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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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Project DAVES: An Exploratory Study of Social Presence, E-Mentoring, and Vocational Counseling Support in Community College Courses
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Schrum, Lynne; English, Mary C.; Galizio, Lyndsie M. – Internet and Higher Education, 2012
A FIPSE-funded project was designed to provide support and training to community college faculty electronically, and to develop a model to offer innovative, interactive strategies to support their students' academic and career needs. The goal of the mentoring/coaching program has been to support instructors in their online efforts, provide…
Descriptors: Mentors, Career Counseling, Classroom Environment, College Faculty
Toward Deep Learning for Adult Students in Online Courses
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Ke, Fengfeng; Xie, Kui – Internet and Higher Education, 2009
Adult students have become the new majority in online distance education. Research in online distance education, however, is still predominantly based on the historical perspective of the traditional student profile. This study examines adult students' learning engagement in online courses and explores the impact of online course design models and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Program Effectiveness, Learner Engagement, Models
Using Web 2.0 for Learning in the Community
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Mason, Robin; Rennie, Frank – Internet and Higher Education, 2007
This paper describes the use of a range of Web 2.0 technologies to support the development of community for a newly formed Land Trust on the Isle of Lewis, in NW Scotland. The application of social networking tools in text, audio and video has several purposes: informal learning about the area to increase tourism, community interaction,…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Internet
Design of Online Teacher Professional Development in a Statewide Reading First Professional Development System
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Roskos, Kathleen; Jarosewich, Tania; Lenhart, Lisa; Collins, Linda – Internet and Higher Education, 2007
This study examined the pedagogy of three online teacher professional development (oTPD) modules. Evidence of design features oriented to the "how people learn" framework was the primary research objective. An analytic framework was devised to code knowledge types, levels of cognitive demand, levels of interaction, and sensory details in the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Interaction, Professional Development