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When His Roster Outgrew His Classroom, This Prof Mastered Modular Online Curriculum

Edsurge

Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available. Different students have different approaches to learning, he says.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund – Educational Technology State Grants Program (Review Copy) (American Institutes for Research, 2002) **Note: Despite the fact that the report was conducted under the direction of the U.S. Department of Education video.

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School of Dreams

A Principal's Reflections

After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. An entire staff that believes in the power of being connected and the importance of having a Personal Learning Network ( PLN ). As many people know I am originally from the Northeastern part of the United States.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The web was increasing its use of graphics, but had barely adopted video.

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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

. — Inside a rural high school, five Advanced Placement physics students furiously scribbled notes about a video of a Yale University professor speaking more than 1,200 miles away. When the lecture ended, they had yet another to chance to learn: A physics video chat with their tutor, a sophomore physics major at Yale.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

van Dijk, 2002) or simply another phase in its relentless progress. Personally, I find myself in agreement with Brian Winston (2003), preferring to view social applications as a facet of gradual evolution rather than symptoms of sudden revolution. BMC Medical Education 6, 41. O''Reilly, T. What is Web 2.0. O''Reilly Media. van Dijk, J.

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How fifth graders see the world in 20 years

The Hechinger Report

Chandler Stark, 11, is looking forward to composing music for TV shows and video games when he grows up. Chandler hopes to one day compose music for TV shows and video games. Caden Sorensen, 10, is most concerned about the future environment. The time to fix it is now,” he said of air and water pollution. It’s not going to fix itself.”

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