This study examined the skills that e-learners considered essential to the creation of a technology-rich school community. The focus was upon the skills that acting district and school administrators deemed essential to becoming an effective e-leader.
The quantitative investigation associated with this study consisted of a researcher created survey based upon the International Society of Technology Educators (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A). The intent of this survey was to obtain a list of skills that the participants felt were necessary for administrators to obtain in order to be effective leaders. These skills are categorized into both theory-based and operational.
The qualitative investigation examined interview data from one-on-one interviews. The interviews were conducted in order to obtain a greater insight into the views of school-based and district-based administrators in terms of technology leadership.
The intent of this study was to investigative and gather information in order to create online self-paced professional development opportunities for school and district administrators.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-11062008-105226 |
| Date | 07 November 2008 |
| Creators | Seneca, Tammy Sue |
| Contributors | Margie Thomas, Janice Hinson, Yiping Lou, Eugene Kennedy, Roland Mitchell |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11062008-105226/ |
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