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IDR Team Summary 2: Develop methods to efficiently design and measure the efficacy of Internet teaching technologies.
IDR Team Summary 2: Develop methods to efficiently design and measure the efficacy of Internet teaching technologies.
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The World Wide Web -- with the ease of posting videos and designing interac tive online tests -- is an attractive mélange of technologies that offer up considerable potential for influencing and improving education. Will things be different this time?
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• New software applications and new possibilities arising from them are being promoted to help authors produce educational material. Will this increase authorship and change the range of materials?
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ACM Sigmod 24 February 2012. IDR TEAM SUMMARY Zahra Hirji, NAKFI Science Writing Scholar Massachusetts Institute for Technology IDR Team 2 was charged with the herculean task of developing methods to efficiently design and measure the efficacy of various Internet teaching technologies.
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into the classroom in a virtual context. In addition to stimulating better learners, these tools may benefit teachers by automating normally exhaustive tasks, such as grading homework or tests, which then frees up the teacher's time for more constructive personal interactions with students.
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Assessment criteria Ideally, Internet education technology assessments should meet the c riteria of diverse stakeholders -- K-12 teachers, professors, self-learners, and even employers. Some general student performance assessment points include fact learning, life skills, student engagement, student retention and completion, student diversity and access, course cost, and attitudes toward lifelong learning.
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Recommendations The research team came up with two sets of recommendations to pursue the advancement of World Wide Web teaching technology assessment: the development of assessment infrastructure and the proposal of research topics to take advantage of this new infrastructure. Building appropriate infrastructure The team decided a future Internet teaching technology assessment infrastructure should be modeled after What Works.
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Future research goals Once this new database is constructed, various research studies using the assessment data could provide valuable information. Below are five potential research questions: • What is the right technology for a given goal or learner?
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