Sex offenders have used the Internet to identify and contact minors for sexual exploitation (Armagh, 1998; Hernandez, 2000; Lamb, 1998; Lanning, 1998). Yet little is known about how these individuals select their online victims. In order to gain a better understanding of this behavior, the online activity of 31 men who perpetrated or attempted to…

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is currently used in language teaching as a bridge for the development of written and spoken skills [Kern, R., 1995. "Restructuring classroom interaction with networked computers: effects on quantity and characteristics of language production." "The Modern Language Journal" 79, 457-476]. Within CMC…

Despite emphasis and progress in developing collaborative inquiry in computer-supported collaborative learning research, little attention has been given to examining how collective learning can be assessed in computer-supported collaborative learning classrooms, and how students can have agency in assessing their own collaborative process. We…

A facilitator or moderator is often responsible for supporting processes and their progress in learning communities. In this article we present an approach for supporting moderators of asynchronous processes in learning communities. This approach follows the socio-technical perspective: it includes a theory-based development of moderator tasks and…

In this article, we explore how members of a teacher conversation group, focused on primary students' learning, circulated and instantiated a cultural model of what teaching for literacy meant and how young children learned. We show how, over time, particular discourses around literacy as a quantifiable and measurable skill populated teachers',…

These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…

This document is designed to promote constructive dialogue about racial problems and solutions. Because racial conflict remains the single greatest obstacle for urban economic growth and political harmony, it is necessary to find common ground for solutions to racial inequality and conflict by opening lines of communication between blacks and…

A study examined the different degrees of satisfaction with the nominal group technique (NGT) felt by policymakers and change agents with differing professional backgrounds and responsibilities who participated in nominal groups. A total of 206 participants at four conferences at Texas A&M University (international food and water policy, Texas…

The paper examines the suitability and effectiveness of the radio study group campaigns. The radio programs combine written study materials and group discussion under the guidance of a trained study leader. Ideological and pedagogical rationales, educational impact, coordination of resources, cost, and its success with illiteracy are discussed.…

An address on "Public Confidence in Higher Education" by the chairman of the board of the Bank of America opended the 1970 Lake Arrowhead Conference of Southern California and Arizona community college superintendents and presidents. A summary of this speech and the questions and answers that followed it are included here. Comments from conference…

This publication is a compilation of the addresses and reports presented at the twenty-first annual meeting of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) held at Detroit, Michigan, in 1973. The materials were assembled from advance texts and abstracts presented by the program speakers and from on-the-spot reports from many of the panel…

The National Congress of American Indians staged a major panel discussion which focused around recent federal actions pressuring or threatening to pressure Indians to quantify their water rights. (RTS)

A teacher seminar focusing on children's thinking is reviewed. The seminar operates in teachers' homes and emphasizes group discussion and exchange of experiences. (DS)

Focus is on opportunities for participant personal growth and development with emphases on: (1) contradictions implicit in values/feelings exploration in an evaluative academic context; (2) conflict between leaders' needs and participants' needs; and (3) the issue of coleadership. (Author/MJB)