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  • Development test suite for FPGA TekBot learning platform

    Creator:
    Lai, Gerald
    Abstract:
    As the Tekbots program expands into senior and graduate level classes at Oregon State University, so does the need arise for more complex learning platforms. These complex hardware platforms cannot be adequately tested in a manufacturing environment as we have done previously. Also, due to their complexity, these platforms require...
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    Masters Thesis
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    implemented within the FPGA. This functionality serves a practical as well as an educational use by enabling

  • Understanding the Use of Tablet Technology as a Mechanism for Improving Teaching and Learning in the Corvallis School District

    Creator:
    Hunter, Nancee and Storksdieck, Martin
    Abstract:
    The Tablets in Classrooms (TIC) program was initiated by the Corvallis School District (CSD) during the 2012-13 school year. TIC provides teachers and students in elementary and middle grades with Apple iPads as new pedagogical tools for teaching and learning. The school district contracted with Oregon State University’s Center for...
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    Technical Report
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    evaluation would provide a fair and objective assessment of the program’s impact. Technology in

  • Effectiveness of an expert system for teaching casting defect diagnosis in engineering and technical education

    Creator:
    Ruyle, Kim E.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in the amount of technical subject matter learned during a fixed period of instruction by students working with a computer expert system and students working with human experts from a technical field. All students participating in...
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    Masters Thesis
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    TELECAST and of the evaluation instrument used in the experiment was performed by Dr. Robert Envick

  • Success in distance education courses versus traditional classroom education courses

    Creator:
    Anderson, Michael R.
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    This study was conducted to determine if there were possible areas of student individuality and uniqueness that might contribute to successful completion of distance education courses as compared to successful completion of traditional classroom courses. Five areas of possible differences were identified and studied: 1) differences between the number of...
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    Dissertation
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    . 164) stated that, "educational technology optimizes the use of specialized knowledge and skill; at

  • Distance education in undergraduate dietetic education

    Creator:
    King, Carrie
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to assess the usage of distance education in undergraduate dietetics programs. Additionally, the possibility of obtaining an undergraduate degree in dietetics via distance education was examined. The population receiving the survey research was all directors (279) of Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE)...
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    Masters Thesis
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    situations; and incorporate greater levels of educational technology into the curriculum, thus reducing the

  • Secondary mathematics preservice teachers' development of technology pedagogical content knowledge in subject-specific, technology-integrated teacher preparation program

    Creator:
    Suharwoto, Gogot
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to describe the development of mathematics preservice teachers’ technology pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK) in a subject specific, technology integrated teacher preparation program. The study also investigated the roles of several influential components of the program and the technology thread throughout the program in supporting...
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    Dissertation
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    implement educational technology (Schrum, 1999). In response to this suggestion, the National Technology

  • Educational technology associations as change agents : A case study

    Creator:
    Stephenson, Christine (Christine Gale)
    Abstract:
    This research addressed the role of educational technology associations as change agents within education with particular emphasis on issues of advocacy and leadership. Using a poststructural feminist lens and the metaphor of interview and analysis as storytelling, it explored the perspectives of nineteen individuals belonging to a national level educational...
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    Dissertation
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    Title: Educational Technology Associations as Change Agents: A Case Study Abstract approved

  • Baldrige educational quality criteria as another model for accreditation in American community colleges

    Creator:
    Faulkner, Jane B.
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    This is a study of how the use of Baldrige Educational Quality Criteria provides community college leaders and external evaluators with richer, more meaningful data for organizational improvement, more comprehensive information about the institution, and a better means for illustrating clear connections between campus systems and processes. This study was...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • An evaluation of a change effort

    Creator:
    Carlson, Ron
    Abstract:
    School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as well as the teachers of these students. The evaluation of a change effort is a key element in any implementation model; as the...
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    Dissertation
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    Evaluation of educational staff development activities provides information on the effectiveness and

  • The use of NAEP data in a state context

    Creator:
    Ha, Jung-Mi
    Abstract:
    The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has measured the condition and progress of education since 1969 to provide information on performance of American students in core subjects to policymakers, educators, and the public. Yet, there has been a perception that theses federal resources are under utilized. An analysis of...
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    Dissertation
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    Educational Progress (NAEP) has measured the condition and progress of education since 1969 to provide