Digital Equality and the E-Rate
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A 4 page discussion of the importance of the provisions of the Universal Service Fund (the program more commonly called the E-rate program) to achieving digital equality. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPedDigEqual.rtf

Distance Education - Need For Accreditation
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of distance education, the increasing enrollment in Online higher education programs, research comparing Online versus traditional classroom student achievement and the need for accreditation. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PGdsted2.rtf

Distance Learning
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3 pages in length. Distance learning - which encompasses several entities including the Internet, video conferencing, videotapes and other electronic technology – has become an essential tool in the contemporary academic world. These inventive learning tools are providing an enhanced education not only for those who are, for example, attending college for the first time but also for those who never had such extensive opportunities when they attended college decades ago. Sherry and Turoff, while acknowledging the obvious multi-tiered benefits of distance learning, also caution how this relatively new approach to education has caused reason for concern. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCDistLern.rtf

Distance learning
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A paper which comments on two journal articles on distance learning, with specific reference to the design of distance courses and the importance of facilitating interaction within a constructivist model of distance learning. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JLdistlea.rtf