Independent Schooling in Australia 2004: Snapshot Short summary of Independent Schools in Australia in 2004. Data includes number, type and religious affiliation of schools as well as school size and enrolments, number of teachers, enrolment change in the sector from 1970-2003 and funding of private schools. From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 10:30 p.m..
Review Packs for Anatomy and Physiology revfacto study packs complement traditional faculty offerings to offer students an exam-focused interactive learning experience that is proven to increase exam scores. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on December 21, 2004 at 1:30 p.m..
Ways of knowing biology Ways of Knowing Biology is a course intended for first-year college students at UW-Madison. This is a broad-based survey course in Biology. Students learn about current research in Biology through seminars by diverse faculty members, in small groups through research explorations in faculty members' labs, and one-on-one through graduate student shadowing. Some of these are "hands-on" experiences. Additionally students discuss "hot topics" in Biology with their peers through faculty-guided Discussions - topics have included evolution, human embryonic stem cells, and genetically modi From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on December 21, 2004 at 1:30 p.m..
EduRoam Australia: Network Roaming for Higher Education EduRoam is an international, location independent wireless network, allowing mobility between participants wireless infrastructure with seamless user authentication and enforcement of local security policy. Through EduRoam Australia staff and students from participating Australian members of AARNet and GrangeNet can gain network access at both their home institution or another participating institution in Australia or Europe without any administrative burden or added complexities. Other participating countries include: the Netherlands, UK, Greece, Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Slov From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 4:23 a.m..
Making Multicultural Australia This site was established to assist teachers with finding quality resources on multicultural education, anti-racism and exploring new strategies to promote cultural tolerance. A generation of students growing up in the first decade of the 21st century is daily confronted with issues of cultural diversity, conflict and tolerance. These educational resources will help to bring these issues into the classroom in a structured way, actively informing and promoting cultural tolerance amonst young people. The site has been created by the Board of Studies NSW and the NSW Dept of Ed Multicultural Progr From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 4:23 a.m..
XML Inclusions (XInclude) This World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) document specifies a processing model and syntax for general purpose inclusion. Inclusion is accomplished by merging a number of XML information sets into a single composite infoset. Specification of the XML documents (infosets) to be merged and control over the merging process is expressed in XML-friendly syntax (elements, attributes, URI references). 'Inclusion is the ability to reuse content, which lets me take something like a copyright statement and include it on all my company's XML documents. Without an inclusion mechanism, you have to copy From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 4:23 a.m..
St Andrews Christian College St Andrews Christian College is a Prep to Year 12 coeducational school with a moderate fee structure that supports family values, academic excellence and respects individual students in a caring Christian community. It is situated in the grounds of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind in Burwood, Victoria. From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 4:23 a.m..
Oxford College Distance Learning The Oxford College Distant Learning (UK) website provides online GCSE, A Level, Diploma and Degree level courses in counselling, cognitive therapy, life coaching, anatomy and physiology, herbal medecine, homeopathy, corporate training, psychology, diet and nutrition, aromatherapy, and flower remedies. From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..
Cracking the Code Teacher Resource This is a set of resources for exploring and explaining Asian characters and the system of characters itself. There is a link to the 'Cracking the Code' catalogue of Chinese and Japanese characters. The site provides an introduction to the resource, a professional development section, the key concepts of the character system, approaches to character learning, an explanation of the character catalogue, a bibliography of resources and a glossary of terms. From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..
ePortfolios (Elearnspace) December 2004 elearnspace article by George Siemens. Electronic portfolios (also referred to as eportfolios or webfolios) are gaining recognition as a valuable tool for learners, instructors, and academic organisations. This article provides a summary of the issues, influencing Factors From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..
Cracking the Code This Character Catalogue provides the characters for words in Chinese and Japanese, organised in a browsable directory of characters. The Search feature allows searches for any character in the Character Catalogue by: sound/reading and tone; stroke number, first stroke and character structure; English meaning. From EdNA Online on December 21, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), in Durham, North Carolina, has launched. The NESCent website is www.nescent.org . Established with a $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the center is a collaboration of Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is providing education and outreach services to NESCent on a sub-award. An Education and Outreach Manager will work closely with NESCent scientists and educators to provide the NESCe From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on December 21, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
Web Site Critique, Web Site Evaluation for Site Design and for Competitive Intelligence From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on December 21, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
Advertising and Promotion Exercises From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on December 21, 2004 at 1:30 a.m..
Little Interest in Lending: Vietnam: A Way Out of Poverty Through Microfinance Article from Focus vol. 20 no. 1 Jan-April 2005. The Capital Aid Fund for Employment of the Poor (CEP) in Vietnam is an example of a successful microfinance program. It has exceeded its performance targets and has good prospects for sustainability. From Recent Items on December 20, 2004 at 11:23 p.m..
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