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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Downey, Greg; Gray, Tonia – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Web 2.0 technologies create opportunities for distance learning with particular promise for students while they are on international exchange. The current generation of students departing for study abroad is electronically literate or "digital natives", who have thoroughly integrated internet and communication technologies into their daily lives.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Publishing
Taylor, Nicole; Gray, Tonia; Birrell, Carol – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Today's Western culture is characterized by high technology, time compression and a disconnection from the natural world. What happens when a group of young adult students who are firmly embedded within this world, embark on a 6-day unassisted wilderness experience? When divorced from the structural support of the everyday, and placed in an…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Environmental Education, Young Adults, Influence of Technology