Education has undergone numerous radical changes as the digital era has transformed the way we as humans communicate, inform ourselves, purchase goods, and perform other mundane chores at home and at work. Social media is one of those phenomena that has affected not only society at large but has heavily influenced educational processes around the…

Different regions of the world are making increasing demands for educational reform, especially when institutions are dissatisfied with the level of proficiency of their graduates. Since the realization of how important English education is to global success, reform to English education is becoming progressively vital in societies all over the…

Online learning is growing rapidly as states and districts are creating new online schools, and existing programs are adding new courses and students. The growth reflects the spreading understanding that online courses and programs can serve a wide variety of students and needs. These include: (1) Creating opportunities for small and rural school…

This examination of the knowledge base needed for professional careers in the subject control of information identifies some of the problems involved in educating and training graduates for working in this area and poses some solutions to these problems. (Author/CLB)

This document contains the proceedings of the annual conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAEE). The conference featured seven keynote addresses and invited speakers, multiple workshops, panels, symposia, and contributed presentations. The first section of this document contains the speeches delivered by the…

The conference described in this document featured keynote addresses, two workshops, symposia, and contributed presentations. This document contains the extended abstracts of the conference presentations, and symposia. Topics of the papers and symposia of this conference cover the areas of: (1) the relationship between environmental education and…

This document contains the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAEE). The conference featured 10 keynote addresses and invited speakers, multiple workshops, panels, and symposia, and over 120 contributed presentations. The document contains 10 chapters, the first of which contains the…

Two previous papers of the Learning in Science Project recorded the thinking of the project team at the outset of the exploratory and in-depth phases of the project. This paper briefly reconsiders the work done in the in-depth phase and then discusses some central issues and tentative ideas as the project moves into the third and final…

Describes a project-based distance learning course design in an open university course. Discusses approaches to course design in distance learning and suggests that students are not as easily manipulated by instructional devices as course designers may think. (CFR)

Policy issues and their implications in the introduction of computer technology in the Northwest and Pacific schools are examined. Eight issues, focused on instructional uses of computer technology, are covered. (1) Establishing an overall state education agency (SEA) position will set the tone for statewide development of instructional…