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Open Educational Resources for Professionals: A New Era in the Training and Development of Legislative Counsel
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Dewhurst, Dale; Keyes, John Mark; Zariski, Archie – Journal of Distance Education, 2013
This paper discusses a current project to develop open educational resources (OER) for legislative counsel in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. The project is the latest step in a 20-year old distance education program for those professionals. The paper explores best practices for investment in freely available OER for use by professionals…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Best Practices, Professional Education
Differences in High School and College Students' Basic Knowledge and Perceived Education of Internet Safety: Do High School Students Really Benefit from the Children's Internet Protection Act?
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Yan, Zheng – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA; 2000) requires an Internet filtering and public awareness strategy to protect children under 17 from harmful visual Internet depictions. This study compared high school students who went online with the CIPA restriction and college students who went online without the restriction in order to…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Safety, Internet
Electronic Fences or Free-Range Students? Should Schools Use Internet Filtering Software?
Pownell, David; Bailey, Gerald – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1999
Discusses whether schools should somehow filter the information available to students via the Internet. Highlights include censorship versus an individual's right to information; fear for children's safety as motivation; filtering legislation; deciding what to block; rating Internet sites; filtering options for schools; and recommendations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Soviet Computer Education in Dreams and in Reality.
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Leasure, Robert W. – Computers in the Schools, 1994
Gives an overview of past, present, and future developments of computer use in Soviet education. Emphasis is on new legislation permitting increased interaction between eastern and western parts of the globe which would allow information sharing. Joint partnerships would aid in the manufacturing of computers in sufficient numbers for use in…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education