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Weeks, Kerri – ARIS Resources Bulletin, 2001
Two Australian agencies planned, developed, piloted, and evaluated an online resource for teaching independent living skills to adult students with a mild intellectual disability using technology and the Internet. The resource, called Life Online, is a package of support resource materials tested in regional classrooms in Victoria, Australia.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Budgeting
Bickart, Toni S.; Jablon, Judy R.; Dodge, Diane Trister – 1999
Addressed primarily to elementary school teachers working with children in grades one through three and grounded in developmentally appropriate practice, this book provides a practical framework for making teaching effective and learning meaningful for children in these early grades. Chapters in Part 1 of the book each present one of six teaching…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education
Reynolds, Joan – 2002
Industry representatives and academicians alike have long recognized that many business school graduates lack the international business management skills that have become critical since the expansion of global markets. One proposal to address this lack is to have U.S. liberal arts programs incorporate international business elements into their…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Change Strategies, Colleges, Computer Uses in Education
Carney, Thomas Q., Ed.; Luedtke, Jacqueline R., Ed.; Johnson, Jeffrey A., Ed. – Collegiate Aviation Review, 1999
This document, published annually, contains six papers devoted to aviation education. "Enhancing Global Competitiveness: Benchmarking Airline Operational Performance in Highly Regulated Environments" (Brent D. Bowen, Dean Headley, Karisa D. Kane, Rebecca K. Lutte) outlines a model to help policymakers and others evaluate the effects of…
Descriptors: Airports, Aviation Education, Aviation Technology, College Faculty
Van Dusen, Gerald C. – 2000
This book examines the promise and some of the perils of the new digital age in higher education. It addresses how cost and affordability impact on universal access, noting that current virtual and distance education options will result in a digital divide. The book advocates removing barriers to higher education in order to make digitized…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
Booker, Di – 2000
This booklet, which is intended for general readers wishing to understand important trends in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia, provides an overview of the basic issues in online delivery of VET. The following topics are discussed in the booklet's first six sections: (1) basic principles of online delivery; (2) benefits and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Uses in Education, Delivery Systems
Language Australia, Melbourne (Victoria). Adult Education Resource and Information Service. – 2001
The adult literacy community is undergoing a period of rapid change due to the expanding role of information and communication technologies (ICT). Developments in instructional and educational design and enhanced technical capabilities have impacted on the range of online learning being offered. The online learning environment has evolved into a…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
2002
These papers examine various perspectives on the gender debate in education: (1) "'Too Strong for a Woman': The Five Words That Created Title IX" (Bernice R. Sandler); (2) "Feminists Discover the Hidden Injuries of Coeducation" (David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot); (3) "Images of Relationship" (Carol Gilligan); (4)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Bullying, Coeducation
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Thurston, Thomas J. – Social Education, 1996
Briefly describes a World Wide Web site developed in conjunction with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and IBM. The New Deal Network is seen as being more than an online photographic archive. It will include online essays, discussion groups, and teaching guides. The Web site is http://newdeal.marist.edu. (MJP)
Descriptors: Archives, Business Cycles, Capitalism, Computer Networks
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Pemberton, Lyn; Fallahkhair, Sanaz; Masthoff, Judith – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
Interactive television (iTV) is a new media technology that has great potential for supporting second language learning, particularly for independent adult learners. It has many characteristics demanded by modern second language (L2) learning theories and is technologically quite sophisticated. However, in order for it to succeed it needs to fit…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Focus Groups, Second Language Learning, Adult Learning
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Riel, Margaret; Schwarz, Jennifer; Hitt, Amy – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2002
Closing the digital divide requires much more than buying equipment, it requires increasing the knowledge and skills of teachers using the technology, and access to digital tools in the community. In such a larger system of change, technology can serve as a catalyst for increasing teacher and student learning. The Anaheim City School District…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Access to Computers, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Kruse, Darryn – 1996
Recognizing the necessity of examining the needs of early adolescents and changing the focus of middle grades education in Australia, this report describes the findings from the Northcote Network of Schools, 8 primary and 2 secondary schools collaborating to develop continuity and coherence across grades 5 through 8. The paper outlines activities…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Duke Univ., Durham, NC. Medical Center. – 1997
Shortened versions of papers from a symposium on literacy and disabilities are provided. Paper topics include: (1) a literacy bill of rights; (2) balanced instruction for diverse learners; (3) historical trends in vocabulary selection; (4) inclusive/collaborative service delivery for language/learning disabled school-age children; (5) literacy,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Computer Uses in Education
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1993
The Office of Technology Assessment reviewed the nation's literacy problem and the current and potential impact of using technologies in adult literacy programs. Data were collected from 2 workshops, 155 contributors and reviewers, 60 existing literacy programs, and 6 contractor reports. The information is summarized in this eight-chapter report.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Smith, Mary Oakes; Bradsher, Monica – 1998
"Global outreach" refers to the international delivery of education, health, public information, commercial, and other services using appropriate communications technology. International organizations are partnering in various ways with developing-country governments, private companies, local communities, and non-governmental…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Appropriate Technology, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
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