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Connecting to Our Community: Utilizing Photovoice as a Pedagogical Tool to Connect College Students to Science
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Cook, Kristin; Quigley, Cassie – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
In this study, we investigated the ways in which university students connected with science through the use of photovoice (Wang & Burris, 1994) as a pedagogical tool. Results indicated that students came to appreciate their connections to the science that operates in their lives as they reflected on and became empowered with regard to the…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Science Education, Science Teachers, Local Issues
Equity Considerations for Open Educational Resources in the Glocalization of Education
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Willems, Julie; Bossu, Carina – Distance Education, 2012
Open educational resources (OER) have become new buzzwords in the glocalization of education. While OER are often espoused as enabling educational equity, the reality is not always the case. Looking only at the positives of new educational methods can mask perpetuating challenges, which makes the open aspect of OER a misnomer. Taking an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Resources, Educational Methods
Visions: Reflections on the Past, Predictions of the Future
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Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2005
To mark New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE) 50th anniversary year, "Connection" invited a small group of visionary commentators to submit short "statements" on the future of New England's economic and civic development, tomorrow's technologies and the changing shape of higher education. This article includes the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Demography, Futures (of Society), Economic Development