Brics and clicks - Mary Bold, Lillian Chenoweth, Nirisha K.Garimella
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Projections for the global economy frequently center on the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and
China. As futurists and economists alike define and re-define both formal and informal coalitions (for
example, by broadening the R in BRIC to include all Eastern European economies or instead re-directing
the discussion to G-8 countries or to World Trade Organization members), the education profiles of the
individual nations sometimes resemble economic indicators: what is imported, what is exported, and what
is the potential for expansion. Higher education, and specifically distance learning (the Clicks element of
this paper), can already be charted in these terms for some nations. This paper describes the current role
of distance learning in countries described as growing economies and proposes a typology for describing
change as additional data become available. The paper informs readers of global developments in distance
education, using the BRIC nations as examples.
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cross-border education, globalization, BRIC, GATS, internationalization, distance learning, access, right to education
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Bringing the real world of science to
children: a partnership of the
American Museum of Natural History
and the City University of New York
- Anthony G. Picciano, Robert V. Steiner
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Every child has a right to an education. In the United States, the issue is not necessarily about access to a
school but access to a quality education. With strict compulsory education laws, more than 50 million
students enrolled in primary and secondary schools, and billions of dollars spent annually on public and
private education, American children surely have access to buildings and classrooms. However, because
of a complex and competitive system of shared policymaking among national, state, and local
governments, not all schools are created equal nor are equal education opportunities available for the
poor, minorities, and underprivileged. One manifestation of this inequity is the lack of qualified teachers
in many urban and rural schools to teach certain subjects such as science, mathematics, and technology.
The purpose of this article is to describe a partnership model between two major institutions (The
American Museum of Natural History and The City University of New York) and the program designed
to improve the way teachers are trained and children are taught and introduced to the world of science.
These two institutions have partnered on various projects over the years to expand educational
opportunity especially in the teaching of science. One of the more successful projects is Seminars on
Science (SoS), an online teacher education and professional development program, that connects teachers
across the United States and around the world to cutting-edge research and provides them with powerful
classroom resources. This article provides the institutional perspectives, the challenges and the strategies
that fostered this partnership.
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science education, teacher education, pre-service, in-service, teacher shortage, distance learning, online learning, blended learning, multimedia
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La scolarisation des enfants du voyage au Centre national d’enseignement à distance - Elisabeth Clanet dit Lamanit
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Over the past twenty years, a European structure has been set up, aimed at the
academic training of Roma and Travellers, including the use of distance education ; its
objective is to remedy the difficulties experienced by these populations, who are often
disregarded, and whose access to social rights and benefits was – and remains – a problem.
Cned – Centre national d’enseignement à distance – has developed a number of tailored
programmes to enable youngsters from Traveller families to access education.
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Roma, Travellers, Gypsies, distance learning, Jenish, illteracy
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Formation documentaire en République
Démocratique du Congo.
Développer à distance les capacités d’accès à
l’information scientifique.
- Motonobu Kasajima, Bernard Pochet
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This paper describes the methods and principles for an implementation of Information
retrieval courses for Congolese post graduate students via e-learning. Through a training
strategy using two different scenarios, the authors present the cumulative results of an
experimental information literacy training and assess the interest of articulating face to face
activities and distance learning.
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library, information retrieval, university, distance learning, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Determined to learn: accessing education despite life-threatening disasters
- Claudine SchWeber, Ph.D.
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The ‘right to education’ proclaimed by the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights requires access
to learning as well as the support systems. Since access can be interrupted by various circumstances,
the possibility of providing continuity despite external dangers by using online distance education,
offers an intriguing and valuable option. For example, life-threatening disasters, such as war or hurricanes,
can interrupt or halt ongoing higher education coursework. Despite that reality, some students remain
determined to continue the learning. How can institutions respond to this determination fast enough to
be of use and effective enough to maintain their educational reputations? Empire State College’s (New York)
activities in its Lebanon Residence Program after the 2006 war and Xavier University in New Orleans’ actions
in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina provide valuable answers. Together with the unique Sloan Semester—created
to temporarily provide educational continuity for hurricane affected students—these programs also offer lessons
on resilience and survival in a crisis.
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educational access, distance learning, e-learning, higher education and disaster, resilience, sloan semester, educational continuity, crisis management, academic continuity
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