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CyberTutor is an interactive web-based program that dramatically improves the amount learned per unit time that students spend solving problems. It functions as a personal tutor for the student, offering help with the problems when requested or in...

The following is an assessment of an introductory instructional technology course of twenty-seven teachers applying a pre- and a post-test technological survey. We measured the change in their own perceptions of their motivation to teach and to use...

We examine the correlation of 12 background variables determined from a student survey with assessment instruments including paper-testing instruments (final exam and weekly tests) and an electronic assessment from the results of a Web-based...

Socratic electronic homework tutor, CyberTutor can integrate effectively instruction and assessment. CyberTutor assessment has about 62 times less variance due to random test error than a three-hour final examination, and 53 times less variance than ...

This research study evaluated if all students receive the same training in computer technology. Students were compared by gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic status. Data were collected from 134 students at a private liberal arts college. We...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate student preparedness in core Educational Technology competency skills required to enter college. In addition, it investigated skills employers require and how these skills match those that youth and adults...

Fifty-eight percent of k-12 school business administrators in the Western New York region participated in a survey, in which actual and ideal computer use was assessed in three categories: basic, job specific, and information sharing. We found that...

Upon completing an introductory course in instructional technology, eighty-six educators took pre- and post-test surveys measuring confidence in using technology in their classrooms. Of the respondents, fifty-two were females and thirty-four were...

The following is an assessment of an introductory instructional technology course of 71 teachers using a pre- and a post-test technological survey. We measured the change in the teachers' own perceptions of their motivation to teach and to use more...

This is a proposal to investigate how Long Island public school technology budgets are related to teachers' knowledge of computer technology, awareness of the district technology plan. Specifically, this study will examine teachers' level of...

This study focused on the job-related technology skills acquired by school business administrators who were either Civil Service approved or New York State certified and contrasted their reported actual and ideal skills in the area of technology. ...

This study identifies factors that influence the adoption of hybrid courses by 128 faculty in Private colleges and universities in New York. Four factors were included: technology, pedagogy, institutional policies, and faculty-centered issues. We...

This study identifies faculty conceptions and misconceptions of hybrid education courses. 128 faculty in Private colleges and universities in New York were surveyed. A list of 13 conceptual questions was prepared based on the literature. We found...

This study examined the use of communication tools in the online courses of a medium-sized liberal arts college in order to compare the actual employment of current technology by faculty and students, as well as their desired incorporation of these...

: This study surveyed the ways students interacted with their professors and their peers in both an academic and a social context. The students perceived their online experience to be neither better nor worse than a traditional class but rather that ...

The purpose of this study is to determine if students who are self-taught in the use of technology are better prepared to utilize technology in college in comparison to students who are less self-taught. The data was extracted from the study,...

This study examined grade differences between online and traditional courses. This study was done in a community college in New York. We selected 196 students who took both online and traditional course and compared the grades of the students....

This study examined student perception of a middle school video advisory program in a long island, NY middle school and its relationship with their own perception of advisory program, school climate, and student self-reporting of behavior. Students...

123 teachers in 35 Long Island schools of 7 school districts were surveyed. We found that knowledge and comfort of using technology are the major predictors of teacher willingness to use individualized instructional technology. Findings suggest that ...