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CTB/McGraw-Hill
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.
http://www.ctb.com/
Learning with Technology Profile Tool
This profile tool will help you to compare your current instructional practices with a set of indicators for engaged learning and high-performance technology.
http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/pro...
Milken Exchange on Education Technology
A summary of different studies and reports relating to the evaluation of educational technologies.
http://www.mff.org/edtech/
Criteria for Evaluating School-Based Distance Education Programs
General discussion of issues related to evaluating distance learning.
http://www.ncrel.org/tandl/disted.htm
International Journal of Educational Technology (IJET)
An online journal published twice a year and co-sponsored by the University of Illinois and the University of Western Australia. The journal contains research and evaluation articles in the area of computer-based educational technologies and is aimed at an international audience.
http://www.ao.uiuc.edu/ijet/
MacUsingEducators
Articles and discussion for educators who use or want to use Mac computers in the classroom. A collaborative publishing effort.
http://www.billpalmer.net/macusingeducator...
EvaluTech Review Criteria
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.
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/criteria/
Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching
A free and refereed online journal dedicated to the dissemination of innovative methods for the learning and teaching of science in schools.
http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/
Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms
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.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdTechGuide/
Assessment - Evaluation
Discussion of assessment and tools for evaluation of on-line learning.
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/ctae/principal/...
Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Program Evaluation
This site contains excellent rubrics that can be used to evaluate any short- or long-term technology program
http://www.seirtec.org/publications/ncdpie...
New Directions for Program Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Education
The Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology discusses recent changes in evaluation practices and evaluations for new visions of technology teaching and learning.
http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2002/...
Situated Evaluation
Contains links to research and evaluation studies done within the situated evaluation framework.
http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~chip/sit-eval.sh...
Evaluating Interactive Multimedia
Shauna McKenna's paper for the Open Learning Institute on evaluating the materials used in computer based learning and evaluating the learning itself.
http://www.csu.edu.au/division/lmc/?oli-rd...
Implementing Technology in Education
Real-world planning and useful insights to implementing and evaluating technology uses in education. A summary of research and evaluation studies.
http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/recapproa...
Summary of Current Research and Evaluation Findings on Technology in Education
Has evaluation on the use of technology in education.
http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/refind.ht...
Two Miles Down a Ten Mile Road: Instructional Technology and the Impact of Lottery Funding in Georgia
An in-depth study of how technology has affected instruction and learning in schools in Georgia. A 167K in size pdf-format document.
http://www.arc.gsu.edu/csp/DownLoad/twomil...
Education and Information Technologies
The official journal of the IFIP Technical Committee on Education.
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1360-2357
1999 Secretary's Conference on Educational Technology - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology
Details of the conference, including white papers.
http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/techc...
Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL)
Developed for professionals seeking to design, conduct, document, or review project evaluations. OERL is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
http://oerl.sri.com/
Resources for NSF Project Evaluation
Developed specifically for NSF project evaluation.
http://www.nsf.gov/ehr/rec/nsfresources.js...
Technology Foundation Standards for Students
Provides technology standards and sample activities for various grade levels, PreK-12.
http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.ht...
A Step Towards the Creation of Educational Technology Standards: Identifying Key Skills
This article examines the process of identifying learning standards for educational and instructional technology programs.
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/tech...
EvNet: The Network for the Evaluation of Education and Training Technologies
How to evaluate distance education, online learning, computer-mediated education,. Also, assessment and research.
http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/srnet/evnet.ht...
Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
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.
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/
Technology and Learning Magazine
The May 1998 issue discusses some of the problems with creating authentic assessment tools.
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archiv...
Technology's Role in the Classroom
Nobody believes it's the quick fix for America's K-12 ills. An interview with Linda Roberts, Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. She discusses how we can measure whether technology can enhance student learning.
http://www.4teachers.org/keynotes/roberts/
WWILD Team (World Wide Interactive Learning Design Team)
The WWILD Team looks for special kinds of interactive software that they call interactive modules. An interactive module, similar to any reusable learning object, is any self-contained, short, interactive experience that is relevant to school-based learning -- they are not lessons, but resources for lessons and learning.
http://it.coe.uga.edu/wwild/
Challenges for the Evaluation of New Information and Communication Technologies
Reprint article which considers various aspects of issues related to technology evaluation, access, and literacy learning.
http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/ja...
Girls Tech: Evaluating Electronic Resources for Girls
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.
http://girlstech.douglass.rutgers.edu/
The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM): A Model for Change in Individuals
A stage model that applies to anyone experiencing change--policy makers, teachers, parents, students
http://www.nas.edu/rise/backg4a.htm
Emerging from the Smog: Making Technology Assessment Work for Schools
This article from "From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal" discusses the importance of evaluating technology in schools.
http://www.fno.org/feb98/cov98feb.html
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