This article is based on the premise that face-to-face training can be augmented with cloud-based technology tools, to potentially extend viable training supports as higher education staff and faculty implement new content/skills in their jobs and classrooms. There are significant benefits to harnessing cloud-based tools that can facilitate both…

The purpose of this research was to address the current and prospective views on educational technology (ET) in order to discover the difficulties and develop its utilization in Omani higher education. The main instruments used to carry out this research were two questionnaires: the faculty members' questionnaire, and the technical/administrative…

Offers the following advice for teachers looking to integrate computers into their curricula: look around, software before hardware, and plan for continuing support and training. (RS)

Notes that many teachers today are envisioning novel ways of integrating the Internet into their daily lessons. Examines how these teachers, experienced with the Internet, integrate the technology into their daily lessons. Suggests their stories, including their successes and failures, can inform teacher education and staff development in powerful…

The development of digital information literacy (DIL) has been slow in comparison to changes in information communication technologies, and this remains an issue for the higher education sector. Competency in such skills is essential to full participation in society and work. In addition, these skills are regarded as underpinning the ability to…

Grove College (Pennsylvania) planned and implemented a mobile computing strategy for freshmen. Each member of the class of 1998 was issued a notebook computer upon arrival for freshman orientation. The help desk was staffed and faculty were ready to integrate meaningful computing activities into the curriculum. Students received 2 hours of…

Providing technical support to a large, geographically diverse population is a daunting task. Information technology (IT) organizations must contribute to the teaching and learning mission, while supporting complex and visible administrative operations. All universities and colleges face unprecedented challenges in providing effective computing…

In 1998, information was collected on 416 schools, colleges, and departments of education in the United States. Respondents--mostly deans and education faculty--were asked to rate their institutions in terms of a variety of indicators of capacity, including course work, technology facilities and support, skills of graduates, and field experience…

Describes technology workshops developed for school faculty by university students. Discusses the initial teacher/administrator visit and survey; design of the workshop, which includes basic software applications, general PC knowledge, and technology integration; workshop evaluation; students' presentation of workshop design and results to their…

Describes the logistics and underlying principles of a summer institute for writing teachers (sponsored by the Gateway Writing Project) which integrates word processing into the writing experience. Discusses how writing program administrators can apply this information to setting up workshops with their own staff. (MM)

This paper outlines efforts at Miami University (Middletown, Ohio) to bridge the "generation gap" between students who are comfortable using computer technologies and the faculty and staff who are reluctant to use them. Two Instructional Technology Fairs were held on campus (in Springs 1995 and 1996) to show faculty, staff, students, and…

The purpose of this study is to identify university faculty concerns along with the degree of use of Web-based course tools to develop faculty support programs. The study borrows from both the Diffusion of Innovations Model (Rogers, 1983) and the Concerns Based Adoption Model (Hall & Hord, 1987) to develop faculty support programs that will help…

Recently, Microsoft Corporation has become more aggressive in its attempts to sell products on college and university campuses, promising new licensing deals for colleges, free Microsoft training for computing officials, and advice on structuring university information-technology budgets. Critics are concerned that the trend will reduce…

During the 1998-1999 school year faculty from Indiana University's School of Education (Bloomington) began in in-service teacher education program, Teacher Institute for Curriculum Knowledge about Integration of Technology (TICKIT). TICKIT was designed to foster the thoughtful infusion of educational technology into the K-12 curricula of teachers…

Rural special education teachers frequently are distant from information resources found in large urban libraries and universities, and do not have easy access to professional support or consultants' expertise. Telecommunications offers new sources of support to these teachers by permitting them to send and receive electronic mail messages, take…