Week 13 - Dec 4

Evaluation of Instructional Technology Effectiveness

• Goal Clarification
• Program Assessment
• Student Assessment

Textbook Readings:

Jossey-Bass Reader on Technology and Learning (2000):

• Chapter 7: The Link to Higher Scores and Does it Compute?
• Chapter 14: The Computer Doesn't Embarrass Me
• Chapter 19: Redefining Computer Appropriation:
  A Five-Year Study of ACOT Students
• Chapter 21: Computer Mini-School: Technology Builds Community

Reiser & Dempsey (2002), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology:

• Chapter 10, W. W. Wager & J. McKay," EPSS: Visions and Viewpoints," pp. 133-144.
• Chapter 11, W. Dick, "Evaluation in Insructional Design," The Impact of Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Model," pp. 145-153.
• Chapter 12, E. Davidove, "Maximizing Training Investments by Measuring Human Performance," pp. 154-167.

Internet resources:

• Chart - Some Effect Sizes for Technology-Based Instruction
  
• Does Technology Make a Difference? Conference Papers
• The Impact of Technology
• Research on Technology Use in Education
• The Impact of Technology on Student Achievement
• H. Kirkpatrick and L. Cuban: Computers Make Kids Smarter—Right?
• "Did anybody learn anything?" Assessing Technology Programs and the Learning Accomplished
• Evaluating the Impact of Technology: The Less Simple Answer
• Issues and Needs in Evaluating the Educational Impact of the National Information Infrastructure
• The Computer Delusion - Atlantic Monthly, July 1997
• Taking Computers to Task, Scientific American, July 1997 (See Class WebCT Site)
• J. Madrick: Computers: Waiting for the Revolution
• Nobody Believes It's the Quick-Fix for America's K-12 Ills
• Criteria for Evaluating Information Technology in K-12 Education
• Report to the President on the Use of Technology K-12, March, 1997
• Does it Compute? The Relationship Between Educational Technology and Student Achievement in Mathematics
• The Webquest Page
• ThinkQuest: Student Web Development Contest