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The word "portal" has become a trendy term when referring to interactive and personalized access to a variety of resources and tools. The question is how to design a portal with a set of resources that changes over time, engages the professional...

This poster session will address the development and implementation of learning objects as an aid for American Sign Language instruction. The learning objects were created in four formats: Web, CD-ROM, knowledge repository, and handheld device to...

As online courses become more prevalent in higher education programs, instructors begin to explore which teaching strategies are more effective to facilitate student learning based on different learning styles. One teaching strategy that is commonly ...

This paper presents a design process for creating learning objects using a variety of software programs. The design process was used in a practicum course offered at a Midwest university in the United States. The course provided an opportunity for...

Given that Latinas/os make up the fastest-growing population group in the U.S., according to the 2000 U.S. Census, classroom teachers increasingly are in need of meaningful resources and learning strategies for students of Latin American heritage....

This study investigated the use of Facebook and Orkut by a group of immigrants in the U.S. with the purpose of understanding if these social networking environments fostered social and cultural identity of participants. Findings suggest that...

Health literacy is often overlooked in the design of educational materials. This paper describes a collaborative instructional design process that used health literacy principles to create a curriculum for caregivers of children with special...

The importance of the concept of presence in online education cannot be ignored. In the online environment, presence takes on new meaning. This paper addresses this new meaning based on the dynamic interplay of thinking, feeling, and creating...