Purpose: 2020 is the concluding year of the basic preschool education popularization policy in China and marks the beginning of "China's Education Modernization 2035." This study focuses on the top-level design and the prospect of the development plan of China's preschool education toward 2035. Design/Approach/Methods: The research…

This document contains key questions to consider when evaluating virtual charter school proposals.The insert is designed to help authorizers evaluate school quality and capacity in light of the distinctive attributes of virtual schooling. These questions address major functional areas as well essential questions that authorizers should ask of…

The purpose of this article is to explore Microsoft Corporation as a new international actor shaping educational reforms and practices. This study examines how the implementation of Microsoft's global Partners in Learning (PiL) program varied and was mediated by national politics and national institutional practices in two different contexts,…

A reply to a previous article on management of instruction. (HB)

Presents a model of differing ways to view technology in its relationship with learning. Discusses these five overlapping categories (or lenses) that capture key areas in which technology may facilitate learning: (1) from technology, (2) with technology, (3) around technology, (4) through technology and (5) through technology-supported assessment…

Board members' role in technology implementation ranges from prompting development of technology plans to gathering community support for funding technology initiatives; they need substantial knowledge to enable them to ask the right questions, absorb new information, make good decisions, set appropriate policies, and lead confidently as…

This paper focuses on the management and change domains of educational technology (ET), namely the need for ET leadership in higher education. Leadership issues are examined with respect to instructional development, faculty development, and instructional technology/media management in higher education and the roles ET practitioners can play.…

This paper presents the results of a research study conducted in fall 1999 to examine the challenges facing higher educational institutions in migrating to distance learning. The study consisted of five case studies conducted at higher educational institutions in Pennsylvania. At each institution the researchers interviewed the president and other…

The purpose of this paper is to provide a historical rationale on how computer technology, particularly the Internet, expands educational options for administrators and teachers. A review of the literature includes a brief history of computer technology and its growing use, and a discussion of computer technology for distance learning, for…

Media management, the administration of college and university audiovisual media programs, has gone through many changes, responding to new technologies, pedagogical theories, and organizational structure. Reviews the issues, common technologies, and pedagogical themes experienced by media centers in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Examines current…

Focuses on the strategies and forces that facilitated or constrained one large urban school system's efforts to acquire all necessary elements of the technology infrastructure to achieve their educational goals. Provides recommendations on how any government--city or state--can use its resources to facilitate full and effective use of technology…

Drawing on recent research and best practice case studies--as well as on the author's 30 years of experience in using technology for teaching--this book provides a wide range of strategies for managing change to ensure the successful use of technology in higher education. The book suggests strategies for winning faculty support for teaching with…

Discusses the crucial position of the chief information officer (CIO) at higher education institutions and reviews the six major stages of information technology (IT) planning. Includes fundamental elements related to an IT vision; roles of the CIO; the six-stage planning model for a realistic IT vision; and factors for success. (AEF)

Describes a framework that higher education administrators can use to increase the utilization of technology on their campuses. Presents several categories of technological innovations that can be used in higher education, including both "product" technologies, such as computer-assisted instruction and "idea" technologies, such as constructivism.…

Focuses on enterprise computing in education, which is about using technology to manage and analyze instructional information in order to improve the entire educational system. Discusses enterprise computing's role potential to improve teaching and learning, ease administration, assess school programs, and distribute curriculum to homes. Examines…