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Download full textMoore, Michael Grahame – 2003
This document reviews the history of distance education (DE) in the United States beginning with the early years of correspondence study, radio, and television. It chronicles the rise of DE universities internationally, the impact of the Internet and Web-based education, and the emergence of virtual universities. The paper discusses the emergence…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Schools, Distance Education, Educational History
Wall, Janet E. – 2000
Educators have understood the potential of technology in supplementing the instructional process, including the use of technology in the area of assessment. Technology used with good testing practices offers some capabilities that add value to educational assessment. These include: accessibility; immediate feedback; ability to use new assessment…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bias, Confidentiality, Disabilities
Kerka, Sandra – 2000
Howard Gardner and others have continued to expand on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (MI), a broad range of abilities people use to learn, solve problems, and create. Whereas most past studies and practical applications of MI theory have focused on learners in grades K-12, recent projects are extending MI to adult education. For…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Cesarone, Bernard, Ed.; Preece, Laurel, Ed. – ERIC/EECE Newsletter, 1998
This document consists of 10 issues (created over 5 years) of the newsletter of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE). Each issue contains a feature article and one or more short articles on topics related to early childhood education, calls for papers, announcements about Internet resources, news items…
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 1999
Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. ECRP emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Context, Distance Education, Early Childhood Education
