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Factors Affecting Instructor/Student Ratios for Self-Paced Instruction
Edward P. Caffarella
Educational Technology Vol. 20, No. 12 (December 1980) pp. 5–9
Focuses on the use of personnel to supervise, instruct, or assist training in a military environment and offers a model to assess the use of instructional personnel for self-paced courses. Some implications for nonmilitary education and training are ...
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The Cost-Effectiveness of Instructional Media Technology in Higher Education
Edward P. Caffarella
Educational Technology Vol. 17, No. 8 (1977) pp. 22–26
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Planning for the Automation of School Library Media Centers
Edward P. Caffarella
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 41, No. 5 (1996) pp. 33–37
Geared for school library media specialists whose centers are in the early stages of automation or conversion to a new system, this article focuses on major components of media center automation: circulation control; online public access catalogs;...
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Using an Interactive Computer System to Teach Statistical Methods in Education
Edward P. Caffarella
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 11, No. 1 (1982) pp. 59–74
Describes an introductory educational statistics course taught at the University of Maine using an interactive computer system for graduate students having no skills in statistics or computers. Details given include course schedule, instructions for ...
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Evaluating the New Generation of Computer-Based Instructional Software
Edward P. Caffarella
Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 4 (1987) pp. 19–24
Presents and discusses a form for the evaluation of microcomputer software for computer-assisted instruction which covers the following areas: (1) program goals; (2) program content; (3) audience; (4) instructional strategies; (5) program design; (6)...
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The New Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning: Where do they fit with other content standards?
Edward P. Caffarella
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 29–32
There are two major factors driving the information literacy skills needed by students as we move into the 21st Century. The two factors are the growth in the quantity of information sources and the ease of access to that information. The amount of...
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The Major Themes and Trends in Doctoral Dissertation Research in Educational Technology from 1977 through 1998
Edward P. Caffarella
Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology [AECT] 1999 (February 1999)
This paper presents a content analysis of doctoral dissertations in the field of educational technology from 1977 through 1998. Specific research questions include major research themes, how the themes have changed, how the research methodologies...
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Technology Standards for Preservice Teachers: Where are We Headed?
Edward P. Caffarella
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1884–1885
This presentation is a discussion of the implications for preservice teacher education programs of (a) the new National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS), (b) the Commitment to Technology indicator within the NCATE 2000 Standards, ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Standards, Preservice Teacher Education
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Using an Interactive Computer System to Teach Statistical Methods in Education
Edward P. Caffarella
This paper discusses the use of an interactive computer system as a major component of instruction for the graduate level introductory educational statistics course at the University of Maine at Orono. Four major computer topics are covered in the...
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How Little Do We Know About the Cost Effectiveness of Instructional Technology?
Edward P. Caffarella
Educational Technology Vol. 15, No. 1 (1975) pp. 56–58
A discussion of needs for additional research to determine how instructional technology can be best employed. (Author)
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Predicting the Diffusability of Educational Innovations
Edward P. Caffarella
Educational Technology Vol. 22, No. 12 (December 1982) pp. 16–18
Results of an educational innovation study, which related the degree of dissemination effort to the nature of the innovation itself, reveal a positive relationship between the diffusability index (rating methodology) and selected indicators of the...
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Developing a Knowledge Base and Taxonomy in Instructional Technology
Edward P. Caffarella; Kenneth Fly
The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of using a model adapted from the instructional design and technology (ID&T) taxonomy model proposed by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Definitions and...
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UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR INSTRUCTION
Kay Persichitte; Donna Ferguson-Pabst; Edward Caffarella
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2013–2016
The call for improved use of technology to support and enhance classroom instruction has reached new heights for the faculty in higher education. No longer is the expectation for personal and professional uses of technology shouldered by P-12...
Topics: Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Educational Technology, Science
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A Journey Focused On Systemic Change: Technology Integration in a Preservice Teacher Education Program
Donna Ferguson-Pabst; Kay Persichitte; Edward Caffarella
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1792–1798
The journey focused on systemic change in preservice teacher use and integration of technology began at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in June 2000 when the department of educational technology was awarded a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Change, Teachers
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Pre-Service Teacher Preparation and Interactive Information Technologies Critical Mass
Kay A. Persichitte; Donald D. Tharp; Edward P. Caffarella
Selected Research and Development Presentations at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Sponsored by the Research and Theory Division 1998 (February 1998)
This paper reports on a study which examined critical mass for the use of information technologies (i.e., electronic mail and World Wide Web applications) in schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) by faculty, students, and faculty...
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A Continuing Journey toward Technology Infusion within Teacher Preparation
Kay A. Persichitte; Edward P. Caffarella; Donna Ferguson-Pabst
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 47, No. 2 (2003) pp. 12–14
Describes the evolution of preservice teacher technology courses at the University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO). Highlights include technology integration; student teaching requirements; student attitudes about technology; revised curricula...