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The horrific events of 9/11 had a great impact on many aspects of culture and society. International education, as with all other global activities, was severely impacted. Travel abroad by U.S. students and educators declined drastically, and...

Teacher educators identify improved learning, increased student enrollment, and program revenues (the opportunity to tap into a 400-million Internet user pool of potential students) as reasons for developing online teacher education programs. The...

The Third International Mathematics and Science Survey (1995) and subsequent studies have thoroughly documented the woefully inadequate science preparation of U.S. teachers. This paper presents a potential solution to this problem that is based on...

Problem-based learning is an increasing popular approach to teaching and learning with demonstrated effectiveness in traditional face-to-face courses. This paper will describe the process of re-designing a traditional (print-based) problem-based...

The unchanging organizational and communication structures of most traditional college and universities fail to support faculty members engaged in distance education endeavors. Institutions of higher education are implementing distance education...

The seminal work of L.S. Vygotsky - a theory of learning as a collaborative socio/cultural/historical activity - was conducted in the early 20th century, and has been expanded and clarified by many researchers since. Many current educational...

The use of course management systems (CMS) as tools to develop and deliver distance learning materials has greatly facilitated the growth of distance learning in higher education. However, the CMS structure reinforces the concept of the course as a...

Distance learning presents unique challenges for the supervision of the field experiences of students in teacher education programs. This paper will explore ways in which various new technologies (e.g., voice over IP, blogs, instant text and voice...

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has had a significant impact on student learning, including some unintended consequences. This paper will discuss some of the changes in classroom practice that impact a broad range of learning. A research...

The globalization of commerce, communications, cultures, and in fact nearly every aspect of our lives has dramatically increased in recent times. The impact of globalization-related factors on education is also growing rapidly. Traditional...

Abstract. Project-based learning in an online environment poses particular challenges in the areas of collaboration, academic reinforcement and ongoing assessment. This paper discusses the student and the instructor perspectives, vis-a-vis issues...

This paper will present and analyze the next phase of a three-year project to use existing and emerging technologies to engage K-12 teachers and their students in authentic, continuing global awareness/global learning experiences. In this phase,...

Building on previous work on teaching science concepts online, this paper will describe a recent exploratory project to develop and apply a Vygotsky-based learning model to mathematics learning in a distance education course. The paper will describe ...

Abstract: Traditionally, the purpose of schooling has been to promote and extend a society's culture and values and prepare students to become contributing members of the economic system that supports that society. This paper discusses the current...

This paper will describe how faculty, advisors, and graduate students used various technologies to support international co-op internships for an M.S. Program in Global and International Education. We will discuss the lessons learned (by students...

To prepare students to compete in a global marketplace, schools must offer a curriculum that reflects current technologies and a globalized world. Unfortunately, the Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) used to guide technology use in most school...

This paper will describe a curriculum development project to integrate the concepts of global awareness and sustainability to broaden and enhance students’ understanding of both concepts. The paper will describe the integration of a sustainability...

This paper will describe a curriculum development project to integrate the concepts of global awareness and sustainability to broaden and enhance students’ understanding of both concepts. The paper will describe the integration of a sustainability...

Abstract: This paper will discuss the interim results of an initial study of 7 school districts’ acceptable use policies (AUP) as they relate to markers of sustainability. The study focuses on the development and implementation of district’s AUPs,...