The Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) is a statewide education program located in the Midwest of the United States. The goal of the program is to leverage teacher education to improve and increase energy literacy in Wisconsin's K-12 schools as a means of contributing to statewide energy savings. Created in 1995, the program continues…

This article describes the construction process and evaluation of the Agile Constructionist Mentoring Methodology (ACMM), a mentoring method for guiding software development projects in the high school. The need for such a methodology has arisen due to the complexity of mentoring software project development in the high school. We introduce the…

This article presents a design methodology for matching learning tasks with learning technologies. First a working definition of "affordances" is provided based on the need to describe the action potentials of the technologies (utility). Categories of affordances are then proposed to provide a framework for analysis. Following this, a…

We outline the project management tactics that we developed in praxis in order to manage elearning projects and show how our tactics were enhanced through implementing project management techniques from a formal project management methodology. Two key factors have contributed to our project management success. The first is maintaining a clear…

Presents a procedure for curriculum change and textbook adoption using a step-by-step decision-making process. (MD)

Relatively little specific information is available about basic administrative concerns in organizing a group counseling program. This article presents basic methodological issues and provides step-by-step guidelines for initiating a group counseling program, including rationale, pregroup activities, and selection and orientation of group members.…

The Message Delivery System described, a facility that will link automatic bibliographic services and permit the transmission of messages among the various services, is one of the basic requirements for the development of a comprehensive computerized bibliographic system of nationwide scope. The system will enable users of one system to have…

Twelve experts from United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) member countries were invited participants in a meeting which was organized to assess the progress and results of UNESCO's Records and Archives Management Programme (RAMP II) since an organizational meeting in May 1979, and to provide advice for future…

This document contains abstracts from 28 exemplary vocational guidance and counseling projects funded in Virginia during the 1980-81 school year. Of the projects included, nine are designed to increase vocational guidance and counseling for adults, ten are developed to increase vocational guidance and counseling services for handicapped persons,…

A sampling of publications, assessment instruments, institutional resource documents, campus agencies, and human resources that may be useful to academic advisors are examined. The techniques and applications of these materials are also included. (Author/MLW)

There is a lack of systematic methods for effective implementation of meaningful consumer and community participation, which is a major factor contributing to critical deficiencies and imbalances in the planning and implementation of human services programs. A constituency-based approach for the development of service acquisition systems is…

This monograph speaks to the basic problems confronting human services programs, and offers suggestions for improving guidance services. Specific concerns addressed are: (1) the need for more systematic program planning and evaluation; (2) an approach to effective planning and evaluation; (3) development of staff skills for use in the…

A project was undertaken in San Antonio, Texas, to develop a recruitment approach which would be more effective than the traditional mass media approach in recruiting hard-core undereducated individuals into adult education classes. An experiment was designed to test a recruiting method which would employ a personal, face-to-face interview…

Discusses one teacher's conversion to the charter school concept and describes the first year of development and the impact of Boston's only public charter high school. Also discussed are the conflicting imperatives surrounding the one-size-fits-all charter school concept, including using a lottery system for enrollment, handling special education…

This kit is the result of a written request for sample materials from 35 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members known to have active preservation programs. Twenty-three libraries responded, and of those, 16 contributed documents--some of which are included here. This kit contains: four preservation-related policy statements; 32 examples…