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Locating Narratives in Postmodern Spaces: A Cyber Ethnographic Field Study of Informal Music Learning in Online Community
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Waldron, Janice – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2011
Once an area of debate, there is now general consensus among media and social science researchers that online communities represent community in the traditional sense of the term, albeit with some important epistemological differences. If one considers online communities as genuine functioning communities situated in a legitimate cultural context,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Informal Education, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
The New Postsecondary Landscape
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Sandeen, Cathy – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2013
In this essay, Cathy Sandeen states that the new postsecondary landscape requires looking at higher education as a system that provides multiple pathways in and through the various parts of the system, all with the goal of helping students complete a postsecondary degree, credential, or certificate. Sandeen observes two strengths in professional…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Public Education, Higher Education
Findings from an Independent Evaluation of the AMNH's Online Seminars on Science Course: "In the Field with Spiders"
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Inverness Research, 2008
Inverness Research studied the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Seminars on Science program for eight years, from its inception in 1998 to 2006. This paper presents teacher survey ratings for "In the Field with Spiders," along with the profile of a teacher who took the course. Course takers report on the annual follow-up surveys…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Course Evaluation, Museums