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Marcia Mardis
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Marcia Mardis
Florida State University
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Beyond the Glow: Children’s Broadband Access, Digital Learning Initiatives, and Academic Achievement in Rural Florida
Marcia Mardis
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 1264–1276
To date, little work has been done to determine the degree to which children have continuous access to broadband. This paper presents secondary analyses of Census, FCC, student achievement, and school district data to discover possible connections...
Topics: Tools & Systems, Other, Designing, Developing, and Assessing E-Learning
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Feeling Around the Data: An Exploration of Paradata as Indicators of OER Utility
Marcia Mardis
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (Nov 14, 2016) pp. 1207–1212
Open educational resources (OER) are heralded in a global movement toward high quality, affordable, accessible, and personalized education. However, stakeholders have expressed concern about scaling OER use due to a lack of means to ensure fit...
Topics: Content Development, E-Learning Trends and Innovations (social learning, mobile, augmented etc.), Designing, Developing, and Assessing E-Learning
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School Libraries and Science Achievement: A View from Michigan's Middle Schools
Marcia Mardis
School Library Media Research Vol. 10 (2007)
If strong school library media centers (SLMCs) positively impact middle school student reading achievement, as measured on standardized tests, are they also beneficial for middle school science achievement? To answer this question, the researcher...
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Mind the Gap: An Overview of Perceptual Barriers to K-12 Information Literacy
Marcia Mardis
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1221–1222
Because the explosion of electronic and print information requires that productive citizens be able to locate, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate ever-increasing amounts of text, hypertext, visual stimuli, and data, the need for information...
Topics: Literacy
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Beyond the Glow: Children’s Broadband Access, Digital Learning Initiatives, and Academic Achievement in Rural Florida
Marcia Mardis
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 25, No. 1 (January 2016) pp. 53–74
** Invited as a paper from E-Learn 2014 ** Approximately 26 million Americans have no access to broadband’s social and economic benefits. A persistent level of non-adoption stems from adults’ lack of perceived need or benefit. Florida’s unique...
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What It Has or What It Does Not Have? Signposts from US Data for Rural Children's Digital Access to Informal Learning
Marcia A. Mardis
Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 38, No. 4 (2013) pp. 387–406
A fifth of US children live in rural areas with limited access to the informal learning opportunities available to their metropolitan counterparts. High-speed broadband internet access can be an important vehicle for delivering opportunities at home ...
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The National SMETE Digital Library for Teachers: Realizing a New Paradigm
Ellen Hoffman; Marcia Mardis
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 799–800
The emerging National Science Math Engineering and Technology (SMET) Education Digital Library, which is being constructed by a variety of educational institutions, is an "online network of learning environments and resources for SMET education at...
Topics: Educational Technology, Engineering, Library, Networking Technologies
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Viewing Michigan's Digital Future: Results of a Survey of Educators' Use of Digital Video in the USA
Marcia A. Mardis
Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 34, No. 3 (September 2009) pp. 243–257
Digital video is a growing and important presence in student learning. This paper reports the results of a survey of American educators in Michigan (n = 426) conducted in spring 2008. The survey included questions about educators' attitudes toward...
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Assessing Alignment between High School IT Courses and State IT Curriculum Frameworks
Marcia Mardis; Faye Jones
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 2193–2198
High school technology education can expand science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) participation when students become aware of potential STEM careers and connect these career decisions to their educational decisions. To understand...
Topics: learner-centered, Policy issues and trends, Best practices in assessment, and self-directed learning
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Problems and Perils for Digital Libraries in the K-12 Domain
Ellen Hoffman; Marcia Mardis
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 1616–1619
In December 2002, the U. S. National Science Foundation will unveil the National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL). The history and goals of the project are briefly described. Technical, social, and...
Topics: Library, Networking Technologies, Engineering, Mathematics, Educational Technology
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National SMETE Digital Library for Teachers: Process, Promise, Progress
Marcia Mardis; Ellen Hoffman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2321–2323
The emerging National Science Math Engineering and Technology (SMET) Education Digital Library, which is being constructed by a variety of educational institutions, is an "online network of learning environments and resources for SMET education at...
Topics: Engineering, Networking Technologies, Library, Educational Technology
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The New Library Science: The Undiscovered Potential for Digital Libraries to Help School Libraries Support Science
Marcia Mardis; Ellen Hoffman
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 726–733
Digital libraries (DLs) are currently in place or being developed for a variety of educational applications. Simultaneously, the continued existence of school libraries media programs (SLMPs) in increasingly in question in the face of educational...
Topics: Library, Middle School Education, Schools
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Adding to the Students' Toolbox: Using Directories, Search Engines, and the Hidden Web in Search Processes
Marcia A. Mardis
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 4 (2001) pp. 33–38
Discussion of searching for information on the Web focuses on resources that are not always found by traditional Web searches. Describes sources on the hidden Web, including full-text databases, clearinghouses, digital libraries, and learning...
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Streaming Media in Schools: Patterns of Systemic Implementation and Use
Marcia Mardis; Ellen Hoffman
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1162–1166
In 2003, Merit Network Inc., a non-profit company associated with the University of Michigan devoted to high-performance networking for education and research, obtained an NSF grant to integrate Internet2 video into its Michigan Teacher Network (MTN)...
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R&E Networks: Pathways to Innovation for K-12. An NMC Horizon Project / Internet2 Strategic Brief
Marcia A. Mardis
(October 2015) pp. 1–21
The purpose of this NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief, R&E Networks: Pathways to Innovation for K-12, is to assist the K-12 community and policymakers in advocating for high-quality, high-capacity, and affordable broadband connections to every...
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Usage Data as Indicators of STEM OER Utility
Marcia Mardis; Chandrahasa Ambavapuru
Journal of Online Learning Research Vol. 3, No. 2 (August 2017) pp. 197–221
A key component of online and blended learning content, open educational resources, (OER) are heralded in a global movement toward high-quality, affordable, accessible, and personalized education. However, stakeholders have expressed concern about...
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National Board Certified School Librarians' Leadership in Technology Integration: Results of a National Survey
Nancy Everhart; Marcia A. Mardis; Melissa Johnston
School Library Media Research Vol. 14 (2011)
In an effort to address the lack of empirical knowledge about the school librarians' role in technology, the Institute for Museum and Library Services funded Project Leadership-in-Action (LIA) to study leadership practices of school librarians. This ...
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The Leadership Role of the Teacher Librarian in Technology Integration: Early Results of a Survey of Highly Certified Teacher Librarians in the United States
Nancy Everhart; Marcia A. Mardis; Melissa Johnston
School Library Association of Queensland and the International Association of School Librarianship Conference incorporating the International Forum on Research in School Librarianship 2010 (2010)
In 2008, the United States' Institute for Museum and Library Services funded Project Leadership-in-Action (LIA) that included surveys of the technology integration practices of teacher librarian leaders with National Board Certification. Preliminary ...
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Leading the Wave of Science and Mathematics Learning Innovation: NSDL Resources
Marcia A. Mardis; Lee L. Zia
Knowledge Quest Vol. 31, No. 3 (2003) pp. 10–11
Provides a background of the National Science Foundation's NSDL (National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library) which includes three tracks: collections, services, and targeted research. Discusses challenges...
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Information Technology Employers’ Perceptions of Valuable Entry-Level Competencies and Undergraduate Program Standards: A Comparison
Jung Hoon Baeg; Faye R. Jones; Marcia A. Mardis
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 382–387
The field of technology is moving faster than curriculum committees can respond to prepare learners for information technology jobs in a range of industry sectors. To enhance educators’ abilities to anticipate needed change, in this study, the...
Topics: Evaluating for quality improvement, Performance and outcome assessment
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Assessing Alignment between Information Technology Educational Opportunities, Professional Requirements, and Industry Demands
Marcia A. Mardis; Jinxuan Ma; Faye R. Jones; Chandrahasa R. Ambavarapu; Heather M. Kelleher; Laura I. Spears; Charles R. McClure
Education and Information Technologies Vol. 23, No. 4 (2018) pp. 1547–1584
Information technology (IT) and computing are growing fields, offering far more job opportunities than applicants. Yet, little data are available to indicate how course content, employer needs, and additional learning opportunities work together the ...