Because of serious economic recessions, adult educators are casting about for a unified philosophical core to justify their existence. The Russell report and Venables report attempt to justify adult education. Different interpretations of need entail radically opposing educational concepts. If the formal education concept cannot rest on a unified…

The behaviorism of traditional education is contrasted with the humanism of open education. Interaction between the two approaches will result in new models of instruction based on intellectual and humane grounds. (JMF)

Discusses the secondary status in teaching history in relation to contemporary emphasis on values, self-esteem, and attitude. Explains how this has taken place and proposes returning content to a primary position by teaching history as a usable past. (CK)

Despite criticism, lecture continues to be a major instructional method in higher education. Discusses characteristics of effective lectures and variations of lecture presentation using electronic mail, multimedia, the World Wide Web, and CD-ROMs. Argues that lectures provide a sense of place and community and that technology can mediate human…

Examines the ways in which a higher education classroom that used Web-based technology as a supplement to a regularly scheduled classroom-based course addressed issues of learning and learning-centered education. Suggests the need to create learning-centered environments supported by technology, not driven by it, and discusses future…

A control group of 13 extension agents received traditional inservice training; 13 others used an interactive website. No posttest differences were found based on training method or level of computer anxiety at the knowledge level of Bloom's taxonomy. At the application level, the traditional group had higher scores. (Contains 27 references.) (SK)

Discusses the training needs of preservice and inservice teachers to become successful in making the transition from face-to-face instruction to distance education. Recommends a transitional stage, using modules to scaffold student learning, and describes a course of study that included four projects using the Internet and Web sites. (LRW)

Reports on the New World Learning Symposium held in London in November, 2001 that discussed new learning technologies. Highlights include student preferences in distance education; developments in the United Kingdom and other countries; combining Web-based learning with traditional face-to-face classes and videoconferencing; and corporate…

A critical examination is made of the central thesis of "Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know" that the acculturative responsibility of American formal education is an essential teaching obligation and each American child should become culturally literate. (JD)

Discusses the "hidden" ideology in traditional bibliographic instruction's treatment of intellectual property rights and copyright laws, and suggests that protection of these rights constitutes a form of stealing thoughts and ideas that should belong to the public. Reactions from two librarians who defend the current bibliographic…

Examines the relationship between instructional design (ID) activities and perceived project success. Analysis was based on interviews with 40 practicing instructional designers involved in 77 ID projects. Results indicate that designers don't implement all the ID activities prescribed by traditional models and that certain activities are…

Assesses the impact of computer-assisted psychoeducation of psychiatric inpatients as a complement to traditional classroom lectures. Subjects who received computer-assisted psychoeducation were found to have higher test-passing rates and lower rates of absenteeism than subjects who received cognitive training on the computers. (Author/AEF)

Presents steps taken in planning, implementing, and evaluating a descriptive study that compares student approaches to learning in two settings: (1) a traditional university class with face-to-face instruction; and (2) a distance education course. A discussion and figures analyze student responses to questionnaires and interviews concerning…

Discusses fair use guidelines based on the Copyright Act of 1976 and their applications to distance education issues. Topics include concerns of users and publishers, copyright permission that is needed for distance education and not for traditional instruction, multimedia fair use guidelines, and licensing systems. (LRW)

Compares distance education using PictureTel, a compressed-digital-video system via telephone lines (audio and visual interactive communication) in terms of its costs and effectiveness with traditional in-class education. Costing less than half the traditional approach, the study suggested distance education would be economical if used frequently.…