The Information Institute of Syracuse: Weapons of Mass Instruction
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| Audience/Grade: | 0-8 |
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Engineering Education Research Information Technology |
| Special Topic(s): |
Teaching and Learning Research Center |
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Community - General |
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| Description: | "The Information Institute of Syracuse (IIS) is a long standing research center in the areas of education, technology and librarianship. It has been the source and host for a number of highly visible and widely successful digital education information services. The IIS created The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education), The Virtual Reference Desk (VRD), AskERIC and the Educator's Reference Desk. All projects share the same goal: to improve student learning by providing educators, policy makers and parents with quality information to improve teaching and the educational environment. IIS projects bring together universities, government agencies and private enterprises to promote easy access to high quality educational information to a diverse user population. The Information Institute's ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology was a leader in developing and implementing new technologies for educators for more than 30 years, and has led to innovative new projects such as GEM and VRD. In the past decade, Internet technology has opened creative and exciting new opportunities for providing information to the education community. The IIS was among the first organizations to recognize and capitalize on the power of the Internet. This expanding interest in question and answer services resulted in an Internet-wide effort to link all K-12 oriented question and answer and "Ask-A" services through the Virtual Reference Desk project. Every IIS-based question and answer service received hundreds of thank-you messages from teachers and parents stating how valuable the services are in helping them to help students learn." |
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| Publication Date: | February 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
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| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://iis.syr.edu/ |
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| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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