A Roundtable Discussion
presented at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Annual Meeting in
New York City, February 23-26, 2002
Monday, February 25,
2002, 3:15-3:45 P.M.
Gramercy AB,Table
10, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
also found at http://www.csudh.edu/soe/faculty/NMach/AACTECyber2002.html
Nada L. Mach, Ph.D. |
David L. Stoloff, Ph.D., |
A. Statement
of the Problem
How do Schools, Colleges, and/or
Departments of Education (SCDEs) use the World Wide Web (WWW) to recognize,
report and reward excellence? What are the indicators of excellence that
should be reported? How can they take advantage of the WWW's potential
to make key constituents (university presidents, legislatures, governors)
aware of the good things they are doing? How can SCDEs use the WWW
to make alumni groups and advisory boards advocates in the community? How
can they use the WWW to develop proactive public relations efforts in general?
Do their Web sites reveal customized programs, professional development
efforts, and attempts to expand communication? How do SCDEs provide
effective Internet, World Wide Web (WWW) curricular resources and experiences
that promote models of excellence?
B. Literature
Review
"Cybercasting," the dissemination
of information on computer screens using the World Wide Web, is analogous
to broadcasting. Those who produce and view SCDEs’ Web sites have the tools
to widely and freely share information and ideas.
This roundtable discussion is designed to be a catalyst for discussion of the uses and potential uses of the World Wide Web by SCDEs through reviewing 100 of their Web sites during 2001 and into 2002. It will extend the discussion first presented in a 1999 AACTE poster session, and further developed in both 2000 and 2001 AACTE Roundtables, on how the World Wide Web is used by SCDEs to recruit and retain good teachers, forge community links and to serve learners. It will also extend the research on the use of the Internet as a support in the teacher education process.
Blenz-Clucas (1996) examines the use of the Internet to connect students, parents, teachers, and other community members with PK-12 schools. Casey (1994) examines how TeacherNet, a community of student teachers linked by electronic mail, supported pre-service experiences by "increasing student reflectivity, rapport with supervisors, team support, self-esteem, knowledge and use of information access and retrieval, and use of computers at home." In "Networked Learning Communities in Teacher Education," Breuleux, Laferriere and Bracewell (http://www.coe.uh.edu/insite/elec_pub/HTML1998/ts_breu.htm, 1998) describe the proactive efforts of teacher educators in developing SchoolNet (http://www.schoolnet.ca ) a networked community they deem a "teacher education culture that promotes curriculum experimentation, collaborative learning, faculty development, and better linkages to P-12 schools."
Much has been written on the use of the Internet as a public relations and communications tool, but little regarding its use in SCDEs. This presentation will go beyond existing research to explore the potential of the WWW in improving the recognition, reporting, and rewarding of teachers. In addition to the issues of accountability and defining excellence in education, this study will also be placed in the context of social issues generated by the use of information technologies ? in the areas of intellectual property rights, privacy, evaluation and assessment, and access to technology.
In the research study presented in the 1999 poster session on cybercasting by SCDEs, the Web pages of over fifty AACTE member institutions and SCDEs for several other countries were reviewed for the quantity and quality of information at their sites. Each Web site was analyzed with a checklist of informational items, including school address, faculty directory, program listings, course descriptions, course syllabi, detailed program descriptions, interactive course syllabi linked to other resources, faculty works in progress and papers, SCDE reports online, student works in progress online, and Web pages with surveys for formative evaluation of the programs. The presenters concluded that consideration should also be given to the ease of navigation within a school’s Web site, as well as other special features of content and presentation. A Web page on this research study was developed and is readily accessible. The study has been reproduced as an ERIC document (Document # ED429942, 1999).
The 2000 study, " Cybercasting for Integrating Leadership by SCDEs: A Y2K Review," focused on how seventy SCDEs made use of Web-based interactivity to prepare individuals who are skilled in the integration of school leadership roles. Web sites were featured that were designed to serve as virtual forums for discussions across disciplines and professional roles. Extrapolating from these exemplary models, the presenters suggested strategies for enhancing professional conversation on student learning and community development. One unexpected finding was that a number of the features explored within the evaluation model developed in the researchers' first study were no longer available to the outside observer, such as interactive course syllabi. Passwords to internal servers were necessary.
In 2001, the researchers focused their efforts on how the same 70 SCDEs’ Web sites revealed efforts to recruit and retain caring and competent teacher candidates. Recruitment to both traditional and alternative programs leading to credentialing, as well as evidence of professional development programs were examined. The discussion centered on how SCDEs make use of Web-based information-sharing to develop conversations and unified action plans to improve public relations on the professional image of teachers, while addressing the needs of the emergency credentialed candidates and the increasing shortage of teachers ? particularly in the inner city. There were some limitations in the categorization of efforts on the parts of SCDEs to recruit and retain students, as well as their role in the professional development of experienced teachers. The researchers assume there are more ways in which SCDEs may be evidencing efforts at recruitment and retention than were described on Web pages. In addition, there may be other Web pages, for example those announcing interesting events, that are not readily found by a first-time visitor to the SCDE's WebPages. A third point has to do with alumni services. Many schools actually have more than is evident on the Web sites, as the Department of Education is rather small, whereas the campus itself makes available certain services, such as the hosting of Home pages (e.g., at Harvard).
Herein we have extended this study to an examination of the 70 Web sites of SCDEs, to help
Stoloff and Mach (2001) examined online resources which expand the roles of educators, including models of virtual high schools, school-university partnerships and their online courses for future teachers, general education courses for undergraduates, online teacher education courses and resources for upper division or graduate students, inservice coursework, graduate teacher education programs online, and professional development learning communities for educators. This study documented the potential of online resources to augment, supplement, and supplant the formal structures of schooling.
As we explore Web use by SCDEs in the future, we anticipate a trend toward utilizing the exemplary features. We look forward to increased sharing of experiences in the applications of the WWW in teacher education and in higher education in general, as well as increased collaboration across institutions, including the possibility of developing an international consortium of online educators.
Webliography in Reverse Chronological Order
Criteria for Evaluating Websites of SCDEs
SCDEs use their Web sites to recognize, report and reward excellence in their efforts at community outreach, communication, as well as recruitment and and retetention of teachers. Components of their public relations and recruitment efforts include the following, which we have used to create our evaluation rubric. We have added one additonal point, "publicity on awards to the school, its faculty, and/or its alumni" since our last evaluation effort (Stoloff, D.L., and Mach, N., 2001c).
Exemplary School-University Collaborations by SCDEs
Centers - many of the SCDEs on this list have developed webpages for their institutes and research centers. It is interesting to note that several of the Canadian universities visited tended to emphasize the team nature of research and special projects. Models for these lists of Centers may be found at Ohio State University, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
PK-12 Resources - these resources may include summer institutes for future teachers, academic programs for middle and high school students, and internet resources online. Models on this list include Washington's Community of Mathematics Learners, Kent State's Educational Resources for Everyone, University of British Columbia's The First Nations House of Learning, and Cal. State, Dominquez Hills' Allied Signal Challenger Learning Center.
PDSs - webpages on professional development schools are not as often found within a SCDE's information. Models include The Learning Bridge at Ohio State, Quebec Learning Consortium at Bishop's University, and the Los Angeles Accelerated Schools Center at Cal. State, LA.
Regional collaborations were found on the webpages of several SCDEs, including Stanford's Bridges to the Community, the AFRICAN VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY, and Quebec English Schools Network hosted at Concordia University.
School homepages
were hosted by some SCDEs, including the student-college homepages at Eastern
CT State University, Drake University's Headstart
,
and O'Farrell Community School
project with San Diego State.
2. Bank
Street College
Since our last review, Bank Street
College has added an Alumni Associate Web page that indicates growing and
active alumni association, though there is no evidence that students and/or
alumni have the freedom to create and maintain home pages. The site continues
to include a Guide to Experts, online forums, and links to Bank Street
Educational Products and educational reform and outreach projects. Listed
on the home page are links to special events and a variety of interesting
articles from the New York Times Learning Network. The Division of
Continuing Education has a number of interesting professional development
opportunities that are available to teachers, including the New Beginnings
in Newark , New Perspectives Continuing Professional Education Program,
Bank Street/Stevens IKE and Alliance+ Projects, the Center for School Restructuring
of Middle Schools, The West Farms School Project, Bank Street Music Initiative,
The Wyandanch Middle School Project. Other collaborative projects are listed
and accessed under "Graduate School: Centers and Institutes" (http://www.bnkst.edu/html/graduate/centers.html)
Some of these have their own home pages, used mainly for informational
purposes. News and events are posted and a newsletter entitled "Street
Scenes" is available in PDF format. Interesting articles are available
as links as well. Bank Street is one of five national resource centers
for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (http://www.bnkst.edu/html/nbpts/index.html),
that has as its goal the support the community of accomplished teachers.
3.Binghamton
University, SUNY
Includes mission statement and plans
for new building. Three collaborative projects are described at http://sehd.binghamton.edu/liberty/lib.html,
one of which has its own informational Web page. The Division of Professional
Development and Research (PDR) provides career development for "adult learners."
"PDR specifically addresses the distinct continuing education needs of
individuals working or volunteering in educational or human service settings.
Emphasis is placed on the development of skills to enhance service delivery
to specific populations and/or knowledge of specific issue areas. A Certificate
Program in Administration is offered through the division." Many of the
special events/conferences announced on the Web site are open to the public.
As of this latest review, there are links for Alumni, with special events
announced, and an Acrobat version of the latest SEHD newsletter, but other
indicators of an active alumni association, such as listservs and employment
links are missing. Links to faculty research, home pages, and to grants
(such as a PT3) held are available in the frame on the left-hand side throughout
the site. This frame enables easy navigation as well.
4.Bishop's
University
Webpages on Life as an Education
Student and documents in English and French on the mission of the School
of Education and other research topics. The University is a partner
in the Quebec Learning Consortium (see http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/qlc/),
sponsoring and collaborating on the planning of a number of professional
development activities for teachers with surrounding Quebec school districts.
There are professional development workshops for both new teachers and
their mentor teachers, and the Society of Teacher and Administrator Researchers
(STAR), a new group committed to the practice of action research. A page
that lists research and awards of faculty is available from the main menu,
but we found little evidence of faculty home pages or an active alumni
association.
5. Boston
University
Easy to navigate, Boston University's
School of Education has a number of publications available on line, including
a digest of their current
Journal
of Education.From the School of Education Home Page, a click on
"Centers and Resources" (http://web.bu.edu/education/centersresources/index.html)
will lead to information on two of the school's on-going collaborations
with pk-12 schools. A click on "Research and Curriculum Development"
(http://web.bu.edu/education/news/researchandcurriculum.html)
brings more information on funded collaborations, as well as the faculty
associated with each grant and project. Click on the faculty name, and
one may learn more about that person's grants, awards, and research. The
Microcosmos Project in the Science Education Program (http://web.bu.edu/education/centersresources/microcosmos.html)
serves students and faculty in both the School of Education and University
communities by advocating an interactive approach to teaching. It includes
many resources and a self-guided tour that shows the linkage of the program
to its curriculum-design and national professional-development programs.
An active alumni association allows alumni to subscribe to listservs, to
learn about special events, and to update current information for the alumni
newsletter which is available online and in hard copy. As of the most recent
review, several of the Alumni Clubs in different cities (such as Los Angeles,
New York, etc.) maintain home pages, but SED does not at this point have
a provision for students and alumni to maintain their own home pages. Some
of the community Outreach efforts include the Boston University/Boston
Public Schools Collaborative, the Boston University/Chelsea Partnership,
the Loving Well Project, and the Microcosmos Project
6. Bridgewater
State College
Not much has changed at BSC since
the last review. Links to Teacher
Test Resource Page, program descriptions, and faculty homepages accessible
from the more general Bridgewater State
College Home Page. Because of the small size of the college, many of
the resources are available through the general home page rather than from
the School of Education. According to the policy of the College Information
Systems, "Faculty, staff, and students may publish personal pages that
are linked to the web site through official index pages." There is no evidence
of a separate Alumni Association for the School of Education, though the
college itself seems to indicate that there is quite a bit of activity,
such as posted events and listservs. The Bridgewater Magazine is
posted on line, with stories about alumni, their activities, honors and
rewards. In addition, there are stories about awards and publications of
faculty. There is also a publication on line entitled Bridgewater Review,
which
appears to carry interesting stories about the research of the faculty.
No evidence was found of partnerships with the k-12 community, also on
the Teacher Test Resource Page there is a link to an on-line forum on the
Massachusetts Teacher Test, and other pertinent information for teachers.
Basically, this site is one long page that provides an online copy of the
catalogue entries for the School of Education and Allied Studies.
7. Brigham
Young University
Links to Advisement and Certification
Center, BYU-Public School Partnership, Center for the Improvement of Teacher
Education and Schooling (CITES), Learning Resource Center, National
Network for Education Renewal, and Partner Schools. See http://msed.byu.edu/centersAndPartnership/index
for further information. Through the Associates Program (http://msed.byu.edu/cites/programsandprojects/associatesprogram/index.html)
teachers and administrators from the public schools, the university and
the State Office of Education participate in a series of retreats to discuss
selected readings focused on the moral dimensions of teaching (Goodlad).
Participants from all groups report significant changes in their own reflectiveness
and in school, district, and state level practice. Other partnership projects
with school districts are evidenced (http://msed.byu.edu/cites/programsandprojects/programsandprojects.html),
such as the "Balanced Literacy Project," the "Bilingual/ESL Endorsement
Project," and professional development schools. While the partnerships
appear to be numberous, the Web pages were largely informational and did
not allow much interactivity. There are links to important state
Web sites in education, however. There is a Web page that provides a few
links to various education employment resources both inside and outside
of BYU (http://msed.byu.edu/eac/employment/index.html).
In the latest review (2002) we noted that each department seems to have
made its own strides toward reaching out toward students and Alumni. For
example, on the Instructional Technology page, each student, as well as
faculty, have their own homepages. Within the Department
of Educational Leadership and Foundations there is a link to
the BSU Journal of Education
and Law. It looks as though BYU is in the process of putting up information
for alumni via each department's Web page, rather than through the School
of Education itself.
8. California
State University, Chico
Features K-University Education
WWW Links: a collection of useful websites for student teachers, teachers,
and administrators and information on electronic portfolios for teaching
and learning. A link to lesson plan design and rubrics is helpful for both
students and those in the field. A Web page that lists school/university
partnerships provides evidence that the university is providing outreach
to beginning and experienced teachers out in the field. The Beginning Teacher
Support and Assistance Project (BTSA), funded through the State Department
of Education is one example of this type of outreach. See http://www.csuchico.edu/educ/funproj.html
for descriptions of this and other professional development efforts. Also
features a lesson-plan resource for k-6 teachers in the Arts (http://www.csuchico.edu/educ/cguenter/229Barts.html).
9. California
State University, Dominguez Hills
CSUDH is actively involved a many
projects designed to recruit and retain teachers, as is evidenced by the
Web page devoted to a long list of such school/university partnerships,
grants and other initiatives (http://www.csudh.edu/soe/programs.htm).
Professional Development Schools, and outreach programs are numerous, and
include a DELTA project, LAEP projects. The Beginning Teacher Support and
Assistance Project (BTSA) also is prominently featured on this campus Web
site. Further, there are links to on-going subject matter projects on http://www.csudh.edu/soe/subject.htm.
Includes links to the School's Teacher Recruitment and Development Programs,
graduate options and certificate programs, and NCATE/CTC information.
Faculty vitae, in addition to home pages, are available. The School of
Education Newsletter is available on line, with listings of faculty accomplishments
and interesting symposia held. There are links to Cal Teach, a lesson planning
form, Technology-based Education, and information about Professional Development
School partners.
10. California
State University, Hayward
Intricate graphics, including a
mapped conceptual framework, and links to online reservation for technology
resources. A number of partnerships with the k-12 community exist, including
a "school-to-career" academy and professional development schools for teacher
training. There is also the "Urban Teacher Academy," that has as
its aim the recruitment, mentoring and preparation of teachers (http://edschool.csuhayward.edu/services/urban/index.html).
Through the Center for Educational Leadership, CSUH works with the schools
and their districts "as equal partners in the areas of leadership and governance,
new educator preparation, curricular reform, staff development, supportive
learning environment, parent and community participation, and action research."
The Web sites tend to be descriptive rather than interactive, with the
exception of a list of "Curriculum Links" that are available to both teachers
and their students. There is an alumni listserv, but it is not easy to
find, nor does there seem to be evidence of an active alumni association.
A search of the School's site revealed a committee that plans events in
an effort to stay in touch with alumni.
11. California
State University, Los Angeles
Searchable Website, informative
links, many faculty have interesting and innovative homepages with links
to on-line course syllabi. School-University collaborations include DELTA
and the Accelerated School. Centers include the "Literacy Cluster," which
is interactive and has links to resources for students and teachers. The
Los Angeles Accelerated Schools Center (LAASC) (http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/asp/)
has as its main function the support of existing "Accelerated School communities"
in nine Accelerated Schools "and to provide additional support to accelerated
schools nation-wide in terms of outreach, networking, research, and dissemination."
In addition, as the Reform Cluster for the Charter School of Education,
the Center’s staff also supports additional schools in the process of reform
whose reform models share features that are consistent with the accelerated
schools model. Faculty accomplishments listed on individual home pages.
Lists and descriptions of degrees and certifications offered are available
in PDF format. Lists events held in the past, but not announcements of
future events. In this latest review, we found evidence of an Alumni Association
Website (http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/csoe/develop/dev_frame_welcome.html),
with links on how to join. It does not look as if there is any benefit
to joining, however, other than the ability to join on line and to declare
a gift in support of the Charter School of Education.
12. Clark
University
Easy to navigate, this Website features
information on community projects with which the university's Education
Department is involved. Change in server for 2/99. Clark and the
Worcester Public Schools have collaborated on the development of this exemplary
grade 7-12 neighborhood PDS - the centerpiece of a neighborhood renewal
project. In addition, they have developed five other PDSs within
the Worcester Public Schools that are used as teacher training sites. In
the latest review (2002) we have learned that the Clark University Department
of Education has recently received a five-year Carnegie Corporation grant
in the amount of $250,000, to esablish the Hiatt Urban Learning Center.
This grant was one of only seven awarded in the entire country, and will
be used in partnership with the Worcester Publish Schools and Worcester
State College. There still is no separate association for Department of
Education alumni.
13.Colorado
State University
There are detailed program descriptions
and SCDU reports accessible at the School of Education Website. Faculty
homepages, email addresses and on-line courses are only available through
the Faculty directory of the campus as a whole. One of the teacher
recruitment projects, "Project Promise" (http://promise.cahs.colostate.edu/PP/Info.html)
seeks out candidates who have bachelor degrees and who have decided to
make a career change. Instructors model best practices in an intensive
training program that will prepare them to teach in rural or urban settings.
Although not easy to find, a list of outreach project links is available
at http://www.colostate.edu/Level2/outreach.htm
from the Colorado State Home Page rather than through the School of Education.
In particular, the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education
has interactive links and resources for teachers and students. The Research
and Development Center for the Advancement of Student Learning researches
and evaluates innovative programs to advance educational theory and practice.
Is has links to important reports posted in PDF format online (http://www.colostate.edu/depts/r-dcenter/completedprojects.html).
The Interwest Equity Assistance Center is one of 10 regional Equity Assistance
Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title IV of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. The Educational Equity Center (http://www.colostate.edu/programs/EAC/)
provides training and technical assistance within the larger context of
school improvement to public school personnel, school board members, students,
parents, and other community members. It assists public school staff
in providing equitable, high-quality education to all learners. Employment
links for prospective teachers are also available. A newsletter for alumni,
listing symposia and faculty accomplishments is available in PDF format.
14. Columbia
University
Teachers College has well-developed
webpages for program and course information and links to the Distance Learning
Project and resources for faculty, staff, and students. Columbia does it
all. Many collaborations between Columbia Teachers College and the k-12
community exist, but are not always accessed easily. For the most
interactive experience in learning about these collaborations, go to http://www.tc.columbia.edu/%7Eadmissions/catalog9900/2overview/2prep.htm.
An active alumni association, with many events scheduled, library privelages
travel opportunities, and listservs. Coming soon, according to the Alumni
Association homepage, are the following: finding a classmate; updating
address and contact information; free e-mail forwarding for life; adding
a name to the listserv; being able to update interests and recent events;
a survey on alumni activities and services. There is still no provision
for student or alumni to maintain homepages on the TC server. Several journals
are available online, including the Teachers College Press, Teachers
College Record, and Current Issues in Comparative Education.
15. Concordia
University
Department of Education pages with
program listings, faculty addresses, some courses - especially those online.
No collaborations listed. Only two out of the 31 faculty listed have homepages
with publications listed, though most have email addresses.
16. Cornell
University
Easily accessed on-line interactive
course syllabi, replete with Bulletin Boards on outside reference links.
Faculty home pages are interesting, informative, and have a place for on-going
research projects to be posted. Helpful links to a variety of Web sites
of educational interest, such as educational journals and professional
organizations are available. There are several outreach projects. (1) Cornell
Education Resources Program (Cornell ERP) is a nonprofit agency of the
Department of Education in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
at Cornell University. It serves educators or individuals interested in
developing and/or procuring curriculum and instructional materials related
to agriculture, food and fiber systems, natural resources and life sciences
education. (2) Rural Schools Program: An organization of some 300
small rural school districts in New York State. (3) Institute on Science
and the Environment for Teachers: An in-service education program that
supports curricular innovation on environmental topics by teams of New
York State science teachers. (4) The Global Seminar is a consortium of
educational institutions that are concerned with the future of our planet
in terms of the environment and a sustainable food supply. Leading-edge
online communication tools support intellectual discussions using an interdisciplinary
approach among students, faculty, and international leaders. (5) The Rural
Literacy and Community Development Initiative was designed to help Literacy
Volunteers and other adult
literacy program members take full
advantage of their potential to forge the link between literacy education,
community development, and citizenship.
17. Drake
University
Includes newsgroups and online conferencing
for learning community discussions. Syllabi available online, as well.
Online School newsletter is available, as are some faculty home pages with
publications listed. A partnership was apparently forged with the Seymour
Papert Institute, the Desmoines Public Schools, the Norwalk Public Schools,
and Head Start, but the links on the site are not up-to-date.
18. Eastern
Connecticut State University
Includes annotated syllabi with
links to student projects and other resources, including online bibliographies,
electronic textbooks, and software review and interview forms. Home page
is easily navigable. Some alumni homepages are up, but no evidence of listserv
for alumni. Publications of some faculty listed on home pages. Outreach
projects easily accessed.
19. East
Tennessee State University
Home page is easy to follow.
Faculty are listed and have home pages that consist of curriculum vitae.
Some list their publications. Courses are listed as catalogue entries,
and now more actual syllabi are available online than they were just one
year ago. There are some instructional media student projects posted.
Alumni home page has a downloadable newsletter, and invites alumni to submit
recent information. It looks as though there may at some point be a place
for Alumni to post home pages, but this is not yet available. Several outreach
programs and partnerships have been established (http://coe.etsu.edu/community/solutions/index.htm).
21. Florida
State University
Includes links to university TV
program on Education, "Your
Voice", and Inquiry
Skills Resources . The Center for the Study of Teaching and Learning
is committed to enhancing Florida's Educational Programs through the promotion
of educational partnerships with the Florida State Department of Education,
local businesses, and the Florida On-line High School, among others.
The Florida State University School is a k-12 public school that has a
partnership with the School of Education (http://www.fsus.fsu.edu/)
22. Harvard
University
Faculty listing reads like a veritable
"Who's Who" in the field of education. Many interactive syllabi on-line,
some faculty have informative homepages with links to resources, research,
and coursework. School of Education homepage has links to the Harvard
Education Letter on-line, the Harvard Educational Review online,
faculty research and publications, interesting events and symposia, and
doctoral student homepages for posting research in progress and accessing
information. Very active School of Education alumni association, with regional
activities in every major city in the United States.
23. Illinois
Wesleyan University
Includes links to careers in education
and an online student
handbooks, although no alumni page exists. Mini home pages are available,
and some faculty have listed their publications on them. Online syllabi
are not available, but catalogue descriptions are posted. Descriptions
of student organizations such as Kappi Delta Pi are linked to the homepage.
24.Indiana
State University
Includes model NCATE
Review and regional Sycamore
Education Network, "...a consortium of ISU alumni, faculty, parents,
administrators, and members of the community who are working together to
strengthen existing or build new partnerships between the faculty, staff,
and students of the School of Education and our colleagues in the schools
and related agencies." No further information is revealed. Alumni Home
page for entire university is linked to the "Sycamore Education Network."
There is a page where past events are listed. Faculty home pages exist
for some faculty, but are minimal in content and not linked to the School
of Education. Links are available to online journals and accreditation
bodies.
25. Indiana
University of Pennsylvania
Includes strong listing of Centers
and Institutes and Partnerships.
Links are available to sites for career placements in teaching. There is
a k-6 laboratory school on the campus (Indiana University of Pannsylvania
School). Professional Development School is in the process of being developed
(established in 1998) with a local elementary school. A number of faculty
have home pages, with a variety of sophistication. Students from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania and Clarion University who are enrolled as teacher
education majors in all certification areas are eligible to participate
in a half-semester student teaching program in one of six overseas sites:
London, ENGLAND; Paris, FRANCE; Malahide, IRELAND; Kingston, Jamaica; Poznan,
POLAND. Students are assigned to a teaching site in the United States for
the first half of the semester. The second half of the student teaching
experience is completed in an overseas site.
26. Iowa
State University
Features include educational links,
faculty listings with email information by program, and faculty homepages
exist, but minimally. A few courses have syllabi on line. Some make
use of "Classnet" for Internet communication. Very easy to navigate, this
site evidences a strong alumni association and connection. Many interesting
events are announced. There are a number of outreach projects that are
easily accessible from the home page.
27. Kent
State University
Includes College of Education job
opportunities, a paper of special interests with a link to virtual reality
in education homepage and the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children, a "meet the Dean" link, and information on the Kent Educational
Network for Tomorrow.
28. Louisiana
State University
Impressive online documentation
for NCATE review
and PDS
agreements.
29. Loyola
University Chicago
Includes information on Cohort
Program and Career
Center .
30. Makerere
University, Uganda
School of Education, one of the
University's Study Centers, provides program descriptions. The University's
homepage has links to the
African Virtual
University.
31. McGill
University
Faculty of Education webpages includes
a link to a Jan. 1997 webpage on Canadian
Faculties, Colleges, Schools and Departments of Education on the World
Wide Web by Jim Harris, Manager, Educational Media Services, Faculty
of Education, McGill University, a course in Global
Education with student webpages. Since our last review, McGill has
shown evidence of having an active alumni association, with a separate
Education Alumni homepage, a pdf file of the latest Alumni newsletter (replete
with events and awards noted), and a way for alumni to update their personal
information. McGill's Website now reveals that it now has a number of community
outreach efforts, including the Center for Educational Leadership, providing
professional development to teachers, educational leaders, and policy makers.
The Office of First Nations and Inuit Education coordinates partnerships
with aboriginal communities to deliver community-based teacher education
leading to a bachelors in education to meet the needs of the various aborignal
peoples (http://www.education.mcgill.ca/ofnie/default.html).
32. New
York University
Interesting links to a variety of
educational resources and faculty research in progress. Courses offered
on-line include Web-based communication.
33. North
Carolina State University
A searchable database of on-line
courses is notable, and a number of faculty have informative homepages
posted. Current position papers regarding different issues in the
School of Education are posted on the "Teacher Education Forum" homepage,
linked to the main homepage.
34. Northwestern
University
SESP
Alumni Board Hompage serves as a medium for outreach to the community.
35. The
Ohio State University
Includes Points of Pride, a
site map, and online faculty, staff, and student directories.
36. Oswego
State University, SUNY
Links include an Information
Request Form, online alumni directory, NCATE
acccreditation information, Teaching
and Assessment Resource Site, and "The
Gateway to Educational Materials."
37. San
Diego State University
Truly easy to navigate, this Website
has links both to on-campus and off-campus Websites of interest to prospective
and current educators. Many faculty have attractive and interactive
homepages, and on-line syllabi are readily available. Both the School
and individual courses have bulletin boards for discussion of issues.
38. Slippery
Rock University
Links to special projects in College
of Education, including the History
of Education Quarterly, the Multicultural Heritage Center, and partnership
programs.
39. Southwest
Missouri State University
Includes information on a Site-Based
Program .
40. Stanford
University
Includes Research
and Projects discussions.
41. Texas
A & M
Includes a page of links of research
proposals under development and other research resources.
42. Université
de Montreal
Faculte des sciences de l'education
webpages include faculty interest pages, searchable course catalog, and
teaching job posting.
La
faculté virtuelleTM provides links to courses in
TIC (les technologies de l`information et de la communication (TIC) en
éducation.
43. Université
du Québec a Montreal
Provides both PDF files and html
pages for program information - incl