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Evaluation Approaches for a National ICT Initiative: The Example of Laptops for New Zealand Teachers
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Jones, Alister; Cowie, Bronwen – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2011
This paper will highlight the successful evaluation approaches deployed for long-term exploration of the impact of a national policy initiative as well as some of the results and outcomes. An interactive feedback process informed decision-making at the national and local level thereby enhancing both the initiative and its implementation in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Evaluators, Focus Groups
Participant-Directed Evaluation: Using Teachers' Own Inquiries to Evaluate Professional Development in Technology Integration
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Ham, Vince – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2010
Considering the high levels of time and money invested in teacher professional development programmes in information technologies over recent decades, questions arise as to how effective these programmes have been and by whose lights we are to judge. Based on a critical review of the evaluations of several of our own action-research-based…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods, Professional Development
Technological Constraints and Implementation Barriers of Using Videoconferencing for Virtual Teaching in New Zealand Secondary Schools
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Lai, Kwok-Wing; Pratt, Keryn – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2009
Nine New Zealand secondary schools participated in the OtagoNet project, using videoconferencing technologies to deliver courses to multiple sites. This paper reports findings from a study conducted between 2001 and 2004 to evaluate the effectiveness of OtagoNet. It was found that videoconferencing technology had a significant impact on pedagogy…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Teaching Styles, Distance Education, Interaction
Readiness for Shifting from a Traditional Higher Education Learning System to an E-Learning System: A Case Study from the Sultanate of Oman
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Al-Gattoufi, Said; Al-Naabi, Salem; Gattoufi, Bechir – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
The Ministry of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman initiated recently a restructuring program for the General Directorate Colleges of Education aiming to replace the existing six colleges with more applied and highly IT assisted institutions. A particular emphasis is directed towards improving the learning methods by developing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Schools of Education, Learning Resources Centers