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Assessing
the Impact of Technology-Rich Spaces on Student Learning
Technology
is being incorporated into the learning environment at a faster
and faster pace. What is difficult to determine is the benefit
of technology as it relates to improving student learning. What
is improved? Does what and how we teach change? Are our learning
outcomes modified? How do these modifications impact how and what
students learn? This web site is designed to pull together the
resources to help us answer these questions.
This page
provides links to a wealth of resources designed to facilitate
understanding of the role of assessment in relation
to technology and student learning. For a more in-depth understanding
of how to use technology to support learning, we direct you to
EDUCAUSE
Learning Initiative (ELI), which is a community of higher
education institutions and organizations committed to helping
institutions advance learning through IT innovation.
The following
resources represent a broad spectrum of thinking about assessing
the impact of technology on student learning. This web site is
an attempt to collate resources we have encountered that are relevant
to assessment, specifically addressing student learning and how
the use of technology impacts learning. These resources should
not be seen as an exhaustive list of all available materials related
to technology, assessment and student learning. Most of the annotated
descriptions associated with these links have been taken from
the individual web sites and should not be seen as promoting one
resource over another.
Many of the
sites link to *pdf files. You can download a free Adobe
Acrobat Reader for these files.
Best
Practices
This page will provide an overview of some of the best practices
in assessing the impact of technology on student learning.
Annotated
bibliography
This will take you to an interactive database that incorporates
the most recent literature (post-2000) about assessing the impact
of technology on student learning. This annotated bibliography
allows you to search for literature by author, research type,
technology type, discipline, and assessment methods.
Frequently
asked questions
This page provides answers to a number of questions related to
assessment in the fields of technology and student learning. The
questions are related to NC State University's LITRE initiative
and to assessment of technology, in general.
Resources
This page will provide links to a variety of resources connected
to assessing the impact of technology on student learning. These
include: past/ongoing NCSU initiatives, projects, and grants;
past/ongoing projects in other academic institutions; theoretical
articles related to technology, pedagogy and/or assessment; training
resources; web resources such as web logs and web sites on assessment
and evaluation; digital media libraries; and other links of interest,
such as journals, conferences, grants, and organizations.
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