Educational technology refers not only to the hardware and software used in an educational setting but also to learning through use of technological resources. RAND's research into educational technology includes the study of distributed learning and interactive multimedia instruction in the military, computers in schools, and the role of the Internet in educational settings.
Examines the costs of implementing Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I curriculum and comparison algebra I curricula (published by Prentice Hall, Glencoe, and McDougal Littell).
Assesses the performance of The Army Distributed Learning Program (TADLP) and looks at ways to strengthen the Army's interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) program by improving both the quality of the product and the efficiency of the process.
This report provides a preliminary assessment of the National Science Digital Library/Distributed Learning program and makes recommendations for the design of a more complete formative evaluation.
Develops and tests new tools and metrics to assess training and to document the impact of Army distributed learning courses at the program level.
Examines educational approaches that would customize U.S. Air Force training to individual needs, with the intent of minimizing training time and hastening trainee productivity, leading to reduced costs. Recommends vocational training experiments.
Develops and tests an approach to program-level assessment of interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) courses that identifies strengths and deficiencies in technical, production quality, and pedagogical aspects of IMI courseware.
Critically examines current efforts to reuse digital training content as a strategy to reduce the cost of its development, and provides recommendations regarding how the reuse option might be further encouraged.
Presents findings of a multiyear study of the effectiveness of reform-oriented science and mathematics teaching (practices for engaging students as active participants in their own learning and enhancing the development of complex cognitive skills).
This paper reviews the state of research on DL and provides recommendations to the Army for a research agenda on DL, methodological strategies to improve DL research, and policies to support DL design, implementation, and evaluation.
This report describes an alternative business model for buying simulations and simulation training.
Presents the results of research on the eArmyU distance learning program, focused on making eArmyU available to more individuals while controlling program costs.
Kent School’s experience suggests that information technology can be used to enrich teaching and learning for both faculty and students.
Preliminary evaluation of a district-wide laptop computer initiative and recommended research design for more comprehensive future evaluation.
Study to investigate the relationships between student achievement in mathematics and science and the use of these new instructional practices.
Collaboration, Technology, and Outsourcing Initiatives in Higher Education: A Literature Review
Analyzes the role of the emerging global information infrastructure in helping higher-education institutions to improve learning and teaching, improve the creation of learning materials, create communities, compete with new providers, and address policy/planning issues.
This testimony reviews the findings of RAND/MR-682-OSTEP/ED, Fostering the Use of Educational Technology: Elements of a National Strategy.
To promote the use of technology in education, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) awards Challenge Grants (i.e., matching grants) to local communities.
To address all these concerns, the authors draw on the successful donation experiences of established federal programs and the public sector to make recommendations for continuing implementation.
This documented briefing discusses private-sector, nonprofit and state-sponsored programs that transfer used computer equipment to elementary and secondary schools.
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