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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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