The Open University of Catalonia (UOC) was established as public, online university and thus has grown quickly with the global interest in online courses. However, like other dedicated distance-education institutions, UOC has had challenges adapting to MOOCs, and the emergent world of Web 2.0 learning technologies. To meet these challenges, UOC…

The necessity to adjust to the prerequisites of the knowledge based society and economy brought about the need for lifelong learning for all in Asian communities. The concept of lifelong learning stresses that learning and education are related to life as a whole - not just to work - and that learning throughout life is a continuum that should run…

The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are proud to celebrate a fifth round of the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. For the past five years, we have collaborated to highlight the work of quality afterschool programs that support children, families and communities across the nation. This compendium is a compilation of four…

A brief description of Israel's educational system including applications of audiovisual aids and educational technology. (AK)

Presented is the final report of the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped, a facility designed to provide a setting where educators of the handicapped and technologists can create, develop, and validate new instructional tools and techniques as part of the instructional technology activities of the Bureau of…

The report to Congress describes the activities of the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped (NCEMMH). Following an introductory section on the history of the center are sections which cover the following program components: the relationship of NCEMMH to Specialized Offices and Areal Learning Resource Centers;…

A year-by-year sketch of the development and implementation of the dial access system for instructional support and enrichment at Oral Roberts University is presented. After this, the learning systems and facilities which utilize the electronic educational media are described. Two organization charts of the university are given. (WH)

The report summarizes major program accomplishments of the Northwest Area Learning Resource Center (NALRC) in providing media, materials, and educational technology support services to handicapped children and their teachers in its 10 states and territories. Program development accomplishments in Area One included assisting states in local and…

Explained are the ways in which components of the Learning Resource Centers program are facilitating the use of new educational technology in education programs for handicapped persons. (GW)

Describes Collin County Community College's commitment to an active/experiential learning philosophy and the role of the college's learning resources center (LRC) in promoting learner-centered education and lab experiences throughout the curriculum. Discusses the LRC's Alternative Learning Center, which uses computers and other technology to…

Lists 100 specialists from libraries, instructional media centers, and computer labs in schools across the country and their projects or achievements using educational technologies during this past school year. (Author/LRW)

Evergreen State College is an unprecedented flexible, sophisticated educational instrument designed to avoid depersonalization. Students are treated as responsible adults and are expected to work closely, as colleagues, with their teachers. Curriculum planning reflects the belief that graduates would change their career pattern and life styles at…

Discusses the library media program for the Duneland (Indiana) school district, two-time winner of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Library Media Program of the year Award, 1973 and 1993. Highlights personnel, staff development, budgets, student access, library collections, technology, Internet and filtering policies,…

At Virginia Highlands Community College (VHCC), institutional assessment activities were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Academic and Instructional Support Services (AISS) division, a non-academic unit which includes the Library for archival/retrieval purposes, the Learning Lab for the testing and learning center, and Instructional…