Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Collection includes Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, and Paredon record labels. Access the Site
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New Resources Announced by the Jason Project, and the Library of Congress
JASON XIV The Jason Project announced JASON XIV: From Shore to Sea for school year 2002-03. The JASON team will explore the terrestrial and marine ecosystems that extend from California’s coast to the Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary to learn how such systems affect life on our planet. Three New in CyberLC New cybercasts from the […]
ITVS Presents BEYOND THE BORDER- Más Allá de la Frontera
The Independent Television Service itvs.org and PBS.org debuts the companion website to BEYOND THE BORDER http://www.pbs.org/beyondtheborder, a documentary that traces the painful transition made by four sons in the Ayala family who leave their family in Mexico to seek "una vida mejor" (a better life) in Kentucky, where they fight cultural, class and language barriers. […]
Evaluation in Distance Learning: Course Evaluation
If a primary aim of evaluating instruction is to improve the quality and effectiveness of the teaching and learning involved, there are a variety of procedures that can be adopted to inform the activities of those involved in providing and supporting instruction. In this article the authors discuss both formative evaluation and summative evaluation at […]
Evaluation Instruments and Models for Distance Education Materials
The purpose of evaluation is to find out the extent to which the goals or objectives of an educational activity are being achieved. Reiser and Gagne state that selection of media is a “burning” question in order to make instruction optimally effective (1983, p. 3) and they observe that much instruction is not planned to […]
Student Evaluation Of Distance Education
Robert Fox, Anna Boyd & Allan Herrmann Teaching Learning Group Curtin University Table of Contents What did the project hope to achieve? How was the project undertaken? What did the project achieve? What did the project cost? Where to from here? Reference Student Evaluation Of Distance Education
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…stories behind famous events, legends, people, heroes and movies will help you to examine primary source material yourself. After weighing the available evidence, you can reach your own conclusions. Never before in the history of the world have so many primary sources been available for everyone to see. No longer just the province of scholars, […]
Virtual Schools Across America: Trends in K-12 Online Education, 2002
Responding to the need for alternative education, virtual schools are multiplying rapidly across the nation. Many states have taken the lead with virtual school initiatives or are sponsoring virtual schools through various funding sources. The Internet has provided an opportunity for innovative, new, and creative solutions for educating students. It is especially adaptable to personal […]
Call for Papers: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) www.irrodl.org is inviting papers for an upcoming theme issue on "Student Support." This special theme issue is guest edited by Alan Tait, Open University, UK and will be published in April 2003. Papers are invited that address the broad area of student or learner support. […]