The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how high school administrators perceived their foundational knowledge necessary to lead in technology and implement the ISTE for Education Leaders at a school district in Texas. The research used the International Society for Technology in Education for Education Leaders as a…

Many people consider the Internet to be refreshingly democratic; everybody appears to have a 'voice,' and there is much sharing of 'open' content. The use of the internet for the learning/teaching of languages often seems particularly apt: People from different countries practice a language as they interact online, at the same time deepening their…

This paper describes the diffusion of Moodle within Cherokee County Schools. The diffusion is evaluated using the Bass Model and the RIPPLES model in order to evaluate relative success or failure. The Bass Model of Diffusion was calculated utilizing forecasting by analogy in order to analyze the adoption rates in a county high school. The adoption…

This study focused on administrator perceptions of technology issues in higher education and the effects of technology on their work. This analysis is based on a study that used an instrument developed for the study with 34 questions with open-ended response items. The survey was sent to a stratified random sample of community college…

Administrators object to computers for two basic reasons: a refusal to face the problem of computer use and a refusal to pay for computers. Better understanding of what the computer can do helps solve these problems. Students' fears of depersonalization via use of computers must also be dealt with. Possible applications of computers include record…

Examines administrator attitudes/perceptions about distance education and how this effects administrators' support. Findings indicate: attitudes varied significantly among levels of administrators; peers and personal experience influence attitudes; attitudinal differences not explained by any single variable; administrators, regardless of…

In the summer of 1979, Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) introduced the PLATO computer-based individualized instruction system as a supplemental teaching tool in remedial English and mathematics courses. As part of a comprehensive evaluation of the system, surveys of the attitudes of students, faculty, and administrators towards PLATO were…