Panama Canal - How it Works The Panama Canal is approximately 80 kilometers long between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This waterway was cut through one of narrowest saddles of the isthmus that joins North and South America. This site gives details of the canal's construction and its modern use. An applet demonstrates the physics behind the canals system of locks From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning How good is online education? Debate about the relative quality of Internet-based courses has raged almost since the advent of this new teaching and learning medium. From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
Post School Plans A study completed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) for the Smith Family. (Report released April 2004) Students from low socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to realise their plans for tertiary education when those plans don't initially involve university. The findings contained in this report reveal financial disadvantage is not a barrier to post school study when students opt to study at TAFE or pursue other vocational options. The report 'Post School Plans, aspirations, expectations and implementation' highlights the important role of vocational From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
Examining Post-School Plans and Aspirations (ACER) A study completed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) for the Smith Family has found that family wealth has a weak affect on students' post-school plans. Gender, ability and vocational orientation are the most important factors influencing post-school plans. This ACER page summarises the report. From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
Alice in Wonderland: an Interactive Adventure An interactive website of Java games, word puzzles, and more, featuring the characters from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
Australian Educational Researcher, Vol 31 #2 Aug 2004 A publication of The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE). In this issue: National and Global Competition in Higher Education, Simon Marginson; Wishing for Dragon Children': Ironies and Contradictions in China's Education Reform and the Chinese Diaspora's Disappointments with Australian Education, Jianguo Wu & Michael Singh; Learning Domains and the Process of Creativity, Anna Reid and Peter Petocz; Conceptualisation of a Professional Doctorate Program: Focusing on Practice and Change, Janne Malfroy; Relationships among perceived competence, intrinsic value an From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
ANU E Press ANU E Press allows Internet users to read books in a range of formats online, download an entire book onto a pocket PC or mobile phone, or order a hardcopy that will be professionally printed and delivered to their door. From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
ACU - Aquinas Memorial Lecture, Banyo Library The lectures are listed on the site: Cash, Merit or Scholarship in the 21st Century University, Peter Spearritt; Ecclesia: challenges for Asian Christianity, Peter Phan; Federation, Reconciliation, and the Future, Phil Glendenning; Towards Christian Unity Love Lights the Way, John Vitale; The Pathos and Paternity of God, James Foley; Collective responsibility and reconciliation with Australia's Indigenous peoples, Raimond Gaita; The Challenge of Ethical Health Care Delivery in the Current Economic Climate, M. Avery; Ethics in Public Life, R.S. O'Regan Q.C; Euthanasia: Christian Moral From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
Children and Youth Statistics (ABS) This page provides a guide to ABS and non-ABS data, statistics and information on aspects of children and youth. The page is administered by the National Children and Youth Statistics Unit (NCYSU) on behalf of the many areas of the ABS which produce relevant statistics. From EdNA Online on September 3, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
MarsQuest Online On this site you can explore the Red Planet: fly in 3D, launch a spacecraft, and perform investigations. The site contains images and panoramas from both Rover and Spirit vehicles. From EdNA Online on September 2, 2004 at 11:43 p.m..
Adobe Digital Kids Club Welcome to the fun, exciting world of digital photography. Here at the Adobe Digital Kids Club - a special site created for teachers, students, and parents - you'll find the essential digital photography resources you need to unleash the creative freedom that digital cameras can offer. Discover classroom lessons and activities, read interviews with professional photographers. The site also contains free evaluation downloads for Photoshop Album and Photoshop Elements. From EdNA Online on September 2, 2004 at 11:43 p.m..
Flexible Learning SA The South Australian Flexible Learning Framework website contains information about Framework initiatives in SA. It includes a link to the SA Flexible Learning Strategy Discussion Paper as well as other related resources. The site also contains information about individual projects such as Learnscope and toolbox development. From EdNA Online on September 2, 2004 at 11:43 p.m..
Mathemagica Interactive Math Tools A library of interactive math tools or web-based applets, on core concepts within the strands of number sense, operations, measurement, geometry, algebra, data collection and analysis, and probability. The tools and accompanying Explore activities allow teachers to deepen mathematical knowledge and offer interactive models to use with students. From EdNA Online on September 2, 2004 at 11:43 p.m..
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