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EDUCATION RESEARCH: Education Should Improve Assessmentsof R&D Centers, Regional Labs, and Comprehensive Centers
The Congress and the administration have emphasized the importance of a scientifically sound research base to improve teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. To develop this research base and promote the use of research-based practices, the Department of Education (Education) is charged with sponsoring research and developing and disseminating research-based activities, such as technical […]
World’s Foremost Digital Learning Adventure Goes Live From Alaska
EDS (NYSE: EDS) is preparing to take more than a million students from all corners of the globe on a virtual field trip to the frozen Alaskan ice pack. Using the latest digital learning technologies, EDS will help fourth through ninth graders in North America, Europe and Asia take part in a collaborative, online learning […]
Point and Click Gradebook Management
Managing grades, assignments and students takes time. With MicroGrade, instructors can add hours to their day by computerizing the grading and reporting process, posting secure grade and assignment information to our web servers with WebGrade and e-mailing messages to students and/or their parents.
The Virtual Chautauqua
Before Monday Night Football, before talk radio, before web surfing and chat rooms, there was Chautauqua. At the turn of the century, there were more than 10,000 Chautauqua venues in small towns and rural areas across the United States.
AAU/ARL German Resources Project Invites Libraries to Register for Xipolis Online Reference
The German Resources Project is now accepting registrations from its membership for online access to 18 standard German reference works.
The Technology Source: January/February Issue
The purpose of The Technology Source (ISSN 1532-0030), a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical published by the Michigan Virtual University, is to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and into managing educational organizations.
Nuremberg trial records and papers of famed WWII general come to Cornell University
Many of the personal papers and records kept by Gen. William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan during the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals are now housed in the Cornell Law Library, where they will be accessible to researchers, thanks to the efforts of New York lawyer and Cornell alumnus Henry Korn.
Syllabus Magazine January 2002
Highlights of this month’s issue: OpenCourseWare: Simple Idea, Profound Implications – Phillip D. Long A New Methodology for Evaluation: The Pedagogical Rating of Online Courses – Nishikant Sonwalkar Collaborating to Create Narrative Case Studies – Elizabeth M. Torcivia, Meryl M. Picard, Paul Younghouse Read the entire magazine here
Book Review: Lessig’s Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Reviewed By: Kimberly Hall Lawrence Lessig’s book, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (1999) reveals the regulability of the Internet and the online experience. With stories and engaging examples, Lessig details how the Internet is regulable through architecture, code, law and social influences while emphasizing that regulability is critical to maximize the Internet’s benefits. This […]