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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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Wasted on the Young? Comparing the Performance and Attitudes of Younger and Older US Adults in an Online Class on Geographic Information
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DiBiase, David; Kidwai, Khusro – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
This study investigates the counter-intuitive observation that older students tend to thrive better than younger students in online classes. We use a variety of measures to compare performance and attitudes of undergraduates and continuing adult professionals in separate but nearly identical class sections led by the same instructor at a US…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Online Courses, Older Adults
Gauging Disciplinary Engagement with Internationalization: A Survey of Geographers in the United States
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Ray, Waverly; Solem, Michael – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2009
As higher education institutions worldwide seek to internationalize academic programmes, questions arise as to how institutions can effectively involve and support faculty in that process. The present study rests on the premise that professional development can play a decisive role in advancing two important components of…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Professional Development, Higher Education, Organizational Climate