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Download full textCosgrove, Maryellen S. – 2002
This digest focuses on the advantages of distance learning (DL) in teacher preparation, explaining that teacher candidates need to be ready to embrace rapidly changing technologies throughout their careers. Teacher education programs can extend the traditional uses of DL by bringing campus-based courses into school-based classrooms, expanding…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Eisenberg, Michael B. – 1992
Long distance, or wide area, computer networking can change teaching and learning dramatically. Teachers and students with access to a computer, a modem, and phone lines are freed from the physical limits of a school building and time schedules. They can communicate with peers and gain access to electronic resources, making individualized…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
Abdal-Haqq, Ismat – 1995
This digest outlines salient characteristics of teacher-led research and its benefits to teachers and students. A discussion of selected resources for teacher researchers, which are available through various components of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), follows the overview. Effective teacher research is an empowering…
Descriptors: Action Research, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Research
Kerka, Sandra – 1996
Some of the newest methods of distance learning (DL) use the Internet and the World Wide Web. DL on the Internet usually takes one of the following forms: electronic mail; bulletin boards/newsgroups; downloading of course materials or tutorials; interactive tutorials on the Web; real-time, interactive conferencing; "intranets" (internal,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Roempler, Kimberly S.; Warren, Charles R. – 1993
Formerly reserved for use by scientists, researchers, and computer buffs, computer networks now have capabilities that make them extremely useful to science teachers and their classes. This digest is designed to provide educators with some basic background on computer communications and to provide a few examples of computer networks that are…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
Burnett, Gary – 1994
By 1992, according to a study by the Council of Chief State School Officers, more than 3.5 million computers were in U.S. elementary and secondary schools--a ratio of one computer for every 13 students. In addition, 99 percent of all schools across the country reported that they provide their students with some access to computers. Sometimes…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
