Early Childhood Technology Integrated Instructional System (EC-TIIS) Phase 3: Final Report

The Early Childhood Technology Integrated Instructional System (EC-TIIS), a Steppingstones of Technology Innovation Phase 1—Development project, was developed by the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (the Center) at Western Illinois University as an online instructional system. EC-TIIS' ultimate goal was to improve technology services to young children with disabilities by offering access to effective family and professional development materials in a web-based system of learning opportunities organized in an easy-to-use, accessible format. The EC-TIIS website is found at <www.wiu.edu/ectiis/>. EC-TIIS combined training content from tested and effective early childhood technology-related projects into a series of nine online workshops designed to provide needed knowledge and skills to adults responsible for educational programs for young children. Workshops include Participants included teachers from four field test sites and an eight-member Advisory Panel of professionals and family members. These 12 participants provided feedback and assistance in planning and developing the website in regards to appearance, content, and navigation. Project staff disseminated information about the EC-TIIS website during 13 conference presentations. Five presentations focused specifically on the EC-TIIS website and online training 2 opportunities. Brochures developed in Year 2 were distributed to conference participants and persons requesting information through the website. through the Steppingstones of Technology Innovation competition to take EC-TIIS into Phase 2-Research on Effectiveness. The website developed in Phase 1 is being further refined and tested to demonstrate that its approach is effective for training adults to use technology to improve results for young children with disabilities. Project Goal and Objectives To achieve the goal of improving technology services to young children with disabilities, the Early Childhood Technology Integrated Instructional System (EC-TIIS) was funded by the U.S. Department of Education as a 2-year Phase 1 Steppingstones of Technology Development project. EC-TIIS combined training content from tested and effective early childhood projects developed by staff at the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (formerly Macomb Projects) and developed a series of nine online workshops designed to provide knowledge and skills to adults responsible for educational programs for young children with disabilities. The workshops are available at <www.wiu.edu/ectiis/>. Five objectives and their accompanying tasks included accomplishing management activities, identifying workshop content, designing and developing the web site, evaluating the site's usability and effectiveness, and disseminating information. Technology supports adult learning and functions both as a delivery system and a content area (Imel, 1998). On any given day, one million adult Internet users …

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