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This paper will describe the process involved in applying for New York State Re-Certification and NCATE Accreditation of a Masters Program in Educational Technology. The focus will be on the challenges that a small college faces in complying with...

Abstract: The research component common to many Masters Degree programs poses significant challenges. Instructors strive to create a meaningful experience to demonstrate the intrinsic link between research and teaching as well as the central role...

This paper considers the advantages of incorporating learning standards into web-based classroom instruction. State education departments throughout the nation are vigorously promulgating new and more stringent learning standards and their...

Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations conducted a national survey of schools and teachers entitled, "Teaching, Learning, and ill discuss a...

The challenge of improving career opportunities in technology for minority students bears particular relevance in the face of predictions of vast increases in technology related positions and severe deficits in the number of skilled workers. ...

Abstract: This paper describes how a prototype web-based system developed in the Computer Science Department of Iona College for on-line assessment of course objectives and prerequisites has been implemented as a product for essential assessment and ...

Minority students, particularly those in urban schools, are confronted with numerous obstacles to academic success and career outlook: low self-esteem and motivation, inferior achievement in mathematics and science, lack of support and role models. ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate methodologies that can be employed in a research methods course that will help graduate students understand and appreciate the role that research can play to improve their teaching and to lay the...