Educational Technology Policy Research & Outreach

Educational Technology Policy, Research, & Outreach

Welcome to ETO’s Policy information portal -- a listing of resources all related to Educational Technology Policy. If you would like to recommend or request a link, please email the information to our webmaster.

Educational Technology Policy, Research and Outreach’s mission is to deepen understanding of the connection between research, policy and practice in the area of educational technology in the PK-20 community through advocacy, policy and leadership development.

The Policy and Research arm of Educational Technology Outreach is one of the leaders in policy and policy research in educational technology and ICT, and its wider economic, social and global implications. Our objectives are:

to advance understanding of the relationship between educational technology developments and society through pioneering multidisciplinary collaborations and research
to generate new empirical data, methods, concepts and theories which explain the role of educational technology
to deliver training which provides the analytical and practical skills needed to understand and respond to the educational technology challenges of the future
to advise those concerned with the development and implementation of educational technology policy and those seeking to manage educational technology in society
to work with educators, educational systems, industry, policy-makers and civil society to develop the tools and techniques needed to manage educational technology for purposes of digital equity, sustainable development, and increased student achievement and social well-being

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American Institutes for Research (1997). Technology for students with disabilities: A decision maker's resource guide.
American Institutes for Research (2002). Integrated Studies of Educational Technology (ISET): Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund Educational Technology State Grants Program.
Baker, E. (1999). Technology Something's Coming Something Good
Ball, S.J. (1993). What is Policy? Texts, Trajectories, and Toolboxes. Australian Journal of Education, 13(2), pp. 10-17.
Ball, S.J. & Bowe, R. (1992). Subject departments and the 'implementation' of national curriculum policy: An overview of the issues. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 24(2). pp. 97-115.
Berge, Z.L. & Collins, M.P. (Eds.)(1998). Wired Together: The Online Classroom in K-12, Volume 1: Perspectives and Instructional Design. Cresskill, New Jersey: Hampton Press.
Bimber(1998). The Death of asn Agency: OTA and trophy Hunting in U.S. Budget Policy. Policy Studies Review, 15(2/3), 203-225.
Bowers, C.A.(1988). The Cultural Dimensions of Educational Computing. Teachers College Press, Columbia University: New York.
Boyles, D.R. (1997). Educational Technology Policy: Questioning costs and cultural capital. Educational Foundations, Spring, pp. 84-93.
Capacity-Building Partnerships: Improving the Evaluation of Educational Technology (10/01)
Can Expanding the Use of Computers Improve the Performance of Small Minority- and Women-Owned Enterprises? Urban Institute
Children, TV, Computers and More Media: New Research Shows Pluses, Minuses - NSF [Archived PDF]
Children's Digital Media Center at Georgetown
Children's Digital Media Center at UCLA
Children's Digital Media Center at Northwestern
Children's Digital Media Center at UT-Austin
City-wide Systems of Charter Schools: Proceed With Caution
Cohen, D.K.(1987). Educational Technology, Policy and Practice. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 9(2), pp. 153-170.
Colangelo, N., Assouline, S. and Gross, M. (2005) A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students
Cuban, L.(1986). Teachers and Machines. New York:Teachers College Press.
Culp, K., Honey, M., & Mandinach, E. (2003). A retrospective on twenty years of educational technology policy. [PDF ... RTF]
Distance Education at Degree-Granting Post-secondary Institutions: 2000-2001 This National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report presents data on distance education at post-secondary education institutions.
Duran, R. P. (2000). Implications of electronic technology for the NAEP assessment.
Education News Parents Can Use: "Preparing Students and Parents for the Digital Age", webcast The June 17, 2003 television broadcast of Education News Parents Can Use is available for viewing.
Educational Technology News Newsletters
E-Rate and the Digital Divide: A Preliminary Analysis From the Integrated Studies of Educational Technology
The final report of the Web-based Education Commission. The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice
Fishman, B.J. & Duffy, T.M. (1992). Classroom Restructuring: What do teachers really need? Educational Technology, Research and Development, 40(3), p. 95-111.
Fulton, K. (1997). Learning in the Digital Age: Insights into the issues the skills students need for technological fluency. Milken Exchange.
Fulton, K., Pruitt-Mentle, D. (1998). Background Paper for the Expert Panel on Educational Technology. U.S. Department of Education.
Getting America's Students Ready for the 21^st Century: Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge Published in 1996, the nation's first education technology plan.
Gross, N., Giaquinta, J.B.; & Bernstien, M. (1971). Implementing Organizational Innovations: A sociological Analysis of Planned Change. New York: Basic Books.
Implementing Randomized Field Trials in Education
The Integrated Studies of Educational Technology (ISET)
The Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: A Formative Evaluation of the E-Rate Program (Draft)
The Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Professional Development and Teachers' Use of Technology (5/02)
Kerr, S.T. (1990). Toward A Sociology of Educational Technology. Handbook of Instructional Technology.
Kozma, R.B. (1985). A grounded theory of instructional innovation in higher education. Journal of Higher Education, 56(3), pp.300-319.
Landmark Study Yields First-Ever Data on Distance Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools
Levin, D., and Darden, C. (2000). Forum on technology in education: Envisioning the future-Proceedings.
Levin D., and Arafeh, S. (2002). The digital disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools.
Marshall, C. Mitchell, D., and Wirt, F.(1990). Culture and Education Policy in the American States. New York: Falmer Pr. (ISBN: 1850005036)
The Milken Institute
Milken Exchange(1998). Enhancing the System, Changes that work. At the State Level.
The National Technology Plan
NCATE (1997). Technology and the New Professional Teacher: Preparing for the 21st Century Classroom.
The Overview of From the Capital to the Classroom: Year 2 of the No Child Left Behind Act.
A Presentation from the Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology. Students in Today's Schools.
Rothstien R.I. & McKnight, L. (1996). Technology and Cost Models of k-12 Schools on the National Information Infrastructure. Computers in Schools 12(1-2), pp.31-57.
Science and Engineering Indicators 2004 National Science Foundation, May 04 Report
Schofield, J.W.(September 1995) Computers and Classroom Culture. Boston: Cambridge Univ Pr (ISBN: 052147924X)
The second national education technology plan of the U.S. Department of Education. e-Learning: Putting a World-Class Education at the Fingertips of All Children
SETDA National Leadership Institute Toolkit States Helping States to Implement No Child Left Behind The Toolkit is the result of the first annual National Leadership Institute (NLI)
Smerdon, B., Cronen, S., Lanahan, L., Anderson, J., Nicholas, I., and Angeles, J. (2000). Teachers' tools for the 21^st century: A report on teachers' use of technology.
Teenagers Find Information About Sex on the Internet When They Look for It – And When They Don’t, UCLA’s Children's Digital Media Center Reports - UCLA [Archived PDF]
Technology-related Professional Development in the Context of Educational Reform: A Literature Review (5/02)
Theoretical Framework: e-Learning
Trotter, A. (1997, November 10). Taking Technology's Measure. Education Week, pp. 6-11.
Trotter, A. (1997, November 10). A Test of Leadership. Education Week, pp. 30-34
Three Preservice Programs Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology: A Study in Partnerships (2003)
2020 Visions: Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies: Facilitated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this report lays out ways technology could transform education.
Viadero, d. (1997, November 10). A Tool For Learning. Education Week, pp. 12-18.
Washington Notes - From ISTE
Waxman, H., Connell, M., and Gray, J. (2003). A Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Teaching and Learning With Technology on Student Outcomes
White, K. (1997, November 10). A Matter of Policy. Education Week, pp. 40-43.
Wolcott, H. (1977). Teachers vs. Technocrats: An Educational Innovation in Anthropological perspective. Eugene, OR: Center for Educational Policy and Management.

Young Children's Access to Computers in the Home and at School in 1999 and 2000 [NCTET Forum Summary] Released in March 2003, this NCES report examines young children's access to and use of computers in different settings.
Zehr, M. A. (1997, November 10). Teaching the Teachers. Education Week, pp. 24-29.