate, NEDT, CDRT, and CDMT. The mission is to help the teacher help the child.
The official journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education.
This guide was developed for the U.S. Department of Education. The guide is a tool for individuals with little formal training in research or evaluation. The handbook provides educators with a resource that enables greater involvement in the evaluation process, learning as they go.
This article from "From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal" discusses the importance of evaluating technology in schools.
A collection of short articles organized around five main areas relating to educational technology: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Many of the entries cover items relating to the visual aspects of educational technology. The encyclopedia is edited by Bob Hoffman at San Diego State University.
Shauna McKenna's paper for the Open Learning Institute on evaluating the materials used in computer based learning and evaluating the learning itself.
Criteria for evaluating computer courseware, CD-ROMs, websites, videodiscs, web portals, fiction and nonfiction books, and other media. Also has a guide to writing an annotation for courseware, and professional resources for selection and collection development.
Explains and demonstrates a framework to evaluate electronic resources that will encourage and increase young women's interest and participation in the sciences and technology. A program of Douglass College, the undergraduate women?s college of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in partnership with the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
Real-world planning and useful insights to implementing and evaluating technology uses in education. A summary of research and evaluation studies.
This profile tool will help you to compare your current instructional practices with a set of indicators for engaged learning and high-performance technology.
Articles and discussion for educators who use or want to use Mac computers in the classroom. A collaborative publishing effort.
A summary of different studies and reports relating to the evaluation of educational technologies.
Includes several links related to evaluation standards and web design.
The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology discusses recent changes in evaluation practices and evaluations for new visions of technology teaching and learning.
Developed for professionals seeking to design, conduct, document, or review project evaluations. OERL is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Developed specifically for NSF project evaluation.
Contains links to research and evaluation studies done within the situated evaluation framework.
Has evaluation on the use of technology in education.
The May 1998 issue discusses some of the problems with creating authentic assessment tools.
Provides technology standards and sample activities for various grade levels, PreK-12.