Though open educational resources (OER) promise to transform the conditions for teaching and learning worldwide, there are many barriers to the full realization of this vision. Among other things, much of what is currently considered "free and open" is legally, technically, and/or culturally incompatible. Herein, the authors give a brief history…

The new English version of the first five volumes of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia is reviewed. (PF)

Contradictions and discrepancies in various encyclopedias are used to point out that one should not believe everything they read.

Reviews thirteen 1978 edition encyclopedias: Book of Art, Britannica Jr., Britannica 3, Childcraft, Collier's, Compton's. Encyclopedia Americana, Funk & Wagnalls, Merit Students, New Caton, Random House, New Standard, and World Book. (SB)

Provides brief company profiles and describes sales methods and electronic publishing ventures for six encyclopedia publishers: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.; World Book; Grolier; the P.F. Collier encyclopedia division of Macmillan Publishing; Funk & Wagnalls; and Standard Educational Corp. (MES)

In this paper, we report on survey and focus group data relating to the activities and perceptions of learning with Web 2.0 technologies of students aged between 11 and 16 years in 27 UK secondary schools. The study confirms that these learners had high levels of access to Web 2.0 technologies and that Web 2.0 activities were prolific. However,…

It's the first day of the "Animals" unit for Tami Brester's third-grade class and the first day her students are using Glossopedia, a free online multimedia science encyclopedia. But you wouldn't know that from observing the kids, who are excitedly researching animals on the internet. This is inquiry-based learning of a special kind, incorporating…

This book contains nearly 2,700 quotations related to education in all its traditional and non-traditional forms and spanning over 3,000 years. It is organized alphabetically by topic, with over 400 topics from "abacus" to "youth." The quotations come from over 1,300 authors, including ancient oriental philosophers, Greek and…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE BEGINNING THEIR STUDY OF HUNGARIAN LITERATURE OR UNDERTAKING RESEARCH IN THE SUBJECT. THE FIRST SECTION, "SECONDARY SOURCES," LISTS 774 ANNOTATED ENTRIES IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES--(I) BIBLIOGRAPHIES, (II) GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS, (III) HUNGARIAN DICTIONARIES,…

Compares the treatment of one popular subject, dogs, in four encyclopedias, and advocates multiple encyclopedias in schools and homes. (MB)

This article lists seventy-eight reference sources, and is divided into the following four sections: (1) Useful But Little-Known Reference Tools by John Fetros, (2) The Statesman's Year-Book by James Becker, (3) Single Volume Scientific Encyclopedias by Jack Clarke and (4) Ten Basic Sources of Business and Economic Statistics by James Woy. (MF)

Discusses the history, editors, and contributors of the first encyclopedia, which appeared in Europe in the eighteenth century. Describes two articles contained in that publication that stand out above the others. (HTH)

Reviews the 1994 edition of "The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia" which is available on CD-ROM. Topics addressed include video files; content; ease of use; system requirements; cost; and print capabilities. (LRW)