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UNESCO has declared `education for all’ as a goal, and even thought it may take many decades to achievd that objective, much is now underway to accomplish it. The development for everyone in the world of adequate lifelong education needed for the information age requires large-scale research and experimentation of a scope–like that spent on […]
The United Nations Cyberschoolbus was created in 1996 as the online education component of the Global Teaching and Learning Project, whose mission is to promote education about international issues and the United Nations. The Global Teaching and Learning Project produces high quality teaching materials and activities designed for educational use (at primary, intermediate and secondary […]
Work on a new, online edition of the presidential papers of Abraham Lincoln officially commenced on November 21, 2001 when Dr. Robert Gruber began reviewing the letters of Union soldiers in the Military Records Division of the National Archives. Gruber is part of a team of search specialists recruited to begin combing the files relating […]
Craig Gibson, associate university librarian, George Mason University, will be featured in a Webcast on "Information Literacy and Collaborative Change" on Tuesday, February 19, at 2:00 p.m. (EST). Registration is free. How can faculty, librarians, educational technologists, and others collaborative to create a culture of learning, with information literacy as the linchpin? How can information […]
IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line is your direct link to over 9,000 colleges and universities in the United States. The database has just been updated to include price information for 2001 and degree information for the 2000-2001 school year. If you are thinking about a large university, a small liberal arts college, a specialized college, a […]
Using the 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty, this report examines who, among postsecondary faculty and staff, were more likely to teach various types of distance education classes. It also explores how those who taught such classes differed from those who did not in terms of workload, compensation, interaction with students, classroom practices, and job […]
To celebrate Guglielmo Marconi’s first radio broadcast 100 years ago, the folks at CBC Radio have created the Global Sampler, a cool tool that turns your keyboard into an arty convergence of sound and vision. http://www.tuningtheworld.com/center.cfm
Over the past decade, thousands of Latinos seeking a better life have migrated to Midwestern states like Kentucky, which offers low-paying jobs in the tobacco, manufacturing and horseracing industries. However, as these Latino communities have swelled, so too has the xenophobia and discrimination they face. Eren McGinnis and Ari Palos’ BEYOND THE BORDER, airing nationally […]
The Independent Television Service itvs.org)debuts the companion website to the documentary OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Transracial Adoption in America (www.itvs.org/outsidelookingin, airing on public television stations beginning this February. OUTSIDE LOOKING IN looks at three families facing the challenges of transracial adoption. The program supplies a voice to those directly affected by adoption policies and explores larger […]
The Health InterNetwork was created to bridge the “digital divide” in health, ensuring that relevant information – and the technologies to deliver it – are widely available and effectively used by health personnel: professionals, researchers and scientists, and policy makers.